Literary Terms (General) —AP I. Literary Types—names for the various types of literary expression: 1. Allegory: a tale in which characters‚ actions‚ or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities. Allegorical stories can also be viewed as extended or continued metaphors. 2. Allusion: a casual or brief reference to a person‚ place‚ event‚ or literary work that a writer expects the reader to recognize but doesn’t fully develop. The writer hopes to clarify or enhance the subject that
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In the first part of the scene the author writes in a narrative and descriptive style that can be seen in the quotes used below. In addition to these writing styles‚ the author uses repetition and hypotyposis in this part. The use of repetition can be seen throughout page 240 and 241 as the author repeatedly places time stamps within the text as shown; “With 33 seconds left
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Watson was characterized as a tolerable slim old maid. 3. PG7 When the wind was trying to whisper something to Huck personification was coming into play. 4. PG8 The stirring in the dark creating a "me-yow!" sound is onomatopoeia. 5. PG9 Informal style is being used throughout as Huck describes the stories told. 6. PG 10 The superstitions brought forth have imagery when describing the witches. 7. PG11 A humorous tone was set by the author throughout the dialogue. 8. PG12 The dialogue throughout
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motionless body where the bullets lodged without leaving a trace. And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness. Critique : This passage has been selected for the commentary‚ because it exemplifies Albert Camus’ writing style and use of literary devices to convey his ideas. The brilliant descriptive writing also allows for extensive thought from the reader into the novel. In this passage from the novel The Stranger‚ the writer Albert Camus vividly describes the main character
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In Poe’s story the “The Pit and the Pendulum” he distinctively uses symbolism‚ repetition‚ mood and diction to tell a tale of hope over circumstance to make this story come to life for the reader. Unlike the hypersensitive characters from other stories‚ such as the narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart‚” this narrator claims to lose the capacity of sensation during the swoon upon receiving his death sentence that opens the story. This story is different from Poe’s other works such as this narrator remains
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The next element to consider is narrator. Certainly some of the story is told directly through the words and actions of the character‚ but there is broad use of mediation‚ as well. In this production‚ the role of narrator is one that changes regularly. Modern and postmodern theatre have long used shifting narration‚ which accepts the role of subjectivity in the narration delivered (Richardson‚ 2006). A case could be made that the primary narrator is Burr since he is the first storyteller we meet
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The ‘Great Gatsby’ was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In his novel‚ he adopted a unique style of first-person narration. The narrator of the story was Nick Carraway‚ a young man from Minnesota in the Midwest. He was born into a well-situated family and graduated from Yale. Soon after‚ he entered the military service to fight for his own country in World War I. After this‚ in 1922‚ he moved to the glamorous melting pot of New York to learn more on bond businesses after the war had drastically changed
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Jonathon Edwards‚ famous for preaching during “The Great Awakening” lived as a puritan‚ but later found out that church needed reform. Spreading the gospel with his colleague George Whitefield created a style of teaching using something called the” Holy Tone”. The Holy Tone became the new and energetic way of preaching. Attracting the people of the colonies and connecting them to the gospel and the word of God inspired them to start evangelizing. “Sinners in
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Language techniques in Peeling the ONION • Linear narrative – Accident to recovery • First person narrative – gives reader insight into depth & severity of Anna’s experiences: a subjective view of Anna’s perspective • Writing style for young audience who identifies with the age of the narrator and the world she values. • Tone revels how Anna feels and her mood changes as she recovers • Narrative structure: Disjointed - Short sentences‚ breaks‚ ellipses
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Ehrlich creates visual scenes by using specific details‚ akin to how she describes how toughness is interpreted as “weathered skin‚ calloused hands‚ a squint in the eye‚ and a growl in the voice” (368). Ehrlich writes in a relatively denotative formal style. Her intellectual vocabulary contributes to a dignity of tone‚ while some of her words romanticize her cowboy friends‚ describing “that one caress of the face or one ‘I love you’ will peal for a long while” (369). The formal diction that Ehrlich uses
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