SEVEN ELEMENTS OF FICTION 1) PLOT - Action which occurs -- 5 ingredients plotted as a witch’s hat 1) Exposition (introduction) - background information 2) Rising Action / Complications - conflicts are presented 3) Climax - high point of the action 4) Falling Action - lessens the intensity 5) Denouement (conclusion) - pulls the story together ["They lived happily every after"] NOTE: NOT ALL STORIES CONTAIN ALL 5 INGREDIENTS 2) SETTING - Time‚ Place‚ Customs
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“ Over the river and through the woods” hills‚ more woods‚ more hills‚ and another river”. This is how I feel in Cross Country. I’ve started getting faster‚ Which is awesome. The first meet I ran I got an overall PR But‚ The second meet I hurt myself by tripping in a pot hole falling onto my hip. I when I made contact with the ground‚ all I felt was pain. Pain was flowing through my hip over and over again in that race‚ I felt pain and I haven’t been able to run correctly since. My Dad had me walk
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literature agree that his uses of the supernatural aren’t merely figments of his creative imagination. Every man‚ woman‚ and child is influenced by the age into which they are born and Shakespeare was no exception. Not only does his use of supernatural elements within his works reveal the Elizabethans’ obsession with mythical beliefs‚ but it also reveals his attitude toward these beliefs at different points of his writing career. Because of the profound understanding of the beliefs of his time‚ Shakespeare
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The Elements of Criminal Liability ACTUS REUS & MENS REA "Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea"‚ or "an act does not make a man guilty unless his mind be also guilty (Burgess‚ 2004‚ p.8)." In criminal law‚ for an individual to commit a crime‚ there must be present two elements. They are: Actus Reus (meaning guilty act or omission); and Mens Rea (meaning guilty mind). Actus Reus is the guilty act or omission in the commissioning of a crime. In short‚ it is what the offender does
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FIVE ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY Plot -it is the sequence or flow of the events in a short story that would help develop the author’s idea. There are five elements of plot structure-- introduction‚ rising action‚ climax‚ falling action‚ and denouement. Character -considered as being one of the most important factor to a good short story‚ the characters are sentient beings who carry out the actions of the story. Setting -the when and where in which the story takes place. Authors often
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who didn’t defend slavery were know as traders and they may have been injured by others that believed in slavery. There are many ways on how slavery affected slaves‚ and how it affected the slaveholders‚ and finally how slavery brought light on all of this in total. It was real hard for slaves and Douglass had
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ghosts‚ fairies‚ witches‚ portents‚ omens uncommon happenings‚ disturbances in nature was quite and common phenomenon on the Elizabethan stage. It was a traditionally recognized instrument in the dramatic art. People liked to see the supernatural elements on the stage and fully enjoyed them. Shakespeare possibly yielded to the demands of the people and gave them what they wanted. Shakespeare makes an effective use of these popular superstitions and beliefs of his time. But unlike his contemporaries
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Common Theme The theme of a hero’s journey is seen through many of our readings‚ especially in The Odyssey and Maus. Odysseus is seen as a strong figure throughout the entire epic poem through many circumstances. One such circumstance is when Odysseus confronts the Cyclops. “But even from there my courage‚ my presence of mind and tactics saved us all” (277). This particular event portrays one of the most difficult trials that Odysseus goes through because he must escape the cave‚ but is unable
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Kevin De Ornellas The Country Wife ENG302C2 1. William Wycherley A Shropshire lad‚ born 1641‚ died 1715. Educated in France and at Oxford. First play‚ Love in a Wood‚ 1671‚ was set in St. James’s Park Was favoured by the King’s mistress‚ the Duchess of Cleveland. Annoyed Charles II by secretly marrying in 1679. His most famous work is The Country Wife‚ probably performed first in 1675; the play’s first edition was published in 1675. 2. Critical reputation. Wycherly’s
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collodion process couldn’t of achieved . The staged image depicts a young girl dying of tuberculosis and her mourning family; her fiancé‚ mother‚ and sister surrounding her. This quickly became a debatable piece of photography‚ and some felt the theme and subject of death and grief ‚was not suitable for photography. People at the time were use to the idea of photographs as a recorded proof of incidents that took place during a certain time in reality‚ so to a lot of viewers‚ the staged “Fading
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