Elements of Drama 1. script: the written dialogue‚ description‚ and directions provided by the playwright. 2. plot: the events of a play or arrangement of action‚ as opposed to the theme. 3. exposition: the part of a play that introduces the theme‚ chief characters‚ and current circumstances. 4. rising action: a series of events following the initial incident and leading up to the dramatic climax. 5. climax: the point of greatest intensity in a series or progression of events in a play‚ often
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The Elements of Fiction Plot‚ Setting‚ Character‚ Conflict‚ Symbol‚ and Point of View are the main elements which fiction writers use to develop a story and its Theme. Because literature is an art and not a science‚ it is impossible to specifically quantify any of these elements within any story or to guarantee that each will be present in any given story. Setting might be the most important element in one and almost nonexistent in another. Just as a Crime Scene Investigator cannot approach a
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Elements of Modernism in American Literature by Audrey Farley‚ Demand Media RSS Email Share Modernism in American literature was greatly inspired by the avant-garde trends in art. Related Articles How to Cite a Literature Book in APA Format African-American Literary Traditions How to Write the Intro Paragraph of a Literary Elements Essay Elements of Poetry Including Figures of Speech Modernism was a cultural wave that originated in Europe and swept the United States during the
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Elements of “For Once‚ Then‚ Something” Every poet has a unique way in which they construct a particular poem. Some poets have a tendency to stay within the same style while other’s break out of the mold and write in a style of their own. For Frost‚ most of his work was composed in an English meter however‚ when composing “For Once‚ Then‚ Something” he strayed away from his usual tendencies of writing. “For Once‚ Then‚ Something” (1920) is the only poem Robert Frost ever composed in a classical
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Basic Elements The uncontested facts are few. Cleitus is introduced quite differently in various accounts as: Cleitus‚ Clitus‚ Kleitos‚ Cleitus the Black‚ and Cleitus son of Dropides. In most accounts however‚ the event is at Samarcand/Maracanda and the cause for the excessive drinking is the feast of the twins Castor and Pollux (Gemini). It is certain Cleitus and Alexander began to throw insults at one another. At some point‚ a poem is sarcastically recited about the Macedonian generals
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Petrarchan sonnet (puh TRAHR kun) a fourteen line sonnet consisting of two parts: the octave‚ eight lines with the rhyme scheme abbaabba‚ and the sestet‚ six lines usually with the rhyme scheme cdecde the octave often poses a question or dilemma that the sestet answers or resolves‚ beginning with a turn‚ also known as a volta also referred to as an Italian sonnet Example: Whoso list to hunt‚ I know where is an hind! But as for me‚ alas‚ I may no more; The vain travail hath
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accepted and acknowledged. The poem “Facing It” tells the story of a Vietnam War veteran‚ Yusef Komunyakaa‚ who visited the Vietnam War Memorial fifteen years after his service. Although this poem focuses specifically on Komunyakaa’s trauma from war‚ it can resonate with anyone who has experienced a traumatic event. In “Facing It”‚ Yusef Komunyakaa describes his encounter with facing the past to illustrate the physical and emotional effects of trauma. The author of this poem‚ Yusef Komunyakaa‚ contributed
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FACING THE GIANTS A variation on the standard football movie plot‚ Facing the Giants takes place in a Christian high school‚ where coach Grant Taylor is trying to keep the school’s football program alive. The team isn’t winning‚ the players are apathetic‚ and some of the parents are trying to have Grant replaced. When we first see him go home to his wife‚ we learn that Grant’s also having problems off the field‚ the film begins stacking the odds so high against Grant that it flirts with outright
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most. She had to move to her grandmother’s house which was on top of a hill behind her hometown‚ with her brother‚ Vichai. I feel that the main idea that the author is trying to communicate has a lot got to do with Facing Adversity. There are three parts to show that Noi is clearly facing obstacles before‚ during‚ and after the tsunami. Before the tsunami‚ Noi already led a hard life. This is seen in her ‘walking down the tourist strip carrying her tray of shells laden with the treasures she and
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