MODERN RHETORIC -Brooks & Warren Rhetoric is defined as the art of using language so as to persuade or influence others; the body of rules to be observed by a speaker or writer in order that he may express himself with eloquence. We use language chiefly for exposition‚ argument‚ description‚ and narration. He uses any or all the different methods to persuade his reader. 1. Exposition is defined as the action of setting forth‚ or of explaining; a detailed explanation or interpretation
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against a desolate landscape. The novel portrays Victorian characters living in 1867‚ but the author‚ writing in 1967‚ intervenes with wry‚ ironic commentary on Victorian conventions. In fact‚ it is parody of Victorian novel with chatty narrator and narrative juggling. The most striking fact about the novel is the use of different authorial voices. Voice of the narrator has a double vision: The novel starts off with an intrusive omniscient‚ typically Victorian‚ voice: “I exaggerate? Perhaps‚ but
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Right Place‚ Wrong Face “Right Place‚ Wrong Face” by Alton Fitzgerald White is an illustration of the racial prejudices that causes innocent citizens to suffer. This narrative describes the injustice a black man has to suffer when he is victimized because of his racial background and dermal color. His unjust arrest and police’s ignorance towards his civil rights leaves him questioning the ethics‚ morals‚ and principles his parents had taught him while he was growing up. His encounter with the
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VILNIUS UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES IRMA KRENCIUVIENĖ a third-year student of External Studies of English and English Language Teaching THE CHARACTER SYSTEM IN CHARLOTTE BRONTE‘S NOVEL THE PROFESSOR Yearly Paper Academic Advisor: Lecturer Irena Varnaitė Vilnius‚ 2008 - 2009 CONTENTS Introduction......................
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authors time as a student in Brussels‚ Belgium‚ is a first-person narrative of development‚ with Lucy Snowe at its center‚ both as protagonist and as a sometimes unreliable narrator. In the course of the novel‚ Lucy grows from a shadowy‚ self-effacing adolescent into an independent‚ self-possessed woman‚ learning to live her own life and tell her own story. She narrates that story from within the framework of the conventional female narratives of domestic or romantic love even while her story critiques
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the conflict resolved? How? - What effect does the conflict have on the character and/or events POINT OF VIEW: - Is the story told in the first person point of view (I/we)‚ or third person point of view (he/she/they) - Does this affect the reader’s understanding of the story? STYLE: - What is the form of narration – diary‚ flashback‚ narrative prose? - How is language being used – sentence structure‚ vocabulary - What devices or techniques are employed – imagery‚ contrasts‚ repitition
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desires. Burke cleverly depicts this concept through the symbolic gesture of the Brennans “Closing the front door of their home for the last time.” Through the use of precise timing‚ “4.30 am on Friday the 23rd of January‚” coupled with the first person narrative allows a reflective and melancholic tone to be established‚ reinforcing this concept of sacrifice of the status quo. The fact that Tom was forcibly removed from his old world (Mumbilli) hints that he has left behind his family and friends
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innocence is explored and‚ through the various techniques used‚ Hartley ensnares us in the world of Brandham Hall. The novel is made up of three parts: a prologue; the main part of the text‚ written as a flashback in the past tense and using first person narrative; and an epilogue which brings the reader up to date with life at Brandham Hall as the book closes. Leo‚ a damaged old man finds a diary which unlocks suppressed memories of the summer he spent in Norfolk‚ staying with the Maudsley family.
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John Smith‚ the avid adventurer‚ used long‚ flowery sentences paired with large and fancy words to tell his narrative of daring adventure. For example‚ when describing how many colonists wanted to leave‚ Smith makes a comparison between them and a Spaniard‚ saying “The Spaniard never more greedily desired gold than he victual‚ nor his soldiers more to abandon the
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introduce their narrative techniques to entice the reader. In the opening chapter of The Kite Runner Hosseini uses a reflective tone in the narrative to plant the seeds of three prominent themes in the novel: guilt‚ betrayal and atonement. Similarly Fitzgerald tells the story in the opening chapter of The Great Gatsby by introducing Nick as a first person narrator‚ telling the story in retrospect‚ Fitzgerald also lays the foundations for both a love story and a 20th century tragedy in the first chapter.
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