can stir reader interest and urge him to go on reading with sustained or even heightened interest to the end. For example‚ when you write a narrative‚ you can begin with the most significant event‚ jump back in time for some backgrounders (using flashbacks)‚ the you can move forward by hinting at what
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Sample Essay Questions 1. When a person undergoes the process of change‚ they leave a part of them behind. To what extent do you agree with this statement? Refer to your 2. Change is always accompanied by drawback and discomfort. Discuss this statement with close reference to your prescribed texts and one other related text of your own choosing. 3. The process of change involves learning from your mistakes and making an effort to become a better person. Evaluate
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Elements of Fiction Assignment Plot “The Jade Peony” by Wayson Choy is about a Chinese immigrant family struggling to adapt to their new unfamiliar lifestyle in Vancouver. As the older children begin to neglect Chinese customs and become accustomed to the Canadian culture‚ 8 years old Sek-Lung is the only child interested in Grandma’s traditional customs. Sek-Lung accompanies Grandma as looks for abandoned fragments of glass and metal to finish her precious wind chime before she passes. As Sek-Lung
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is felt. At the end‚ a state of loneliness is felt‚ leading the reader to think if there is an ironic relationship between the flute‚ representing Willy’s father‚ leaving early and Willy’s sad end. The play has a sense of joy in it. Willy’s flashbacks always occur toward the same time where the Lomans were happy. Starting with Biff’s football days in high school. The music in those scenes would make anyone feel like they were on top of the world‚ just like Biff and Willy felt. Then comes Ben
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English like suppression of her; just as the colonizers did to the Afro-Caribbean people. His inevitable English controlling personality is parallel to the subjugation of Coco by her English stepfather when he clipped his wings; which became a foreshadowing of her fate. In her pursuit for an identity “she betrays herself”‚ as she fervently tries to fit into the English culture by means of the Caribbean obeahs. Paying Christophine reflects her “denial of belonging to the Caribbean culture
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Briar rose by Jane Yolen explores three distinct narrative voices to allow the reader to explore the events of the holocaust from three different perspectives. Hence‚ The composer of the novel Briar Rose uses distinctive qualities illustrate the message that through telling stories‚ and listening to stories‚ the individual come to a better understanding of themselves‚ of others and the world. Jane Yolen ‚ the composer of the novel Briar Rose uses distinctive qualities to explore the concept that
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Tori C. Guzman AP Literature and Composition Wednesday September 11th 2013 Title: Atonement Author: Ian McEwan Date of Publication or Writing: World War 2 Main Characters: Briony Tallis: The narrator (Revealed at the end that the story is actually her telling as atonement for the events in the story. She is a teenager of about thirteen at the beginning of the story. By the end she is about eighteen. Briony is known for her imagination and fantasizing with reality. A Playwright‚ story
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The main character and protagonist in the story is Amir. Amir tells us about the unique relationship he has with Hassan‚ a Hazara boy. In The Kite Runner‚ the novel begins with flashbacks not only to build suspense but also to support his theme of the past’s immense effect upon the present. Ironically‚ Hassan is the half-brother of Amir‚ a Pashtun. Amir believes Hassan is the son of his father’s servant‚ never being told he is
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Book Review for the novel assignment- Multi-cultural lit/Comp Title of Book: The Stranger Author: Albert Camus From whose Point of View is the novel written? This story was written in first person narration. The stranger forces readers to experience the same uncertainties. List Four Characters and explain their importance or significance to the novel as a whole. (At least four detailed sentences for each character are needed. Mention character traits!) 1. Meursault: The protagonist and narrator
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LAFS.910.RL.2.5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text‚ order events within it (e.g.‚ parallel plots)‚ and manipulate time (e.g.‚ pacing‚ flashbacks) create such effects as mystery‚ tension‚ or surprise. LAFS.910.RL.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text‚ including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g.‚ how the language evokes a sense of time and place;
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