Foreshadowing “When he was nearly thirteen‚ my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.”(3) Parallelism Simile “…his head was like a skull lookin’ at her.”(13) “By the time Mrs. Cat called the drugstore for an order of chocolate malted mice the class was wriggling like a bucketful of Catawba worms.” (18) "...Popped me like a cork onto pavement." (50) Metaphor “I wanted you to see what real courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand”. (149)
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written and the way it was presented in the film adaptation we watched in class. One major difference was that in the movie‚ the girls were shown dancing in the forest at the beginning. In the play it is only a flashback. The scene was added in the movie to make it more dramatic and foreshadowing. I think it helps to understand the movie better and it sets the mood of the story from the very beginning. In the movie‚ when the girls visit Betty before the trial‚ Betty is very wild and almost violent
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happened if his mother and the headmaster had done something before it was too late. In “Sticks and Stones” the agent ‘flashback’ is used repeatedly. Mostly to show the reader why Lewis is‚ whom he is at this point of his life‚ and to show why he has not been able to go on with his life. It is furthermore to show how the traumas have shaped the boy into an obsessed man. The flashbacks are used to make the reader almost feel the pain that Lewis felt by being ignored by his mother‚ when he cried for help
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displays a complete lack of positive belief. J.D. Salinger uses such techniques as narrative style‚ symbolism and foreshadowing‚ in his novel The Catcher in the Rye. The reader’s feelings of despair and hopelessness for Holden Caulfield are stimulated through the use of Salinger’s narrative style. He is unable to logically sort information with a constant variation between flashbacks and events. For example‚ whilst Holden narrates his longing for a ‘good-by’ he then changes the subject and talks
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Techniques used in Citizen Kane In film class this past week‚ we learned that there are many cinematic techniques used in films that contribute to the way a film is portrayed by an audience. We had the pleasure of watching a film directed by Orson Wells In 1941 called “Citizen Kane”. I am glad that this particular film was the film of choice to demonstrate some of these techniques. The movie “Citizen Kane” uses each cinematic technique in a way that is obvious to the viewer. I have chosen five
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incorporates a lot of foreshadowing‚ symbolism‚ and imagery. It is based on the Guatemalan civil war. It lasted six years and was fought between the government and several Guatemalan groups. The government forces were very much condemned for committing genocide against the Mayan population of Guatemala. It began with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency commanded by Colonel Carlos Castillo against Jacobo Arbenz. “Three Dirges” gives you a sense of fearfulness. “Don Lazaro begins with a flashback of the Colonel
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what you put in the margin‚ but use it to help you access information for easy reference and citations. Sample Questions to answer: • How does the author develop elements of the novel: • What devices have been used? • Are foreshadowing and flashback integral in the development of the novel’s elements? • What is the author’s lexicon like and how does this reflect the novel’s elements? • Is the language formal or informal? How does this contribute to the author’s style?
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your literature book (not a dictionary): 1. Plot 2. Basic situation 3. External conflict 4. Internal conflict 5. Complications (p 2) 6. exposition (p.982) 7. resolution 8. chronological order (p. 994) 9. flashback (p. 983) 10. foreshadowing 11. indirect characterization (p. 980) 12. direct characterization 13. motivation (p. 804) 14. round characters (p. 981) 15. Dynamic characters 16. flat character 17. stock character 18. static character
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Warren’s style of writing can be characterized as remarkable and extravagant but simplistic at the same time. All The King’s Men is written in a flashback and Warren’s style and ideas are narrated through character Jack Burden. His use of repetition‚ alliteration‚ metaphors and imagery throughout the story make it flow more giving it a poetic style. His use of dialogue throughout the book to entwine these aspects of his style. A significant characteristic about Warren’s style is his use of images
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is unable to make the alder branch shake by the end of the story because he forgot what he was taught (and therefore cannot discover water) so his fathers gift of finding water is lost . Flashback: When the farmer talks about how the narrator’s father found water for him after the specialists couldn’t. Foreshadowing: T he the title is an example of foreshadowing because it foreshadows the lost trait and gift the son once had that he let go and didn ’t practice. The secret was then lost in the water that could
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