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    “Gore”. This essay will point out the various tools that Sarah Ellis used. Sarah Ellis has shown mastery in many fields in the suspense genre‚ but this essay will shine the spotlight on the three tools she used in “Gore” such as imagery‚ foreshadowing‚ and dialogue. The first point will state‚ how Sarah Ellis uses the tool called‚ dialogue‚ to create the feeling of suspense. She really portrays this with the constant screaming and yelling throughout some of the dialogue within the story

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    bedroom walls. The Yellow Wallpaper uses literary devices such as foreshadowing‚ situational irony‚ and symbolism. Those literary devices lure the reader into the consciousness of the protagonist as she begins as descent into insanity‚ which applies to the overall theme. Confinement is not always the best option for an insane person. Foreshadowing is when the narrator indicates that a certain event in the future will occur. Foreshadowing is skillfully used in this story to describe the

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    take The Wave too far. As the story goes on‚ The Wave becomes infectious‚ taking the entire school with it‚ but with the help of an individual Laurie Saunders stops the Wave before it is too late. Morton Rhue uses characterisation‚ symbolism and foreshadowing to show the reader the positive and negative effects of peer pressure and social movements. Ben Ross introduces The Wave as

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    uses descriptive writing to enhance the individual’s imagination. It also gives them ways to relate and a divergent way to think about writing. The three most important literary devices used in The Most Dangerous Game are similes‚ imagery‚ and foreshadowing. Richard Connell utilizes these devices to create a fun and inspiring story. Similes are exploited throughout Richard Connell’s twisted and page turning story. “ Then‚ as he stepped forward‚ his foot sank into the ooze. He tried to wrench it back

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    The detrimental impact of haste is reflected and absorbed in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet through characterization‚ foreshadowing‚ and conflict. Both Romeo and Friar Lawrence make many rushed decisions in the play which never have positive outcomes. Romeo meets Juliet at the Capulet feast and instantly falls in love with her. Without even knowing her personality

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    Although foreshadowing may not be a crucial element like sentence structure‚ foreshadowing does engage the reader. When Carole is on the train thinking about the animals being caught by their predator it foreshadows to what might have happened to her if she hadn’t of ran away. Foreshadowing engages the reader because it enables the audience to take hints to what might happen in the story making us

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    of Denmark who then becomes the Ghost. Claudius married Hamlet’s father’s wife and seized the crown. The central ideas; Revenge and Family Ties relate by Family Ties build and give reason to Revenge throughout the play; revenge is developed by foreshadowing while family ties uses diction. The central ideas Revenge and Family ties are developed throughout the play. In Act 1.2‚ 110-113‚ Claudius tells Hamlet he loves him as any father would love his son. Claudius was Hamlet’s uncle

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    life lessons. The mood in this short story is deeply nostalgic and melancholy. The narrator faces the difficult obstacle of his pride vs. Himself (which is also the critical theme of the story). In the story‚ Hurst uses the elements of setting‚ foreshadowing‚ and symbolism to create a bittersweet‚ nostalgic memory of the character of Doodle. Various examples of how the setting reveals the mood of a story are found in “The Scarlet Ibis.” One specific example was at the beginning of the story where

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    stories and pick up on many elements of foreshadowing in specific sections of each story based on clues left behind by the author. These sections also contain motifs‚ such as labyrinths‚ life as a dream‚ repetitions‚ and cyclical time‚ which help the reader draw connections between the different sections of the story. Death and the Compass tells the story of a detective‚

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    Chronology is in what order events are revealed. What really captured my attention is the foreshadowing that is revealed throughout the story. Foreshadowing is a technique in which an author hints about things to come later in the story (Kirszner & Mandell‚ 2012). Faulkner does this in multiple ways throughout this story. It seems that much of this foreshadowing points the the inevitable discovery of Homer Barron’s remains. One instance in the narrator explains that shortly

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