Elements of good writing Being clear: Being clear is the most basic requirement of good writing. How can you be successful if your reader doesn’t understand you? Being clear doesn’t necessarily mean being overly direct or obvious in your statements. It really means that you try to avoid confusing your reader‚ unless you have a very good reason for doing so. Being convincing: Whenever you write anything‚ you are essentially going about the business of convincing your reader that what you are saying
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Gothic literature was born in 1764 when Horace Walpole published The Castle of Otranto‚ which is considered to be the first gothic novel ever written. Gothic literature was originally written as a reaction to the age of reason‚ order‚ and the politics of eighteenth-century England. Containing anti-Catholic sentiments and mythical aspects‚ Gothic literature explored the tension between what we fear and what we desire. The stories were usually set in some kind of castle or old building that showed
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wrote this paper for my Honors Food for Thought class in Spring 2012. The class focused on analyzing how food is a part of our culture‚ and it was one of the most interesting and unique classes I have taken. For this research paper‚ we were asked to pick any food topic and form a thesis/argument while incorporating both memoir and research. This was a different assignment than I was used to‚ because for most other research papers‚ we never combined the creative writing aspect of memoir. Combining
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Name:___________________ Period:___________________ Date:____________ Read the following s tory summaries. Find the Setting‚ Antagonist‚ and Protagonist. Setting: Where the story takes place Protagonist: Hero‚ or good guy of the story Antagonist: Villain‚ or bad guy of the story #1 Aladdin comes from a land‚ from a faraway place‚ where the caravan camels roam. Here it is flat‚ immense‚ and the heat is intense‚ the wind’s from the east and the sun’s from the west. The caravan camels roam‚
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While it seemed that Joyce Carol Oates experienced dark childhood experiences‚ she seems to explore her thoughts according to similar events that had happened in her life. Written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ “Spider Boy” is an example that highly defines gothic horror. Many of her works deal with violence‚ rape‚ death‚ or a character that has gone completely mad. “Naked” has many dark and nightmare like scenes‚ Oates writes on how a normal day can be your worst; it is that Oates puts a woman in a scene that
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Gothic elements in The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Poe’s short story The Oval Portrait contains distinct Gothic elements penetrating the setting and the mood of the narration. From the very first line the reader is invited to “the fancy of Mrs. Radcliffe”‚ the pioneer of the gothic novel. The image of the remote abandoned chateau is given a tint of mystery and gloom. The antiquity of the interior where the “walls (are) hung with tapestry and bedecked with manifold
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Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man Ellison makes strong connections between the musical jazz elements and the Battle Royal excerpt of the novel. The jazz element of improvisation is described to be spontaneous‚ on the spot‚ composing to come up with different melodies and is the prominent element used by Ellison in the Battle Royal excerpt of the novel. Ellison uses these spontaneous moments like that of the jazz element of improvisation to allow our narrator‚ the invisible man to take control‚ while still
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Edgar Allan Poe‚ is an American poet‚ whose primary genre is gothic literature. Gothic literature is defined by a genre of literature that has a combination of primarily horror and romance. In Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem‚ “The Raven” he portrays many different gothic elements‚ which in turn made it one of the most widely known poetic examples of gothic literature. The basic elements of gothic literature are easily noticeable. He talks about his love‚ Lenore‚ who is unfortunately no longer with
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Misfit : Definitely round. He is a murderer. He lacks apathy for most of the family‚ but he takes time to talk to the grandmother. He is from a "good" family and seems to know how to talk the talk of a good southern boy. He actually seems touched by the grandmother’s words‚ yet he is quickly repulsed by his apathy. He almost seemed like he was going to help out the stranded family until they reccognized them. The grandma is an example of a round/dynamic character because she has varied traits
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The qualities of a "Good" Man "Your gonna’ grow up and be just like your father!" Much more than a forecast of an unfortunate demise‚ but this and other comments have rendered me as screwed up as I am today. A personal goal I have set is to be nothing like my father; the question why can be debated later on a damn’ NBC mini-series‚ or a rather entertaining episode of the Maury Povic show. Anger‚ dishonesty‚ cowardice and weakness are traits we can all do without‚ but thanks to heredity my
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