How to Approach an Essay (Written Exam) 18th May‚ 2010 “Examine how narrative perspective influences the reader in ‘Good Advice Is Rarer than Rubies.’” 1. Unpacking and decoding essay questions A. Unpacking I. What you are required to do (approach keywords): Examine … (that means describe and explain in detail…) II. What you should writer about a) (specific keywords) …how narrative perspective influences the reader... b) (general keywords) …in ‘Good Advice Is Rarer than Rubies
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In the passage be ginning "They had picked " from the novel Snow Falling On Cedars‚ the author‚ David Guterson‚ uses many techniques to give the passage a depressing‚ and frightening mood. He uses vivid imagery to describe Carl’s dead body. He also uses figurative language‚ such as metaphors and similes to show the severity of the situation. Finally‚ his diction shows the reader how reading about a crime scene can seem real if the word choice is right. All the techniques Guterson use help the reader
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Chelsea Garcia Many authors succeed in trying to illustrate their writing and reveal information in the way they write but they don’t say it directly. Some authors succeed by using literary devices and good diction. Shakespeare confirms Juliet’s anxiousness and immaturity by using poetic language such as hyperboles‚ similes‚ and allusions. Through use of skilled writing‚ Shakespeare demonstrates Juliet’s anxiety to know Romeo’s Response shows that she is too impatient to wait. “The clock
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Emily Dickinson’s (1830 - 1886) Poem “Success is counted sweetest” sends the message that success is tangible or intangible and has the highest value for “those who never succeed”. Emily Dickinson twists the meaning of the poem in changing the perspective after the second stanza. Thus that twist offers that the understanding of the value of success is dependent on the point of view. The point of the first stanza is that the value of success feels the best to those who didn’t succeed for a long
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Writing a Personal Narrative Purpose and Audience Personal narratives allow you to share your life with others and vicariously experience the things that happen around you. Your job as a writer is to put the reader in the midst of the action letting him or her live through an experience. Although a great deal of writing has a thesis‚ stories are different. A good story creates a dramatic effect‚ makes us laugh‚ gives us pleasurable fright‚ and/or gets us on the edge of our seats. A story has
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1. “Clearly his personal god or chi was not made for great things. A man could not rise beyond the destiny of his chi. The saying of the elders was not true- that if a man said yea his chi also affirmed. Here was a man whose chi said nay despite his own affirmation.” (Achebe‚ 131) This passage created a question in my mind. Who’s perspective are we reading from? It seems as thought we are reading what a narrator is saying‚ but the narrator is somebody from that tribe. In most books‚ if a character
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A Symbol of American Culture Jennifer Price wrote the essay‚ “The Plastic Pink Flamingo” with intentions to get her opinions clearly across. Price paid close attention to her word choice and successfully used diction to portray her tone towards how she feels about American culture. Repetition is a useful form of diction to get the writer’s point across. Price used this by constantly repeating the word “pink.” When reading something over and over again‚ one tends to get bored with the idea. Price
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Comparing and contrasting Text A and B In the poem To Autumn‚ it celebrates the rebounding nature. The symbolic aspects of life‚ in preparation for death; Keats was devoted to poetry due to personal problems. In contrast of the extract‚ it’s about celebrating and sharing with people about the markets in Italy about the exotic vegetables; he’s excited and wants to communicate with the reader. Both texts are describing what they see like e.g. plumps‚ hazel shells‚ vegetables‚ and a sense of bountifulness
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Valentine GT English 5 September 25‚ 2013 Literary Analysis on an Excerpt from A Summer Life When people are faced with the problematic decision between right and wrong‚ and have chosen the wrong decision‚ they often battle the guilt that eats away at them afterwards. In an excerpt from his autobiographical narrative‚ A Summer Life‚ Gary Soto looks back into his past when six year old self committed a theft. He achieves a humorous telling of the story due to the new perspective that he has
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Fraser Island Passage Analysis The author’s hatred for the wilderness on the island is expressed through literary devices throughout the passage. Having been rained on and in damp and smelly jeans‚ the author and his friend‚ Craig‚ journey into the interior of Fraser Island‚ where he describes it as being a “wasteland” and the “badlands.”The author uses descriptive similes and metaphors‚ cacophonous vocabulary‚ vivid imagery‚ and Craig’s contrasting positive outlook of just how terrible the visit
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