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    often presented with unanswered questions. Unanswered questions in literature cause the reader to wonder. However‚ there are also questions the author purposefully wants the reader to ask at the beginning of a work in order to leave the reader hanging. In Raymond Carver’s “Popular Mechanics‚” he causes the reader to wonder. Carver uses ambiguity throughout his work in several different ways causing the reader to speculate. {you need to be specific in your thesis statement… “carver uses ambiguity

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    the essay more attention-grabbing. Readers may feel interested in the essay because of the fascinating facts presented by the author. Moreover‚ using facts in the essay gives the reader the idea that the author is well aware of the topic and has credible and trustable information to offer. Using generalisation as a lead proves to be very effective as it grabs the reader’s attention. Also‚ the generalisation may help the reader connect to the essay as the reader may have a similar opinion as the

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    Poetry can evoke strong feelings in readers. Select three poems we’ve read and examine the literary techniques the poets used to evoke a reader’s emotional response (note: not your emotional response.) How do the poets’ various techniques connect to their readers’ feelings? Because a writer wants to evoke strong feelings into their writings‚ they use a variety of techniques from wording to the sense of the feeling the reader feels. In the poem‚ “Harlem‚” by Langston Hughes‚ he uses the descriptive

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    A GUIDE TO TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING The Institution of Engineering and Technology CONTENTS FOREWORD ...................................................................................3 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................4 1 OBJECTIVES ................................................................................5 2 THE FORMAT OF THE REPORT ..............................................6 2.1 Beginning and end...............

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    story telling to bring both the reader into the story‚ and the theme into focus. Through his narration‚ Douglass also uses narrative strategies like anecdotes‚ and plot twists. Douglass brings the readers’ attention to a peak with these techniques making the story interesting and appealing‚ without letting the reader forget the reality. The most instrumental technique used by Douglass is story telling. He uses little stories‚ or stories-within-a-story‚ to get the reader engrossed into the novel. With

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    "Signs and Symbols" by Vladimir Nabokov‚ has been read in many different ways by many different readers. The story depicts a day in the life of Russian immigrants on the birthday of their mentally ill son. Critics may say it is a simple short story‚ a collage of signs and symbols or just a good author playing tricks on the reader. But in actuality this story is purposely filled with signs and symbols that the author randomly places to toy with those who overanalyze the text. Early in the text Nabokov

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    symbols like white elephants and a train station to carry theme. Through the objective third person point of view symbols are used to help the reader understand the intricacy of a young couple’s life changing choice. 
 In stories that are told through the objective third person point of view‚ the characters are often viewed as blank canvases‚ waiting for the reader to define them. In “Hill Like White Elephants” Hemingway leaves it up to the audience to interpret and seek meaning in the symbols such as

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    ‘Lifecyle’ confront and challenge readers to re-assess or examine their lives and life its self. The way bruce dawe has made his readers reassess and examine their lives and life itself is by using techniques such as emotive phrases‚ repeitition‚ personification‚ visual imagery‚ alleratition and dualitites. Through dehumanising and depersonalising the soldiers in his poem ‘Homecoming’ Dawe has established a con-tem-pla-tive tone which has encouraged his readers to reassess their lives and life

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    King Peggy allows its reader to experience another culture through Peggielene’s shoes by captivating‚ humoring‚ and educating

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    and a theme. This is where the reader tries to figure out the authors’ intentions for publishing the text. The highlighted literary devices can also provide the reader with a potential understanding of the authors personal life and opposing answers to the story that the reader may have felt unsure of in the beginning. Although searching and finding the overall message or theme of the story can be difficult; using the literary devices while reading will help the reader to make strong connections of

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