Haunting” by Joan Lowery Nixon develops the protagonist and antagonist in the beginning and middle of the novel. Lowery presents the protagonist Lia Starling‚ and the antagonist Mr. Slade the evil in the Graymoss Plantation. The author gives the readers that Lia’s a typical teenager with a love of literature; but when she’s in the hospital at her great grandmother’s deathbed‚ her great-grandma thought she was her mom Anna Starling and she was telling her about Graymoss and telling her‚ “Graymoss
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In a great many stories there is suspense‚ but the story “The Most Dangerous Game” has many instances of suspense to keep the reader wanting to read‚ all based on the author’s cleverness in taking advantage of human nature. The first instance is in the very beginning- the sailors arriving at “Ship-Trap Island.” Suspense is created by the reputation of the island and the emotions of the sailors. Whitney first mentions‚ “Didn’t you notice that the crew’s nerves seemed a bit jumpy today?” The suspenseful
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trivial phrases. He has it so it is an interactive reading where he gives the sentence‚ and the reader fills in the blank. He saw that less truly equals more in this stance‚ and he verified it
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Louise decides to stay away from statistics and facts‚ rather‚ she reasons with the reader‚ and her word choice is just icing on the cake of her argument. Louise can captivate readers with her use of imagery‚ and she uses this to her advantage in persuading others to think the same as her. Starting with what seems to be the beginnings of an anti-euthanasia pitch‚ this author decides to cause uneasiness for the reader halfway through the article. She begins painting a vulgar image of her beloved dog
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A Critique of Once More to the Lake Your Name Class Year A critique of “White‚ E. B. “Once More to the Lake”. The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues across the Disciplines. Gilbert H. Muller. 11th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill Solutions. 2011. 298-303. Print A critique of Once More to the Lake‚ E. B. White‚ text. The main idea is that many people reflect on their past lives and experiences when their past mirror their children present. The author achieves
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different ideas in the readers mind. Evidently‚ Birney’s poems both contain very powerful descriptions‚ but the two descriptions have different effects on the reader. "January Morning/Downtown Vancouver" beautifully describes exactly the title of the poem. However‚ the poem missing meat or substance‚ does not require the reader to analyze it in any way. In contrast‚ the first paragraph of "Vancouver Lights" is also a description‚ but this only sets the tone and allows the reader to get a feeling of
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that plant life and gardening had much meaning to Theodore Roethke. Overall‚ Theodore Roethke’s use of imagery and personification in Root Cellar gives society a different way to look at life. In “Root Cellar”‚ the large amount of imagery allows readers to build their senses in order to understand the true meaning of this poem. At the beginning of the poem‚ it starts out by saying‚ “Nothing would sleep in that cellar‚ dank as a ditch” ("Famous Poets and poems"). Usually when people imagine a cellar
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The events he describes extensively seem extremely long and could even cause the reader to lose interest in the reading. For example‚ one of the main points in the plot was when two twin boys‚ Sam and Eric‚ thought they saw the beast on top of the mountain on page ninety-eight. The boys were running back to the others to tell them about
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heart ache‚ hoping to emit some sort of heart felt reaction from the reader. Emotion and feeling‚ this is exactly what Wordsworth wanted to fill his Lyrical Ballads with‚ the common language of men mechanically speaking‚ but also including the language of the heart. However‚ Wordsworth does not want the reader to stop there. He does not simply fill his poems with emotions just for the sake of writing about emotions‚ he wants the reader to analyze these feelings‚ understand them‚ and ultimately understand
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is responsible on what they consume. Malik’s argument was worth reading although he does not provide any evidence on what he is endeavoring to prove. Furthermore he tries to persuade his readers by asking irrational questions that cannot be answered‚ his utilization of vague words drives the attention of the reader away from what is designated to be understood‚ he inclines to generalize the public and engenders a conclusion on what is transpiring today concerning the issue he is talking about. In this
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