A short story is a brief work of literature‚ usually written in narrative prose.[1] Emerging from earlier oral storytelling traditions in the 17th century‚ the short story has grown to encompass a body of work so diverse as to defy easy characterization. At its most prototypical the short story features a small cast of named characters‚ and focuses on a self-contained incident with the intent of evoking a "single effect" or mood.[2] In so doing‚ short stories make use of plot‚ resonance‚ and other
Premium Short story Fiction Novella
Brennan Rattenni 10/8/13 English 10 Ms. Nardi Reflective Essay During the past five weeks me and my group‚ David‚ Brandon‚ and Ethan‚ have learned many things from our book and our group discussions. The book are group decided to do was Runner‚ by Carl Deuker‚ a fiction novel based on a child who must make his own money to pay for his fathers bills. All together my group had four meetings and all of them helped us to learn more about the book‚ ourselves as a group participant‚ and as peers
Premium Psychology Question Activity
defined as a statement different from what appears to be true. It is an incongruity between what is expected to happen and what actually happens (Meyer‚ 286-287). In a lot of cases‚ irony is usually used to raise the reader’s interest by making the story or poem more unpredictable. In the poem “Suburban” by John Ciardi‚ the author approaches the reader with humor and irony. When Mrs. Friar phones Mr. Ciardi‚ saying: “The fact is your dog has just deposited – forgive me – a large repulsive object in
Premium Satire Human Jonathan Swift
There is evidence that shows that irony plays a major role in the short stories‚ The Haiji‚ No Witch Craft For Sale and The Wedge Tailed Eagle In the short story‚ the Haiji‚ irony is shown when Haiji Hassen wants to preserve his dignity in the eyes of society but in the end his dignity is finally destroyed by his stubbornness and pride. in the story‚ Haiji Hassen’s brother‚ Karim is dying and would like a normal Muslim funeral but Karim married a white woman and went over to live with
Premium Short story Fiction White people
SMARTHINKING’s E-structor Response Form (Your marked-up essay is below this form.) HOW THIS WORKS: Your e-structor has written overview comments about your essay in the form below. Your e-structor has also embedded comments [in bold and in brackets] throughout your essay. Thank you for choosing SMARTHINKING’s OWL; best wishes with revising your paper! Hi‚ Gregory! I am Kobe F.‚ and I am happy to read and comment on your work today. I like your choice of Jimmy Cross for your discussion because he
Premium Sentence Clause Dependent clause
Short Story Rough Draft Natasha and her mother had never gotten along very well. They fought daily. The atmosphere in the house was always tense. It was no wonder that her mother was so sick. Everyone in the family knew of her condition. Well everyone but Natasha. A few months ago‚ Natasha was at a friend’s house and her mother had to go to the hospital. Apparently the stress from all the fighting over the years was making her sicker and sicker. When they had tried to tell Natasha‚
Premium Mother Atmosphere Grammatical tense
metal music blasting from your room.” “I would hardly call my music ‘death metal’ mum. But I’m not going there again. What did you call me for?” Ever since my father had called‚ mum had been very snappy and got frustrated over everything‚ no matter how miniscule. Or maybe it was because in exactly 2 days it was my 17th birthday and we still hadn’t sorted anything out about me getting my P plates or my party that I had planned on having weeks ago. Either way‚ I was sick of all the little bickering
Premium
The Little Mule that Could “Clip‚ clop‚ clip‚ clop‚ such a reassuring sound”‚ Jenny thought as she pulled the plow through Mr. Dawkins’ fields. Jenny could feel the soil beneath her hooves‚ and the steady beat of her lively heart. Behind her was Dave‚ the small black boy‚ who was tasked to lead Jenny through the fields. But she already knew the way; she had done it‚ day in and day out‚ for as long as she could remember. From the time she was a little mule‚ she remembered her parents had done this
Premium 2002 albums Object-oriented programming Field
to stop our bus. So he hit the front of the bus by his car. After five minutes the bus stopped totally and the driver closed the door and windows tightly. After that the driver asked us to keep quiet and sat down in our seats. The strange man was coming to us and throwing small stones to the windows. So the driver called the police. When the driver ended his call‚ he tried to find the man but he could not see him. Ten minutes later‚ the police car came to us. Because of this the driver opened the
Premium Police Primary school English-language films
Klingova‚ Milena 10/3 02/04/13 SHORT STORY Final Draft She was walking home after a big trigonometry test‚ which in her head had not gone well at all‚ even though she had spent hours and hours‚ preparing for it. When I think about it‚ her thoughts cannot be entirely trusted‚ as she was highly competitive and ambitious‚ and even though she was only 16‚ she knew exactly what she wanted to do with her life. Who was she though? Her name was
Premium English-language films Mother American films