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    Plot surprise and close calls is the most important literary device used in Three Skeleton Key‚ because the story would not go anywhere if it was all details and mood. Close calls is important because the reader will get anxiety and the feel relieved because it was a close call. In Three Skeleton Key‚ there is lots of close calls like this one. “At two in the morning‚ While Itchua was dozing in his room the sheet of metal burst and the rats swarmed on top of him.” He still survived. Or like this

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    groovy riff that grabs the listener’s attention. The rhythm section lays down a tight and funky groove‚ driven by a prominent bassline and syncopated percussion‚ while Hancock’s piano playing adds layers of improvisation and musicality. "Watermelon Man" is known for its infectious energy and irresistible groove‚ making it a favorite among jazz musicians and audiences. The piece also showcases Hancock’s innovative approach to blending different musical styles. This music represents funky/soul jazz

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    put in a tough predicament when her father defends a black man in a rape case in a time period where racism is still very prominent. In the book‚ Harper Lee uses a fitting point of view‚ colorful and controversial dialogue and dialect‚ and a wide variety of minor characters in order to criticize racism in the United States in the early ninteenth century. The first technique that is used by Lee is the point of view. This literary device is important because it is essentially the foundation that

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    Also the day the lottery takes place described as “a day in mid summer” indicates the period of unconstrained growth and recklessness. Another literary device in the story‚ is the genre by showing horror and realism in placing the story in a generic small town and reviling the fate of the lottery winner at the end. A third literary device in the story‚ is the tone by showing detachment and calms of the tone through out the story from the beginning describing the sunny day‚ to witnessing

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    Life of Pi - Option 2 In The Life of Pi by Yann Martel‚ Pi Patel and Richard Parker travel in a liferaft for many days while stranded in the Pacific Ocean. However‚ the setting helps aid the story in multiple ways. The setting guides the character’s feelings and actions to grow dynamically and adds foreshadow to the storyline. In the beginning of the plot when the weather started to become rough‚ Pi admitted that he was “very afraid” (Martel 101) and he was so frightened to where “his mind could

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    Every author and play writer has some kind of reason for writing their piece. As readers and viewers‚ we use our knowledge to decipher the underlying message that comes across throughout works of art. Our Town by Thornton Wilder has many people with several diverse opinions sharing their ideas about the play. Thornton Wilder’s purpose for writing Our Town was to show the amount of control human beings have over their life‚ but fail to recognize until death. You can see this through daily events in

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    Metaphysical and Physical William Wordsworth‚ possibly the most influential writer during the Romantic Era‚ used his philosophical insight to direct the messages produced in his literature. The characteristics that define a romantic also define the writing style of Wordsworth. His poem entitled Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey provides countless morals that are based off the authors personal experiences. After a return to the cathedral‚ Wordsworth teaches a lesson learned from the

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    Following the theme of identity not through language but through the mark a person can leave on the world the poem “Dusting” was written. In its simplest form a signature is the easiest way for someone to expresses who they are and to leave their mark. In the poem this is the focus of the little girl who “each morning wrote [her] name on the dusty cabinet” and every other available surface in her house as her her mother to erased them all everyday (line 1-2‚DUSTING). In order to emphasises every

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    PAPA’S WALTZ I read the poem about ‘’Papa’s Waltz’’ in my reading. I found on line one and two when father came home from work drunk off of whiskey. I think that could cause father’s to be violence to his son. Because when you drink alcohol it effects your body such as emotions‚ mad‚ and more other thing. I got a source that tell you about the effect of alcohol www.learn-about-alcoholism.com/effect-of-alcoholism.htmi. This website have great facts about effect of alcohol. The father would been fine

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    elicit emotions (Harpman‚ 261). Mirroring the acceptance of the haunting of Beloved’s baby ghost‚ these portray inverse forms of facing traumatic memories. Furthermore‚ Morrison reflects the role of storyteller through utilizing familiar elements to convey a message‚ in reimagining Beloved through the lens of Denver’s birth‚ a story often told by Sethe. The emergence of a physically present ghost creates an atmosphere that forces memories to resurface for Sethe‚ and “the gothic not only grows real

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