In this passage of Amy Tan’s story‚ Rules of the Game‚ the author uses many literary features to develop the climax of Waverly’s career as a young chess champion. As Waverly faces her first opponent of the chess tournament‚ she continusouly reminds herself of the art of invisble strength. She reptitively gets advised by the "wind"‚ as she carefully makes her moves towards victory‚ where her talent is recognized once again. However‚ a friction between Waverly and her mother arises as more trophies
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Modernization of romance elements in “Chivalry” by Neil Gaiman In Neil Gaiman’s short story “Chivalry”‚ an elderly woman finds and buys the Holy Grail in a thrift shop to use it as a decorative element in her house. At the same time‚ a knight from the Round Table is in the quest of finding this sacred object of God. This short story contains many elements of romance‚ such as the religious quest‚ love and adventure and courtly and chivalric life. By modernizing romance‚ Gaiman suggests that love
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Authors use many literary devices that enhance their writing in different ways. Two examples of literary devices are‚ indirect characterization and foreshadowing. When a writer uses a character’s thoughts and actions to represent their personality‚ they are using indirect characterization. Foreshadowing is when an author hints at an event to come. “Thank You‚ M’am” and “Charles” are two short stories which use these literary elements. In “Thank You‚ M’am” by Langston Hughes‚ indirect characterization
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Ethnography Research Addressing ethnographic inquiry Frances J. Riemer Groping in the dark When I began my first ethnographic research project‚ I wasn’t an ethnographer. I was a teacher and a student‚ living in the city‚ pondering questions about education and social mobility‚ poverty and work. I had enrolled in a doctoral program and taken classes in research methods‚ but I became an ethnographer by doing the things that ethnographers do. I learned how to ask questions by asking
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Aristotle’s Six Elements of Drama Use the six elements to analyze any play you read. 1. Plot. We will consider whether plays are episodic‚ climactic‚ and cyclical‚ what makes it so. A. What is the point of attack? 2. Character. We are considering stock‚ archetypal or complex characters 3. Thought. Please identify the value system that infuses the play. 4. Diction. Is the language high-flown or mundane? What is the result? 5. Music. Please consider the rise and fall of action
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writing a new story‚ the author must decide who will be narrating the story. Basically‚ there are two kinds of points of view: the first-person point of view‚ and the third-person point of view. In the first-person point of view a fictitious observer tells us what he or she saw‚ heard‚ concluded‚ and thought and is usually characterized by the use of the pronoun “I”. The speaker or narrator may sometimes seem to be the author speaking directly using an authorial voice. For example‚ Nick Carraway
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appropriate ritual dance to do because the point of it was to show how we must not kill each other. We must come together‚ figure out our differences and make peace. This ritual would be considered a specific ritual‚ which has a specific one-time purpose. The purpose obviously being the end of the terrorism that’s going on and the prevention of a war. The other type of ritual the handout talks about is a cyclical. A cyclical is repeated each year or season. An example of this would be a rain dance that
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such techniques for a variety of purposes c. Use these elements to compose a visual text which communicates a textual concept or theme d. Annotate the representation techniques chosen‚ using appropriate terminology. e. Explain clearly and concisely in written form what is represented and how the techniques used achieve the desired effect. Basic compositional elements of visual texts: LINE: is the essential element to indicate movement across a visual space. A horizontal line
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creation of many stories of good vs. evil‚ ending with the hero receiving unending praise and adoration. With that many of the people who read of the epic poem now relate to it on many levels‚ my belief is that the Christian elements throughout this poem make it more intriguing to the modern day peruser. The author of the poem is unknown but based on the style of wording used and the Paganistic elements it is believed to have originally been scribed by Christian monks. Beowulf is a ’story’ that has been
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Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault is the fairy tale’s original published version. It introduced the iconic character globally known by the same name. However‚ in its time‚ this plus other tales featured hidden meanings. While some ridiculed politics‚ others offered their audiences moral messages. Perrault’s tale featured a straightforward moral‚ but it too featured a shocking but common allegory among tales in his generation: women are simple. The tale began by introducing the protagonist:
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