The Rhetorical Mode of Narration Any time you “tell what happened” or “tell a story” you are using NARRATION. Strictly speaking‚ narration is any writing that lays out the events of a story in a dramatic and climactic order. Narration typically uses the chronological organization of events to make a point. It may also include flashback (analpsis) or begin in medias res (L. “in the middle of things”) a classical method of telling a story in which the narrator works backward from
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Character: The main character would be Dick Prosser. He would be considered a rounded character because he does not take on the role of the classic house servant in the South. While being religious‚ he also is very talented in many aspects‚ such as shooting and sports. Docile but violent He would also be considered dynamic because he is a traditional religious man in the beginning of the story‚ and then he turns into a radical religious murderer‚ killing people on the basis to start the Judgment
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“ Lady’s Maid “ is a short-story written by a Katherine Mansfield ‚ a famous British writer ‚ was first published in 1920 . It is the final story in the 1922 collection of her work‚ The Garden Party and Other Stories. The writer is well known for her psychological stories. In the “ Lady’s Maid “ the author touches the problem of maid’s miserable and lonely life‚ and shows her dependence and lack of education . The story itself is written in the first person narration ‚ it is told from the point
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Stolpestad by William Lychack Stolpestad is a short story written by William Lychack‚ published in 2008‚ is about a policeman who gets called out at the end of his shift‚ to help a 9 year old boy with his suffering dog. Stolpestad is the main character in the story and the protagonist. He is not at all captivated by the task at hand‚ which I believe to be the antagonist of the story‚ but follows his orders and heads out to accomplish this odd task and shoots the dog. In the end he is confronted
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FIVE ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY Plot -it is the sequence or flow of the events in a short story that would help develop the author’s idea. There are five elements of plot structure-- introduction‚ rising action‚ climax‚ falling action‚ and denouement. Character -considered as being one of the most important factor to a good short story‚ the characters are sentient beings who carry out the actions of the story. Setting -the when and where in which the story takes place. Authors often
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The Writing Style of The Moonstone The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins has a very unique writing style‚ creating an overall effect on the reading experience. In this story‚ Collins decided to write his story by having his characters mark down their own experiences with the Moonstone. The audience is able to read different points of views from varying characters such as Gabriel Betteredge‚ Ezra Jennings‚ Miss Drusilla Clack and a few others. Each written narrative differed in writing style‚ experiences
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Caroline Edinger 11-11-13 English 104-201 Prof. Tim Emerson “How to Control the Progression of Your Writing through Literary Devices” When sitting down to write a short story‚ an author must consider exactly which literary device will hold the most significance throughout their writing. Making this decision may be forced‚ may come naturally‚ and may even happen as an outcome through the progression of their narrative. After analytically reading various short stories by famous authors one
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How to make your creative writing better 1. USE NON-LINEAR STRUCTURE This means that you should practice writing stories out of chronological (or time) order. You could use flashbacks‚ or start your story at the end and then write about events that led up to the crisis. TV shows like Revenge and Lost have used this technique. You could also tell the story from different character’s perspectives. Novels like Across the nightingale floor alternate between the female protagonist’s perspective (written
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Critically examine the plot in “The Ant and the Grasshopper”: Somerset Maugham‟s short story “The Ant and the Grasshopper” bases itself on the well-known fable of La Fontaine of the same title. The exposition presents a brief summary of the fable‚ followed by the narrator‟s expression of bias against the ant in La Fontaine‟s story. Since in the exposition the narrator uses the fable to introduce his story of the Ramsay brothers‚ the reader‟s expectations from the development of the plot are already
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Unit 2 Journey to Identity Text Analysis Title: Boy in the striped pajamas Author: John Boyne Publication Date:5 Jan 2006 I chose this book because (respond in at least 2 sentences):I did not chose this book for any specific reason. I did not really like any of the other books so I just went with this one. Connecting with Character: Protagonist Bruno __________________________________________________ How do you relate to this character? Similarities Differences Beginning: My father was in
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