Literary Terms Vocabulary: Irony Irony A contrast between expectation and reality. It can be: • tragic • profound • funny There are three types or irony: 1. verbal 2. situational 3. dramatic Verbal Irony When we say the opposite of what we mean. e.g.‚ When a mother walks into a room and sees that her children‚ instead of doing their homework‚ are playing video games‚ she gives them a stern look and says "Once you’re done with your very important work there‚ let’s take some time
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can read about the problem of a new teacher and how children rag him. But a teacher can have a strong will and won’t let his pupils make jokes at him‚ how to manage them. The author of this story is omniscient‚ he goes through the psychological characterization‚ and using the third person narration‚ tells us a straight-form story about a young teacher‚ Kenneth Speed‚ who is the central character‚ who came to his new class and had been warned about the children’s possible misbehaviour. The story
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nausea‚ and sweating‚ they occur when a trigger reminds the victim of the traumatic event. In the novel The Sorrow of War‚ by Bao Ninh‚ the narrator tells the story of Kien‚ a North-Vietnamese veteran who survived the war against all odds. While the omniscient narrator remains unstated‚ Bao Ninh alludes that Kien and the narrator have PTSD. After the war‚ Kien loses everything because he cannot cope with his past; the terrible things he saw or the horrific crimes he committed in the war. Kien finds solace
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"Make it new"‚ said Ezra Pound. What was new in Modernist poetry? Modernism was a complex movement‚ including many unique and varied features in its odd period of development in European and American writers. Broadly and retrospectively‚ four features were common; experimentation‚ anti-realism‚ intellectualism and individualism‚ although excellent Modernist poets can be found that only partly fulfil these requirements. As well as Ezra Pound many poets and other writers came to light including T
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main character‚ which we are going to meet and where the story takes place. The narrator of this story is a third person narrator with a restricted point of view. A restricted point of view‚ which is the opposite of a omniscient point of view‚ means that the narrator does not have access to the thoughts of anybody but the main character. If this story had an omniscient narrator we
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Narration Amelie is partially told by an omniscient voice-over narrator and partially tells by itself. The voice-over narrator introduces a character or summarizes a length of time in the character’s life that the film skips over. For example‚ the voice-over narrator introduces Amelie’s parents and other characters at the beginning of the film by relating some oddly humorous character traits. The voice-over narrator is also arranging the parts of the narrative. In other words‚ he is telling the
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which the characters find themselves. These situations alone are more than enough to ensure a constant interest; however‚ it is Dumas’s use of literary elements and devices that truly bring this compelling tale to life. The narration style of this novel is third person omniscient. The narrator of the story is an anonymous
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staccato style‚ tough‚ clear‚ ironic‚ colloquial‚ unconventional‚ ‘clipped’ style ‘Hard-‐boiled’ detective Sustains interest throughout the novel Convincing tone Omniscient (as detective of Sydney) Her distinct voice plays on gender roles‚ with the reverse of familiar conventions‚ seen in the first pages of the book
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psychopathic character. In contrast a seemingly passive narrator is presented in ‘Porphyria’s Lover’‚ with his twisted reflection on the situation being prevalently more dominate‚ adding to the air of ambiguity about his character. Alternatively‚ his narration follows his internal thoughts as he “debated” and “listened”. F.Scott Fitzgerald Nick Carraway‚ the Great Gatsby’s narrator‚ has a crucial role in the novel - acting as not only the voice‚ but also as a participant. His ideal perspective is
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Theme Comparison: The Necklace & The Story of an Hour A short story‚ “The Necklace” (“La parure”) by Guy de Maupassant in 1884 and a poem‚ ‘The Story of an Hour” written by Kate Chopin in 1894 are literary works that are very comparable yet are different. The two women‚ Madame Mathilde Loisel and Louise Mallard‚ portrayed in these literary works are protagonists who have trouble because of conflicting expectations imposed on them by society. Both Mathilde Loisel and Louise Mallard want something
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