The Short Story. Basic Literary Elements of The Short Story. 1.1.History of The Development of The Short Story. 1.1.1.Early Forms.Origins. The short story refers to a work of fiction that is usually written in prose‚ usually in narrative format. This format or medium tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction‚ such as novellas (in the 20th and 21st century sense) and novels or books. Short story definitions based upon length differ somewhat even among professional writers
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airplane it took about 1 hour 30 minutes just to get there. Then it took the plane 8 hours to get to Cancun. When we got their it had just stopped raining. The first thing I saw once we left the airport was a…….PALM TREE! It was like 6:00 A.M. so I was tired we went to our hotel and slept for 4 hours. Then my dad said “wake up it time to see the pyramids!” I was so excited I forgot I was tired! It took another hour to get there but when we did it was soooo cool. It was in a jungle so I saw lots of birds
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pronunciation of his name‚ inferring insinuation of the lawyer’s own questionable history. "I recall your own name has lent‚ for good or ill‚ some pathos to that history of law as well friend" "Yes‚ a mind misunderstood is all. Nevertheless‚ there is still time for humanity to embrace my good judgements" "Draco‚ am I to understand it is a game you wish to play?" "Game? I suppose you could assert that; why not?" "Then this being the so‚ I propose I will play this game provided there is a winner and loser"
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blankets off her body‚ she quickly ran to the window and peered into the expansive garden. Among the rose and honeysuckle bushes‚ she could see two small spheres glistening softly in the moonlight. Each of the metallic balls had a small light‚ blinking in time with the strange noise. The lights were so bright that Emily could distinguish them from her bedroom window one hundred yards away. She was seven years old and much too curious about these strange objects to go back to sleep. She squinted at the
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up against my head and said‚ "Go to the bank and give me all of your money!" Harry forced me into my own car and made me drive to the closest bank. After we emptied my bank account I drove back to my house. When we arrived at my house‚ there was a short stubby man named George waiting on my porch. Harry called George the previous night because he needed a place to stay. George was furious with Harry for calling him during the night. Harry tried to calm George down‚ by giving him some of my money for
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So‚ turning on the TV‚ he turned down the sound and poured himself a full glass once he opened the bottle. As he sat in the recliner with the glass in his hand‚ he took one sip and then another before drinking the entire glass in two gulps thinking he could get a little bit of sleep if he drank just enough to get a buzz and take the edge off the nightmare. Unfortunately‚ it didn’t take a medical degree or one in psychology to know he was suffering from PTSD or that he was extremely depressed. As
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A little girl wandered through the child-filled streets in her fairy costume. Her short dirty blonde hair fell on either side of her rosy cheeks which showed the purest of innocence. Just like every other Halloween night her green eyes sparked with excitement. Her name was Bianca‚ Halloween is the one thing she looked forward to all year round‚ seeing the houses decorated‚ feeling the breeze of fall brushing against her body and the wondrous scent of candy‚ all these things brought joy to her. Every
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“Is it okay if I go through the wash again? My car’s still dirty and there’s some type of film on my windows. Do you see this?” she asks. Without even a glance at her car‚ I respond‚ “Of course‚” and guide her vehicle onto the track for a second time. A customer asking for a rewash is such a common occurrence that my coworkers and I don’t even think twice about giving them out. Moreover‚ it’s still early in my shift and the last thing I want to do is deal with an irate customer. So I send her
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Rosie‚ she’s fat‚ she’s ugly‚ she’s alone‚ her kid hates her guts and she’s dumb as a stump. All she has left in life is be just as nasty on the inside as she is on the outside. It’s a good thing she’s dried up and menopausal. Because the slob who once showed her brilliance by announcing that "Fire can not melt metal" now is telling the world what she would do with her ‘flow’ if she wasn’t a dried up old prune. O’Donnell said she would like to do this to pro-lifers: “I’d like to take my period blood
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falls asleep with her head on Parker’s lap. Once the movie ends‚ he picks her up bridal style. “I’m going to take her to bed.” He whispers to her grandpa. Parker carries her to the bedroom and places in the bed‚ covering her with the blue blankets. He walks back out to the living room area to help her grandfather‚ who is putting out the fire. Parker helps him clean up a little before they both go to bed. As Parke walks towards the bedroom‚ Aubrie’s grandfather stops him. “Parker wait a minute.”
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