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    disappearance‚ her family found themselves at the epicenter of a whirlwind of press. The world wanted to know what happened to the U.S. Ambassador’s daughter and conspiracies were abundant. A dominant faction of those interested in their peculiar story‚ believed it was an international political affair that the family as well and the U.S. and U.K. government were aware of‚ but there were international secrets at stake. Some were suspicious of Winnie herself and vehemently claimed that she was the

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    Many science fiction stories contain similar themes and ideas‚ but only two really caught my attention. As I read these stories I couldn’t help but notice the different themes that make them appealing. Although they both have different themes‚ characters and scenarios‚ they both seem to stay true to the make believe factor. Themes like vengeance‚ justice‚ love‚ pride‚ and honor seem to appear in these short stories. For me‚ justification seems to also be present‚ one justifies on the good for mankind

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    A short story concentrates on creating a single dynamic effect and is limited in character and situation. It is a language of maximum yet economical effect. Every word must do a job‚ sometimes several jobs. Short stories are filled with numerous language and sound devices. These language and sound devices create a stronger image of the scenario or the characters within the text‚ which contribute to the overall pre-designed effect.As it is shown in the metaphor ’lipstick bleeding gently’ in Cinnamon

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    ENL407 COURSE TITLE THE SHORT STORY QUESTION ‘The short story lacks criticism and lacks form’. Justify this statement using any three stories from THE JAMBULA TREE AND OTHER STORIES. The short was said to lack both criticism and form. These are some of the many false accusations that were levelled against the short story. These allegations‚ coupled with several others‚ have been responsible for the attitude of critics towards the short story. Critics considered the short story to be an inferior kind

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    5 Important Elements of a Short Story A short story is a short work of fiction. Fiction‚ as you know‚ is prose writing about imagined events and characters. Prose writing differs from poetry in that it does not depend on verses‚ meters or rhymes for its organization and presentation. Novels are another example of fictional prose and are much longer than short stories. Some short stories‚ however‚ can be quite long. If a a short story is a long one‚ say fifty to one hundred pages‚ we call it

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    Short story: Definition and History. A short story like any other term does not have only one definition‚ it has many definitions‚ but all of them are similar in a general idea. According to The World Book Encyclopedia (1994‚ Vol. 12‚ L-354)‚ “the short story is a short work of fiction that usually centers around a single incident. Because of its shorter length‚ the characters and situations are fewer and less complicated than those of a novel.” In the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

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    III honors 14 October 2011 The Short Stories Quiet‚ But Aggressive Approach Novels are superfluous while short stories strive for flawlessness‚ ensuring meticulously picked details and succinct plots. The short story utilizes the complex and vivid words the English language has to offer‚ painting pictures in the minds of the reader‚ while the novel overwhelms the reader with redundant and arbitrarily picked language. Steven Millhauser says that Short stories illustrate the message or meaning

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    The short story Narrative genres‚ such as the novel or the short story‚ are born out of the very powerful human need to tell stories‚ out of our fundamental desire to give shape to experience in order to understand it and share it with the community. Through story telling early communities made sense of natural phenomena‚ unexpected events‚ and personal experience. Storytelling enabled them to pass on valuable information and to keep the memory of their ancestors alive down the generations. Storytelling

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    English 10 Ms. Nardi Reflective Essay During the past five weeks me and my group‚ David‚ Brandon‚ and Ethan‚ have learned many things from our book and our group discussions. The book are group decided to do was Runner‚ by Carl Deuker‚ a fiction novel based on a child who must make his own money to pay for his fathers bills. All together my group had four meetings and all of them helped us to learn more about the book‚ ourselves as a group participant‚ and as peers. From our group discussions

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    The short story Puppy by George Saunders is narrated in the third person from a limited prospective. George Saunders used a neat technique where it was as if we were reading the minds of the two main characters. It was neat to see this writing style used and how it effectively displayed the most important fictional element in my opinion. The most important fictional element for this short story is the use of symbols. One symbol in particular‚ the puppy. The puppy was symbolic in a few ways for both

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