The editors of “Flash Fiction” asked themselves the question‚ “How short can a story be and still truly be a story?” (11). With this in mind‚ they settled on a maximum word count of 750‚ with a minimum of 250. They debated keeping it as “one story to a page‚ just a little book of little stories‚” but soon realized that‚ without the turn of a page during a story‚ the reader is easily bored (13). Instead‚ they allowed the stories to begin and end naturally in the book’s layout. “Pumpkins” is a
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As Leon Battista Alberti once said‚ “Painting is possessed of divine powered‚ for not only does it make the absent present‚ but also makes the dead almost alive”. This seems to summarize the central theme of William Butler Yeats’ poem‚ “Sailing to Byzantium” that through human imagination‚ nature and its raw materials are transformed into something that will withstand the test of time. Through the use of Yeats’ clusters of images‚ paradoxes‚ and syntax‚ this theme of endurance over time is emphasized
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Stylistic Prose Techniques Tyler O’Brien Baldwin‚ James. Go Tell it on the Mountain‚ New York‚ New York; Dell Publishing‚ 1952. 1. A metaphor is a comparison between to unlike things. “Broadway; the way that led to death was broad‚ and many could be fund thereon; but narrow was the way that led to life eternal‚ and few there were who found it.” (Pg. 34) Baldwin uses this effectively because he is comparing Broadway‚ a street in New York‚ to the Peoples’ Souls that hang around Broadway. It helps
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is to study the types of the author’s narrative which greatly influence the structure of novels. The concrete tasks of the investigation are the following: 1. to analyze the types of the author’s narratives in various works of modern fiction; 2. to find examples of modern literary process and to analyze their features; 3. to define the specific use of language units in different types of novels; The object of the investigation is the author’s point of view in the course of creating the text of
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How to ANALYZE FICTION William Kenney Assistant Professor of English Manhattan College Monarch Press Copyright @ 1966 by Simon & Schuster Printed in United States of America How to Analyze Fiction 2 Chapter 1 Plot Choice Fiction and Choice: The act of writing. Whether one is writing a complex three-volume novel or a personal letter to a close friend‚ consists of a series of choices. To see just what this means‚ let’s consider the simpler form‚ the personal letter first. Choice
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Name: Date: 4/16/2015 Graded Assignment Unit Test: Modern Fiction and Nonfiction Answer the following questions in complete sentences. You must complete it by the due date to receive full credit on this test. (15 points) 1. Do you think that attending the concert in "A Wagner Matinee" is a positive experience for Aunt Georgiana? Why or why not? Be sure to include specific details from the story in your response. Answer: Yes. The defining aspect of Georgiana’s personality‚ however‚ is never in
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King Arthur is a legend that is known the throughout the world. It is loaded with chivalry and romance. To most people it is just a romantic story of a king and his adventures involving magic‚ where good conquered evil. If there were no historical basis for the legend‚ there would be no arguement that he existed. This legend however is thought to have been based on an actual person. Certain historical items show that King Arthur couldn’t have existed. The development of the story of King
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The Existence of Supernatural Creatures: Fact or Fiction Submitted by: Inah Louise M. Livara Pamela Ann B. Peleo Submitted to: Miss Mary Ann M. Cagaanan Submitted this: March 15‚ 2012 Chapter I: Problem and it’s Setting Introduction Statement of the Problem It is the purpose of this research to determine the truth or fallacy behind the existence of supernatural creatures. Specifically‚ it aims to answer the following questions: 1) Give interesting facts about supernatural
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Week Nine Short Story Assignment What is the symbolic significance of the wheel? The symbolic significance of the wheel is of the man in having control over the wheel‚ thus‚ he has control over his own life and his own death. The wheel represents the man’s destiny and his inability to control it. The narrator states‚ “As the wheel increased its speed it seemed to draw him more and more into its power‚ as though it held his fate – He could not stop it now. So let it be” (231). He refuses to
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I awoke in a dark‚ stale room. The only light was coming from where a strip of cardboard had been torn from the board that covered the window. I saw trees outside‚ so I guessed that I probably wasn’t in my little desert hometown. The next thing I noticed was the fact that one of my hands was chained to a horrible excuse for a bed‚ but I guess that could have been expected‚ considering the circumstances. I exhaled sharply and closed my eyes; the sparse sunlight suddenly felt too bright to my already
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