Elements of Fiction 1. Settings * Place and time where the story takes place * It sets the mood of the story 2. Characters * Elements that move in the story *Classifications of Characters* * Protagonist – good guys * Antagonist – bad guys * Round – complex‚ many sided * Flat – one to two traits only * Static – sake sort of person from the beginning till the end * Dynamic/developing – undergoes permanent change * Major – main roles * Minor – supporting
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‘Prose; words in their best order; - poetry: the best words in the best order’ (Coleridge). A reflection on Coleridge’s definition‚ Nobody can claim that prose is a somewhat less commendable form of literature than poetry. Prose must still contain a certain amount of veraciousness and technique in order to be created. However poetry requires these things in order to be successful and whilst it is some people’s view that prose is layered with different meanings and is read to be analysed‚ poetry
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Types of fiction 1. Flash fiction: Flash fiction has roots going back to Aesop’s Fables‚ and practitioners have included Bolesław Prus‚ Anton Chekhov‚ O. Henry‚ Franz Kafka‚ H.P.Lovecraft‚ Ray Bradbury and Lydia Davis. New life has been brought to flash fiction by the Internet‚ with its demand for short‚ concise works. A ready market for flash-fiction works is ezines; however‚ flash fiction is also published by many print magazines. Markets specializing in flash fiction include SmokeLong Quarterly
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Berry - Literature Notes SUMMARY Berry is about a young black man called Millberry Jones who is employed at Dr. Renfield’s Home for Crippled Children. He was reluctantly employed by Mrs. Osborn‚ the housekeeper‚ because the Scandinavian kitchen boy had left without notice‚ leaving her no choice in hiring Berry. Her reluctance to hire Berry stemmed from his race‚ which initiated questions such as where he would sleep‚ as well as how the other employees would react to the presence of a Negro. She
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Marlo Wilson Business Literature January 15‚2007 Lynn Nelson Comparing Narrative in Fiction and Non-Fiction Paper Comparing Narrative in Fiction and Non-Fiction Paper 1 " My Lack of Gumption" a non fiction story by Russell Baker and "Forty-Five Month a fiction story by R. K. Narayan were two very interesting readings. It was quite amazing to see how two authors with totally
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ENGL/101 Liberty University Online 10/14/2013 Introduction The environment has always been a major problem for the entire world. This is a problem is because of the excessive abuse of mankind to the planet by exploiting‚ wasting and draining the natural resources this planet has have to offer. Mankind has s have taken for granted what the earth has to offer us and which God gave to this planet to take care of for all the generation to come. As‚ the whole world can see now that this
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SYLLABUS Title of the Course: IED 373 British Poetry and Prose II Instructor: Associate Prof Dr. Huriye Reis Year and Term: 2011-2012 Autumn Class Hours: Wednesday 13:00-15:45 (ZNG); huriye@hacettepe.edu.tr I.Aim and Contents: This course aims to present the Renaissance and the seventeenth -century English literature‚ the major conventions‚ themes and writers of these periods through a study of selected poems and prose works. II.Course Outline Week I and II: (5-12 October 2011)A
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Fielding as a ‘comic epic poem in prose’‚ it is the story of a good-natured footman’s adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor‚ the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams. The novel represents the coming together of the two competing aesthetics of eighteenth-century literature: the mock-heroic and neoclassical (and‚ by extension‚ aristocratic) approach ofAugustans such as Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift; and the popular‚ domestic prose fiction of novelists such as Daniel Defoe
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and having everyone turn against her. The author starts to introduce the Sister ’s circumstances early on in the story. Stella-Rondo recently returning home after separating from her husband immediately begins to cause chaos in the household. For example‚ at dinner‚ Stella-Rondo says to Papa-Daddy‚ "Sister says she fails to understand why you don ’t cut off your beard?" Being fully aware that this was a very sensitive subject with him‚ Stella-Rondo viciously blames Sister for her doing. The Sister
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Do the monster’s eloquence and persuasiveness make it easier for the reader to sympathize with him? Why do you think most film versions of the story present the monster as mute or inarticulate? I do sympathize with the "monster" and feel the movies of course make him mute or inarticulate to make it more sensational. I prefer the book to the movies. 3. Trace the similarities between Victor and the monster. Consider their respective relationships with nature‚ desires for family‚ and any other
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