1. Abstract Language: Language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things‚ people‚ or places. 2. Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds‚ such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." 3. Allusion: A reference contained in a work 4. Ambiguity: an event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way. 5. Analogy: a literary device employed to serve as a basis for comparison. It is assumed that what applies to the parallel situation
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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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Fiction Vs. Reality Animal Farm is a book that relates to everyday problems of leadership and authority. There is a stark correlation between fiction and reality in the book‚ highlighted by George Orwell through two characters that have power and use different manipulative techniques to secure different outcomes. In reality‚ Orwell uses the pigs to symbolize the powerful people in our society‚ such as Muammar Gaddafi‚ who manipulate their people using suppressive and alluring tactics. Through
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artworks and the paradox of fiction. Throughout his study‚ he discovered three elements of paradoxical fiction; individual’s “experience genuine emotions directed at fictional character and situations” ‚fictional emotions condition‚ “in order to experience emotions towards X‚ one must believe X exists”‚ belief requirement‚ and “we do not believe that fictional characters and situations exist‚ disbelief condition (McNiff‚ Source K). Without those three elements‚ the paradox of fiction and the other components
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subject or acting. They used medium shots techniques when they interviewed to NDSU students. They focused on students themselves but‚ at the same time‚ I could see other extra things like chair and tables. I also found creative shot‚ they shot creatively at the burgurly area; they included the ground. The direction of camera was bottom to upper. So‚ it made the scene more unique. • Any shaky video? I could not find shaky video except a part of the news. When camera shot the park‚ they tried to shot all
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change of Indian fiction in English. The form of Indian novel in English has become more open‚ more playful‚ and more concerned. All the credit aptly goes to the gifted‚ stupendous‚ and extraordinary creative genius‚ Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. He‚ indeed‚ took all the pains to make novel a genre in Indian writing in English. He began to write Rajmohan’s Wife‚’ the first Indian Novel in English‚ in the year 1864. It was his initial and tentative attempt as literary genre to fiction based on a Victorian
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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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Gregory L. Baize‚ Sr. In Partial Completion for ENG 102 D04 201130 Professor Robinson July 10‚ 2011 Thesis Statement Comparative study of Graham Greenes ’ "The Destructors" and Shirley Jackson ’s "The Lottery." Both stories are great work of paralleled irony for different reasons. In "The Destructors‚" life ’s decisions are convoluted in a much different way‚ one may say they are the same as in The Lottery‚ but they are not. In "The Lottery‚" life ’s decisions appear
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3) In what way(s) is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein a Romantic novel? Justify and exemplify. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a Romantic novel in the following aspects: • Subjective point of view Throughout the novel‚ there are three different first-person narrators (Robert Walton‚ Victor Frankenstein and the monster). All of them have a subjective point of view. • Dissatisfaction with the known This aspect is illustrated by Walton’s wish of reaching the North Pole and Frankenstein’s obsession
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Discussion_1_week_2 Chapter Five discusses the importance of point of view in literature and‚ more specifically‚ in the short story. Choose one short story from the course text about which you have not yet written‚ and analyze it in terms of point of view. When writing your post‚ consider the following questions * How would you categorize the point of view [e.g.‚ first-person‚ second-person (i.e.‚ “you”)‚ third-person limited‚ third-person omniscient]? * Is the point of view consistent
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