Literary Devices used in “ How to Date a Browngirl‚ Blackgirl‚ Whitegirl‚ or Halfie” by Jason Hernandez Professor Melinda Hernandez Central Texas College English 1302 28 March 2012 Outlines I. Introduction A. Different types of literary devices being used II. Style A. How is the style used to interest the reader. III. Tone A. How is the tone used to make the story playful. IV. Language A. How does the language change throughout the story V. Conclusion
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Literary Reflection Alicia Gallegos ENG 125 Lindsay Brand April 08‚ 2013 Literary Reflection In reading Alice Walker’s “The Welcome Table”‚ I have found a profound interest in the content and context of the short story. This particular story has great depth and imaginary depictions that allows the reader to invest them to the message of the story. In this literary work I find it best to approach the critical thinking in a personal view point. Allowing the reader to get involved in the story
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exaggeration to say that these books intrigued me because they represented knowledge. However‚ they intrigued me because although they sat there and collected dust for years‚ my mother refused to throw them away. It was impressed upon me very early on that books were important‚ and that throwing them away was wrong. I did not get it completely at that point‚ especially because those books were incomprehensible to a four or five year old‚ but I understood that it was something that would be important
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Literary Essay Nothing says adventure like running away from villains and getting shot at to start a career as a spy. Though many townspeople of Cumberland in Geoffrey Treases Cue for Treason think Peter Brownrigg is the best of the best‚ it is clear that not many people inherit the qualities to become a good spy. Katherine Russel is an exception. Kit is courageous and secretive‚ and therefor is the best spy in Cumberland. To begin‚ courage is one Kits most striking characteristics. Although it
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1. Alliteration Alliteration is a literary device in which two or more consecutive words‚ or words that are nearby in the same sentence‚ start with the same letter. It is often used in poetry‚ literature‚ slogans‚ and other propaganda because it is usually impressive and memorable. For example‚ Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. 2. Assonance Assonance is the repetition of a pattern of similar sounds within a sentence. It is used to produce a form of rhyme throughout the whole
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pigs rise to power and start treating the other animals as they are inferior to them. It becomes all about the pigs now as they push the animals to work extremely hard with long hours. The pigs eventually become just like the humans. Every action you make‚ you have a reason you did it right? Just like in Animal Farm‚ Orwell uses character motivation to help understand why an animal did a certain thing. For example‚ Napoleon took in and corrupted Animal Farm more and more. He did this for power
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literary terms notes Nonfiction-literature that is based on fact (facts‚ true) Examples: textbooks‚ biography‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ and autobiography Fiction-literature that comes from the author’s imagination (fake‚ not true) Examples: short story‚ novels Types of Fiction: Short story-a piece of fiction short enough to be read in a single sitting Novels-book length fiction Plot-the series of causally related events that make up a story Parts of Plot: Exposition-the part
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insurance money in which Walter wants a hand on. Yet‚ Mama buys a new house and wants to use the other parts of that money for Beneathas medical school in order to become a doctor. The Poem “The Negro Mother” shows the struggles that a Negro mother had to endure to make a better life. It shows how her kids were the ones helping her through her problems and all the hardships she had to endure in order to make her kids life more enjoyable. The poem “The Negro Mother” can be related to “A Raisin in the
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A Literary Analysis on Flanner O ’Connor ’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Written by ShaLynn M. Andrews Flannery O ’Connor ’s short story‚ “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is about a Georgia family on their way to Florida for a vacation and the day ending in disaster and murder. The story opens with the grandmother‚ also being the main character‚ trying to convince her son‚ Bailey‚ not to go to Florida; she had just read an article about a recently escaped convict‚ the Misfit‚ who was supposedly heading
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Tolentino‚ Fenina Gabrielle M. 11074523 January 8‚ 2013 Assignment #1 1. What are the different types of Literary Criticisms? * New Criticism / Formalism - This type of criticism concerns itself with the parts of a text and how the parts fit together to make a whole. Because of this‚ it does not bring in any information outside of the text: biography of the author‚ historical or literary allusions‚ mythological patterns‚ or the psychoanalytical traits of the characters (except those traits specifically
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