Authors of short stories use elements of style to make their stories interesting. There are many elements of style used by authors. Irony and theme are often used in short stories. This is clearly shown in O. Henry’s short stories such as: “The Gift of the Magi‚” “The Lickpenny Lover‚” “The Midsummer Knights Dream‚” “The Cop and the Anthem‚” and “Ships.” The short stories of O. Henry use the element of theme to bring about ironic endings. In “The Gift of the Magi” there are elements of theme throughout
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Analyzing a short story The basic components of a short story 1. Plot (introduction‚ conflict‚ climax‚ resolution ) The sequence of events or incidents of which the story is composed. In the plot there may be diffferent kinds of conflicts (person agains person – person agains environment – person against him/herself). Artistic unity is essential to a good plot ; nothing irrelevant should be there that does not contribute to the total meaning.
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syntagmatic arrangement. Without predictability there would be no coherence and no decoding. Defeated expectancy may come up on any level of the language. Among devices that are based on this principle we can name pun‚ zeugma‚ paradox‚ oxymoron‚ irony‚ anti-climax‚ etc. A Pun is a joke that makes a play on words. A pun‚ also called paronomasia uses words that have several meanings or words that sound similar but have different meanings. The general formula for the pun is: “A equals
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In this paper‚ I will explore the notion of irony in Achebe’s "Girls at War and Other Stories". My choice of Achebe’s collection of short stories is due to the scarcity of the critics written about it. All the focus and attention went to Achebe’s novels leaving out his short stories which are interesting to study especially that they represent different points of time in Achebe’s life as a writer. I will be specifically studying three of his short stories dealing with the Biafran war and their relationship
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Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado‚” he takes his audience down to these very catacombs. Poe’s masterful way of storytelling sets the scene for a horror-filled tale. His engaging story utilizes literary devices such as dialogue‚ symbolism‚ and irony to fully engross his readers’ attentions. First of all‚ the careful choice of dialogue in the narrative has a gripping effect on the reader. Primarily‚ the dialogue helps the reader get more involved in the story‚ due to it speeding up the pace. For
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Fatima Jaber Mr. Lettiere English 10 – Honors February 4th‚ 2014 Antigone: Irony 1. “But it is those that are most obstinate suffer the greatest fall.” (Creon says this to Antigone) This example from the short story could be considered dramatically ironic. The reader knows that Creon is the one who is obstinate and will not listen to his son‚ therefore resulting in him to have the greatest fall. When Creon’s son‚ Antigone’s fiancé‚ begs Creon to spare Antigone her life he wouldn’t listen and
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FIGURE OF SPEECH : A mode of expression in which words are used out of their literal meaning or out of their ordinary use in order to add beauty or emotional intensity or to transfer the poet’s sense impressions by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning familiar to the reader. Some important figures of speech are: simile‚ metaphor‚ personification‚ hyperbole and symbol. Adjunction: Adjunction refers to a clause or a phrase‚ usually a verb‚ that is added at the beginning
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wealth and possessions. Purposely narrated in an omniscient point of view‚ this short story interweaves situational and imagery to illustrate that materialism will not satisfy the deepest yearnings of the heart. The first instance of situational irony is found in the beginning of the story‚ where Hester‚ the mother had all the possessions that anyone could wish for in her early years‚ but bad circumstances occurred that stripped all her wealth and material goods away. Her dissatisfaction and continual
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which is Dramatic Irony as the title is Welcome To Holland. The ramifications of particular discoveries in the play Away differ for all individual characters and their situations. The three families are seen as separate beings of the Australian community as they held different class‚ experiences‚ attitudes and aspirations. The text is written as a play and opens up with the use of metatheater with a school performance of Shakespeare’s Memorable play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The irony within the play
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you’re a good man! You’re not at all common!" Just some of the last pleading words of the grandmother in the story‚ "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O’Connor. In the story‚ the author uses colloquialism‚ point-of-view‚ foreshadowing‚ and irony‚ as well as other rhetorical devices‚ to portray the satire of southern beliefs and religion throughout the entire piece. Flannery O’Connor lived most of her life in the southern state of Georgia. When once asked what the most influential things
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