Frankenstein‚ Shelley uses contrasting views on the same story to provoke thought in the reader and to compel them to decide for themselves who they symbolize with. Shelley provides three views on the same story. She begins the narrative in letters written by Walton‚ a sea captain setting sail to the North Pole‚ to his sister in England. Shelley then goes into Victor Frankenstein’s point of view. The reader gets a firsthand experience when Victor begins to recall his journey for scientific advancements
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Decorum Est’ is an anti war poem. It tells the reader of a group of soldiers coming back from fighting on the front line; they are forced to trudge ‘through sludge; despite being ‘dunk with fatigue’ marching slowly away from the explosives dropping behind towards ‘distant rest’. The reader and the soldiers believe they are out of danger when gas shells start to fall on them‚ the soldiers struggle to put on their gas masks‚ but one man does not make it. The reader is told how the man is ‘yelling out and
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sentence of the work‚ where the narrator tells us “[o]ne might as well begin with Helen’s letter to her sister.” This immediately sets up the reader to consider the role of the narrator in the piece‚ and to reserve making any conclusions hastily. In the aforementioned letters the narrator edits out information he deems unnecessary to the story at hand. The reader learns right away that they will not be receiving an unbiased‚ subjective accounting of what occurs‚ but filtered through the narrator’s lens
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Alexie paints the reader a picture in his book Indian Killer. He uses every possible element to his advantage. This includes his use of structure and form. Alexie uses these two elements in the shape of flashbacks‚ dreams and dream-like situations‚ the beginning compared to the end of the book‚ and the order in which events progress through the plot line. Within the story‚ Alexie utilizes flashbacks to bring the reader closer to the characters. The flashbacks are used give the reader some insight
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points used helps each story achieve its effect upon the reader. The third-person point of view‚ helps the reader to foreshadow all the events taking place. The first-person point of view‚ heightened the intensity of the story itself. If each stories’ view point were changed along with the narrators‚ then the effects intended upon the reader would not have been reached. Using first person point of view is significant in that it allows the reader to engage in the thoughts of the narrator and‚ thus‚
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future. In this well written piece‚ Shipler does a wonderful job of grabbing and keeping the attention of the reader with many techniques. He uses metaphors‚ pathos‚ dramatically short sentences‚ imagery and many more techniques. Shipler does‚ though‚ have two of his best techniques that he uses to really make this piece
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The book Warriors: A Dangerous Path is a great book for many diverse reasons. It has a detailed plotline that will keep any reader on edge and searching for more. It also has remarkably developed characters‚ allowing the reader to feel like they know each character personally. This book has an amazing setting; thus‚ the reader feels immersed in the story throughout the entire read. The plot in Warriors: A Dangerous Path is intricate and interesting. This series has many books in it; therefore‚ Erin
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language‚ it is a complex interaction between the text and the reader which is shaped by the reader’s prior knowledge‚ experiences‚ attitude‚ and language community which is culturally and socially situated. The reading process requires continuous practice‚ development‚ and refinement. Readers use a variety of reading strategies to assist with decoding (to translate symbols into sounds or visual representations of speech) and comprehension. Readers integrate the words they have read into their existing
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entry‚ which is predominantly catered to young Australian readers who are interested in receiving a tattoo. Accompanying her blog entry is a number of comments which both support and criticise the new phenomenon of tattoos. Poignantly complementing her article is an image of Ta Mako tattoos‚ a Maori form of body art‚ and the front cover of the written work “No tattoos before you’re thirty by San De Brilo. Day commences by positioning the reader to acknowledge the past history of tattoos‚ and the significance
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figurative language to lead the readers through his perspective as he delivers different tones throughout both poems. Although the two poems have many similarities‚ Collin’s tone in the two pieces create two very different pieces of writing. Collins directs two very different tones in the poems to draw the reader in‚ and then connect with them personally though figurative language. In Introduction to Poetry‚ Collins conveys a positive and gentle tone to draw the reader in in order to personally connect
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