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    Short Story Analysis

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    Short Story Analysis 2 2. In order to delineate the notional structure for The Velveteen Rabbit‚ one must first assess the correct discourse type. In reviewing the narrative‚ procedural‚ behavioral‚ and expository discourse types‚ The Velveteen Rabbit is undeniably a narrative discourse in surface and notional structure. The plot or notional structure of the story provides insights into what one would imagine is a toy’s ultimate dream of being loved and becoming real. The story begins with the

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    A Coughing Short Story

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    BELONGING STORY(2) Coughing violently‚ I passed the glass pipe along to the young man beside me‚ who took a long drag before handing it on the next in the circle. I could feel the foul-tasting smoke tear down my throat and withstood the urge to vomit. The entire room was overflowing with a fetid haze; it grated against the back of my throat as though it were sandpaper. I fought to maintain my composure and appearance of serenity‚ but if anyone looked close enough they would easily be able to distinguish

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    The Deagle: A Short Story

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    The Deagle “Can you hand me that mixture?” asked Dr. Scooter‚ the scientist that will hopefully save wildlife as we know it. She and her Assistant ‚Dr. Skippy‚ are trying to create a mixture to save animals from bullets. So to keep this a secret she has a secret lab deep‚ right underground. She is testing it on two animals that people hunt all the time. The deer‚ and eagle.”Sure.” said Dr. Skippy. Dr. Scooter mixed the two mixtures and tested it on a little hamster. The hamster just died on the spot

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    5 Short Stories

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    Five Short Stories Alphonse Daudet The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction‚ Vol. XIII‚ Part 4. Selected by Charles William Eliot Copyright © 2001 Bartleby.com‚ Inc. Bibliographic Record Contents Biographical Note Criticisms and Interpretations I. By Henry James II. By George Pellissier 1. The Siege of Berlin 2. The Last Class—The Story of a Little Alsatian 3. The Child Spy 4. The Game of Billiards 5. The Bad Zouave Biographical Note ALPHONSE DAUDET was born at Nîmes in the

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    Probity: A Short Story

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    As I was watching the news this weekend‚ I was also thinking of the short story I had to write using one of my vocabulary lists. I kept thinking of my words and watching the news and all I could think about was how all of the stories seemed to be spurious. It also appeared certain stations were in collusion in order to belie the truth. Probity is something that was taught in our home. I was raised to believe police officers were scrupulous in their actions. I was taught and believe police officers

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    Wonwoo: A Short Story

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    "Yo‚ Wonwoo! Going to Dongho’s party tonight?" One of his friends yelled a few metres away from where he sat. The raven-haired male responded with a gesture before continuing to keep the papers he had sprawled on the cafe’s table‚ successfully completing an assignment before the next class. As he stood up‚ he was met with a couple of other people he knew‚ greeting him and asking to have lunch together the following day. "Sure. I think I’ll be free." Wonwoo replied and the three figures that

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    A&P: Short Story

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    John Updike’s short story‚ "A&P" is fictional in a sense that it has a common pattern that leads the reader through a series of events. These events began when three young ladies in bathing suits walk in A&P‚ and catch the eye of a young man named‚ Sammy. He seems to favor the chunkier girl of the three that walk in to the store. As the story continues‚ Sammy curiously watches the provocative young ladies as they stroll through the store looking for groceries. In this fictional story‚ Sammy describes

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    The Elevator Short Story

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    The Elevator Believe it or not‚ many people have a phobia for elevators. In the short story “The Elevator” Martin has a huge fear of elevators especially the one they use in his apartment. In the story his phobia got worse and worse because of the mysterious obese woman who would come with him every time. She would mostly increase in fear by giving him a strange stare. Martin has a great big phobia for elevators. “He was always uncomfortable in elevators‚ afraid that they would fall”(31). this shows

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    Novel Notes 1.Essential Information- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Fiction Civil Rights Movement2002 2.Authorial Information- August 12‚ 1948-present Graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.S in nursing in 1970United States2014 Oprah Book Club Selection‚ The Invention of Wings2010 Homecoming Award‚ Oklahoma Center for Poets and writers‚ Oklahoma State University at Tulsa2006 South Carolina “The Order of the Palmetto” Award‚ the state‘s highest civilian honor‚ bestowed by the

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    Adsila Short Story

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    have a ceremony for her mother but because of that‚ it only made it worse on Adsila. She found a little secret place outside of the valley where she got some quiet time. At that spot‚ there was a steep‚ deep hole where it looked like a meteor had landed. The tribe said the spirits liked to come down there before sunrise on Saturdays. The day after‚ it was Saturday. Adsila was still at her secret hidden spot and noticed beams of lights beaming down the dirt. Those beams of lights were the spirits of

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