Colfer writes many fantasy books‚ including his series‚ The Land of Stories. He has a unique style that can be recognized easily‚ and can use ways of progressing his story very effectively. He switches between thoughts from a third person view to give off different and similar feelings between characters‚ and uses dialogue to give characters their personalities throughout his books. In one of Chris Colfer’s Books‚ The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning‚ he writes about Conner’s feelings‚ who just embarrassed
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the Christmas song. Even the first line is almost verbatim‚ I just changed ‘frightful’ to ‘raining’. I’m not much of a poet but I never really knew how to start a story. I definitely wasn’t going to start with “Once upon a time…” because this isn’t an old fairytale love story. This is better‚ this is real-life shit. This is the story of Innaz and that was the first time I ever noticed her. I entered what was supposed to be a small class of illiterates. Illiterate in Arabic‚ that is. It started
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Diction in Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” presents us with a satiric view on marriage‚ shifting tones‚ and a plot focused on Mrs. Mallard who experiences rapid character progression. The story occurs in a chronological pattern‚ with short paragraphs to fasten the pace of the plot. We are first presented with the knowledge that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with heart trouble‚ leading us to speculate whether the trouble was caused by mental stress or if it was a hereditary problem. The heart is widely
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Chris Webb Period 8 12/2/10 Essay 3 Speak Essay Speak is an inspirational story of a young girl struggling to manage her teenage life. Melinda‚ the protagonist of the book‚ transformed from a withdrawn girl to a outgoing one. Melinda changed dramatically from the beginning of the book to the end. Melinda started off the story as an outcast in her school of Merryweather High School. She was kneed in the back by a girl at the school pep rally and taunted by kids in the hallways. All
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Tragic news is about to be given to a wife‚ who suffers from heart trouble. Her condition is why her family and close friends need to break the news very gently of her husband’s death. In “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin portrays Ms. Mallards character with an outbreak of grief‚ an inability of assimilation‚ ability of reflection‚ and an ability of clear significance at the end. Ms. Mallard new understanding of autonomy excited her‚ once taken away from her she becomes unavailable. The struggles
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What Is a Short Story? Short Stories are very interesting to read and can have many different meanings. Usually just one plot or theme‚ but can carry much more significance to reader than given credit for. Short stories are one of the most distinguished types of literature there is. Since they are different‚ they fall into a genre that implies certain expected conventions or traits. A short story is a fictional read which can be exciting because it usually is not going to bore you to death‚ and
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define a true war story. In The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ O’Brien explores these different characteristics to put together a strong collection of stories. In this collection of stories‚ the author shares stories from the points of view of many different soldiers in the Vietnam War. He shares different stories of life before‚ during‚ and after the war that change who these characters are as people. O’brien uses short stories with common themes of what makes a true war story to describe what
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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 Christmas Story was narrated by a nine-year-old boy‚ Ralphie‚ the stories main character. The story is set around Christmas time‚ and Ralphie had only one goal‚ and that was to make sure he got a Red Ryder B.B. gun for Christmas. He first started this mission by attempting to put an ad for the B.B gun in his mother’s favorite magazine. This action however this did not work. Ralphie’s mother did not approve of a B.B. gun for Christmas. She was scared that Ralphie would shoot his eyes out! Ralphie
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songwriter‚ a poet‚ musician‚ composer‚ cartoonist‚ and a screenwriter. Shel Silverstein has sold over 18 million copies of book and it is 20 different kinds of languages. Shel Silverstein was a poet who wrote music and different types of stories. The author’s story begins September 20‚ 1930 when Shel Silverstein was born in Chicago‚ Illinois. Shel Silverstein die of a heart attack on May 10‚ 1999‚ in Key West‚ Florida. Shel Silverstein went to school to become
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