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    Stephen King is known by his grotesque movies and recognizable writing. In his piece‚ “Why We Crave Horror Movies‚” he explains the human races’ need to watch other people being tortured‚ mutilated‚ and eventually killed. King uses two opposing tones in his essay to create an atmosphere that is both humorous and serious. People want to see other people being menaced. This desire has led us to become hidden psychopaths. King establishes that we all laugh at sick jokes because we are crazy‚ or “mentally

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    Different Seasons is one of the strongest‚ in my opinion‚ the works of Stephen king. Why this name? This is not a collection of stories about the seasons in our idea of them‚ but it’s 4 stories about the four seasons of the horror of life‚ nightmares‚ if you will‚ that became a reality. But the seasons are clearly visible in each of the novels. "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" - this spring. No‚ not on the street. Spring in the soul‚ the hope was sentenced to prison an innocent man. Trapped

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    The Imagery and Diction of Frankenstein In Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” our author gives a fascinating insight in to the world’s definition of a monster. Her use of imagery‚ diction and character analysis is fascinating. Her novel caught the attention of the public when it was published and is still considered one of the best “horror” novels. The characters‚ imagery‚ and diction of Frankenstein cause the mind to evoke images of monsters in duality. In beginning with the character analysis

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    improving the Diction in Your Writing Diction is one of the most important aspects of a work of writing. The diction is what keeps the reader interested and entertained. Compelling word choice and figurative language make up the majority of your diction. Follow these simple steps and your writing will be outstanding. What you will need: Thesaurus Dictionary Step 1: Figure out who your audience is. Gather an understanding of how you will approach and speak to them. Step 2: Use subject

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    beheading in today’s time would be heinous and traumatizing. Rather we watch classic cabin in the woods films or an average family attempting to ward off a demon. Though the way we view horror has changed‚ the feelings those films bring us has not. In Stephen King’s

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    The Author to Her Book: Anne Bradstreet’s Significant Uses of Diction After reading Anne Bradstreet’s‚ The Author to Her Book‚ I initially understood the poem to explain a complex feeling of the speakers’ disdain and love‚ but mostly disdain towards her child. I knew there was something more to this poem; I was drawn in so much further than the first understanding I got from it. I originally didn’t notice the title‚ and with the title came a whole other dimension‚ or layer. I then interpreted the

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    In Sonnet 12‚ Shakespeare uses contrasting imagery‚ ambiguous diction‚ and distinct alliteration in order to emphasize the decay of beauty and to convey the urgency of procreation. Firstly‚ Shakespeare creates contrasting images in Sonnet 12 that draws attention towards how easily beauty is lost to the world. Shakespeare‚ instead of highlighting the beauty and strength of nature‚ laments about how nature is wasting away. Early in the sonnet‚ tgohe speaker “[beholds] the violet past prime” (3).

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    people in multicultural society and by blacks who think that they are traitors to the struggle against racism. Foster uses the historic events to prove a baised society will couse an outbreak of violence or riots. Wattss riots was a six days raged followed Frye’s arrest‚ suspicion of driving while intoxitcated. Fostedr also uses Rodney king’s riot in 1991. It is coused after Rodney King was severyl beaten by police who attempted to pull him over after he was caught speeding. 2. In paragraph 7 when

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    would describe Stephen King as a rebellious teenager. He was not a typical nerd in high school. He wrote sarcastic newspaper to criticize teachers and showed it around the school. Eventually‚ he got into trouble because one teacher saw it and decided it was offensive. King was also very talented as a teenager. His teacher John Gould discovered him and tutored him. 2. John taught King about good writing is explaining things with necessary words. John told King that most of his writing was good‚ he

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    The crest on her scalp had darkened to a shade of red-black that matched the distended nipples of her scaled breasts. Rulagh flicked his tongue out. The display’s pheromonal musk tasted stale. Most of the rooms at the first level had discreet ’In Use’ signs flickering over their entrances. A selection of whores‚ male and female‚ strutted on the ramps wearing glitter-crusted sensilk slit open‚ front and back‚ to display their aroused crests and the spunk-drenched scales of their pubic wedges.

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