the novel Frankenstein is quite enthralling. Shelley is a very eloquent writer‚ and she writes with a romantic style. Mary Shelley is highly appealing to her readers’ emotions. The tone in the novel changes throughout‚ as well as the narrator. Her use of diction‚ sentence structure‚ and tone tells the reader multiple things about Mary Shelley herself. One thing Shelley did quite often in Frankenstein is change who was telling the story. It begins with Robert Walton writing letters to his sister
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John Steinbeck uses many literary techniques in The Grapes of Wrath to help the reader better understand the story. One of these techniques that is of particular importance is his use in writing the intercalary chapters. Steinbeck uses these intercalary chapters to foreshadow the events that will occur in the regular chapters that tell the Joad’s story. The extent of description that Steinbeck uses in these chapters allows them to fit very well into the novel. Clearly‚ the author’s goal is to have
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Literary Techniques: Poetry Analysis 1 Diction and Imagery Literary Techniques • The meaning of a poem (i.e its focus‚ mood and the speaker’s attitude) is enhanced by four main types of literary techniques: • Diction • Imagery • Sound devices • Rhythm‚ Rhyme and Repetition Diction • Diction is the choice of words a poet uses to bring meaning across. In working through a poem‚ it is useful to question why a certain word is used‚ and what kind of effect is achieved with the choice and placement
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conveys a story that seems about something small‚ but it has so much effect in it. Hemingway uses repetition to emphasize certain words‚ the use of extended metaphors to avoid the big idea‚ and symbolism to craft a dialogue based story that is so much more than it seems. Hemingway utilizes constant repetition that emphasizes that locution and changes the meaning to another meaning. Hemingway also utilizes the use of the word “I” (Hemingway‚ 477) a plethora of times by using it in a way that makes him
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Imagery: Imagery is the ability to form mental images of things or events. It is words or phrases that create a vivid image in the readers mind. Authors use imagery to try to get readers to see what the author sees. Example: “The woods were no longer woods and every little tree now seemed like a world in itself. The tiniest twig was like a fairy-tale world about which a thousand stories could be told” (375-376). Gaarder‚ Sophie’s World In the book‚ Sophie’s World‚ a girl named Sophie‚ who
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Going Home In the piece “On Going Home” Joan Didion uses many literary techniques to emphasis her sentences. Didion’s use of quotation marks around specific words stands out first to the reader. The quotation marks suggest that the meaning she was trying to come across was a bit different from the original meaning the word normally would carry. For example when Didion quotes the words “happy‚ home‚ and normal”‚ they are usually described as positive meaning. But it depends on how the reader takes
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Gene is talking with his friends about the war. They discuss that they want to be a part of the war‚ and enlist. At the beginning of the novel‚ Gene seemed like a peaceful and studious kid that only got into trouble because of the daring child Phineas. Now since the incident of Finny breaking his leg‚ Gene has changed. Gene seems more like Finny now‚ stating that the war attracted him. Gene also says that he loves the war. Gene also seems to have a sense of hatred still inside him. He says that there
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Faulkner’s masterful technique creates a first person look into the unraveling mind of a time obsessed boy. In The Sound and The Fury‚ by William Faulkner‚ Quentin Compson slings to the past and tries desperately to stay afloat. As the old order crumbles and sinks around him‚ Quentin has to make a choice whether to sink or to float. Like Quentin‚ Faulkner saw how society was changing‚ which is where he probably got the idea for the character. Faulkner took inspiration from his experiences growing
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CatVamshi Adimulam 10/4/12 Critical Lens Essay Period 1 Popular to Loser‚ loneliness will creep into your life at some point in your life. As Carson McCullers says‚ “All people are lonely. Our literature is stamped with a quality of longing and unrest”. Loneliness is in reality and the very literature we study about. Even loneliness cannot slip away in stories like other characteristics of reality such as beauty and intelligence. Loneliness is a quality everyone can understand
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Coleridge: A Supernatural Author All literary freedom started with two men. These two are known all around the world. One of them was literally a genius because of his approach to literature but his real reputation comes from his ability to break chains of conservative customs and to create a new movement. The other one was actually more eccentric than the founding father of a new movement and era which is called Romanticism. I underlined the word eccentric because he believed an idea which had
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