Literary Elements Plot Plot is the sequence of related events in a work of literature. It may be simple or complex‚ and it includes what characters do‚ think‚ and say. The word first used by Aristotle for plot in Poetics was mythos (origin of the word myth). According to Aristotle‚ plot was the "soul of tragedy": its "first principle." The general structure of plot is as follows: Exposition: gives information about settings and characters Conflict: struggle between characters or forces
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Basically education is the most important to all human beings. Every activities has a background foundation in education. It gives opportunities to each human being to achieve their fullest personal‚ spiritual‚ mental‚ social‚ and physical potentials. The capacity of being educated is what therefore differentiate human being from animals. Education also changes an individual and allows her to effect change in her environment. “The word education comes from the Latin educare‚ to draw out. In a broad
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Understanding of Literary Themes LaRonda E. Hicks ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor Richard Schnoll July 29‚ 2013 The short story that I have chosen to write about is “I Used to Live Here Once” by Jean Rhys (as cited in Clugston‚ 2010). I will try to identify two literary elements in the story that will express the point of view‚ setting‚ tone and symbolisms. Stories are fragments of the human experience. Additionally‚ powerful stories make people think about who they are‚ what
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Captive of a G-string: An Analysis of literary techniques in Nicola Barker’s short story “G-String” Nicola Barker’s short story “G-string” relates the troubles of a middle-aged woman with her self-confidence‚ how she fails to achieve the respect and admiration she seeks from her boyfriend Mr. Kip‚ as well as how she struggles to attain a certain idea of herself as a modern woman by wearing a G-string. With a humorous tone and use of the G-string as a symbol‚ Barker allows us to follow her protagonist
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William Shakespeare‚ the point of view of the story is written in objective third person‚ but the characters speak in first person. Hamlet’s first person narration allows the reader to know his thoughts and his actions before they even happen. A combination of third person and first person point of view in the story allows the readers to know all of the thoughts and actions of each character in the story‚ as well as their intimacy‚ their feelings and their relationships with each other. I believe Shakespeare
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Everything is not only black and white‚ but extremely colorful in the way people view things differently. I would not think that Oates story was based upon a real event or that numbers can be in a graph that can make words form the bible‚ connecting them. I know that the bible has numbers in it‚ but I do not think that you can take a random number and connect it straight to a chapter and verse in the bible. I believe that short stories can be fiction or nonfiction‚ but not both‚ and I believe that numbers
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ELEMENTS OF AN ESSAY 1. Focus Your essay must have a purpose‚ which has clearly defined and effectively communicated. This is the focus of your essay. Your essay must fulfil the requirements for the purpose it is trying to accomplish. In addition‚ your work must be well balanced; you should neither do too much in the essay‚ nor mark your goals too limited and inconsequential. Also‚ the needs‚ interests and expectations of your readers should be considered and met. 2. Content Considering your
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A Farewell to Arms – Plot Elements In the novel “A Farewell to Arms” by Ernest Hemingway‚ readers are provided with a variety of literary elements. Hemingway used these elements to tell a story of war‚ love‚ and life. Within the novel readers are given a first person narrative of the accounts experienced by Lieutenant Frederic Henry. Hemingway also used setting and characterization to help the story become as real as possible. The following paragraphs will explore Hemingway
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writing a new story‚ the author must decide who will be narrating the story. Basically‚ there are two kinds of points of view: the first-person point of view‚ and the third-person point of view. In the first-person point of view a fictitious observer tells us what he or she saw‚ heard‚ concluded‚ and thought and is usually characterized by the use of the pronoun “I”. The speaker or narrator may sometimes seem to be the author speaking directly using an authorial voice. For example‚ Nick Carraway
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of “Dracula” began as and still continues to be a classic‚ frightening novel and despite how some would classify it on only a single one end of the spectrum‚ it holds true elements of both literary and commercial fiction. He uses various techniques of writing‚ such as the epistolary plot structure and dramatic irony‚ and elements‚ including suspense‚ to present an unexpected‚ fear-inducing concept based on the xenophobic idea of the Victorian era. In its time‚ Dracula’s specific aspects were deemed
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