Plot The unified structure of incidents in a literary work. See Conflict‚ Climax‚ Denouement‚ andFlashback. Dialogue The conversation of characters in a literary work. In fiction‚ dialogue is typically enclosed within quotation marks. In plays‚ characters’ speech is preceded by their names. act n. 5. One of the major divisions of a play or opera. scene a. The scenery and properties for a dramatic presentation mo·tif a. A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work
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The Babington Plot Anthony Babington was a young Catholic noble who joined a plot to depose the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I and put Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne. Sir Francis Walsingham‚ the head of Elizabeth’s secret service‚ captured a Catholic plotter named Gilbert Gifford and ‘convinced’ him to act as a double agent. Gifford would act as an intermediary - smuggling letters to Mary who was imprisoned in Chartley Hall. All the letters were given to Walsingham. The letters were written
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ASSIGNMENT ON BOX PLOT COURSE CODE: URP1251 COURSE TITLE: STATISTICS FOR PLANNERS | SUBMITTED BY MEHEDI MUDASSER 110412 SUBMISSION DATE: 09/05/2012 DISCUSSION OF BOX PLOT GRAPH WITH APPROPRIATE EXAMPLES The box plot goes back to John Tukey‚ which published in 1977 this efficient method to display robust statistics. Box plots‚ the term of graphical
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Shady plot What genre of stories does Jenkins want the narrator to write? Why? Answer :Jenkins had always called upon Hallock whenever he wanted a ghost story to be published in his magazine. John’s ghosts were live propositions as Jenkins called them. This time again Jenkins wanted Hallock to come up with another supernatural thriller‚ which would give the readers horrors and that is what the public wanted too. Does the narrator like writing ghost stories? Support your answer with evidence
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A plot twist is a change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a film‚ television series‚ video game‚ novel‚ comic or other fictional work. It is a common practice in narration used to keep the interest of an audience‚ usually surprising them with a revelation. Some "twists" are foreshadowed and can thus be predicted by many viewers/readers‚ whereas others are a complete shock. When a plot twist happens near the end of a story‚ especially if it changes one’s view of the preceding events
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In the story "Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier the theme that is conveyed is‚ hope can be hidden in the simplest places‚ & destroying it will not help anyone. The author is trying to tell you that even in the midst of darkness there may be a sliver of hope‚ even if it sticks out like a sore thumb in the midst of poverty‚ destroying it over‚ jealousy or because it seems misplaced‚ is not worth it. The marigolds represent the hope in the story‚ and the narrator represents the jealousy that overrides the
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Londel Collier Professor R. Walsh English 102 February 22‚ 2013 THE WAY TO GET TRAPPED FOR LIFE I Do. The two words that literally means‚ “Ha-ha‚ you fell for it. I got you now”. Poor kids‚ Marriage is a surefire way to lose your mind. It all starts with a ring and then from that point on its downhill. Men lives get a hundred times worse. Even women must go through the hell of the husband making life a hundred times worse. Well let’s just say marriage should be avoided at all cost. Let’s start
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delineated beginning‚ middle‚ or end.." (qtd. in Kirszner and Mandell 1121) Upon closer inspect we can clearly see that Glaspell does indeed have a beginning‚ middle and end‚ and the action does not meander. The plot of Trifles follows the pyramid created by critic Gustav Freytag to follow the plot of dramatic work. According to Freytag‚ a play usually starts with exposition‚ this is where were introduced to the charters‚ setting and the basic situation the characters are involved. Exposition is then followed
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The event I chose to write about is a TV show called Narcos. I chose Narcos for several reasons that relate to what we are talking about in class as well as being a decent representation of what politics are like in certain situations. The Plot of Narcos is that the American Government made a deal with Columbia to track down the major cocaine suppliers and drug lords and extradite them back to the United States for processing in the 1990’s. This show is based on true events and it represents many
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movie because of the plot suffered and production of the movie was poor. The plot was a very apparent problem; with the bad pacing and easily avoidable plot it made for a less interesting movie. For the first thirty minutes of the movie the characters are introduced and the story of how Scotty Smalls became friends with the kids at the sandlot was shown. The rest of the movie‚ until the last thirty minutes‚ consisted only of random fillers that provided little for the plot that made the movie much
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