What makes a good scary story? A good scary story is only good if it’s based on something that happened in reality and could happen to anybody. My story is something similar to that. Now that I look back at it‚ maybe it was just the sugar rush I had from the Surge soft drink. It had my blood pumping and my heart beat was racing. I haven’t been back to those woods since that day; however‚ there was still a part of me that wondered if what I saw was there in reality and not just my imagination. Either
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Reaction Paper The story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is an exciting story. I would explain it as a car crash; people want to turn away but they keep looking. No one ever wants to hear a story about a young girl being kid napped or raped but when people do see it in the news they want to know all the details and that’s kind of how I felt reading the story. I felt that it was exciting because I didn’t see what was coming next; I thought the story would have been about a daughter and
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Tarlac National High School Tarlac City Short Story Review #3 Respectfully Submitted To: Mrs. Catherine G. Martinez (English IV Teacher) Respectfully Submitted By: Kayla Gesril P. Bonete Iv-Jade I. Title Of The Book/Story: Charlie and The Chocolate Factory II. Author: Roald Dahl III. Classification: Fiction IV: Setting: a. Time: Not indicated b. Place: At the factory of Mr. Willy Wonka V. Characters: a. Protagonist/Major 1. Willy Wonka who in turn had a troubled childhood
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Reaction Paper #2 Mediactive‚ Chapters 1‚ 2‚ & 3 In today’s media world‚ we have the ability to access innumerable amounts of information. Such accessibility provides a positive impact on our lives‚ but at the same time leaves us vulnerable in conforming to information that is not trustworthy and false. We must not be passive when we are subjected to the various types of media‚ we must be active. Meaning we must analyze the information at hand and use our reason to come to a conclusion as to
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The short story is a concise form of narrative prose that is usually simpler and more direct compared to longer works of fiction such as novels. Therefore‚ because of their short length‚ short stories rely on many forms of literary devices to convey the idea of a uniform theme seen throughout the script. This theme is illustrated by using characteristics that are developed throughout the story such as‚ plot‚ setting and characters. The three main components are developed throughout the story in
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protagonist to help develop the story’s theme The theme of a story is not only a subject or topic of discourse‚ but also a specific quality‚ characteristic or concern about life and human nature. Theme is essential in fiction as it is the backbone of meaning in stories. Theme illustrates the main idea about life and human nature‚ and the existence of theme allows readers to better understand the author’s purpose. The short story”Identities’’by W.D. Valgardson is about a man who lives in
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Canada is surrounded by the Arctic ocean to the north‚ the Labrador Sea and Atlantic ocean to the east‚ the United States to the south‚ and the Pacific ocean to the west. 2. In Wilderness Tips‚ Margaret Atwood incorporates various themes in her story. Family plays a big role because the characters are all related; there are three sisters‚ a brother‚ and one of the sister’s husbands. The sisters‚ Pamela‚ Prue‚ and Portia‚ have alliterative names. Atwood writes‚ “It was the mother (Prue explained)
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Klingova‚ Milena 10/3 02/04/13 SHORT STORY Final Draft She was walking home after a big trigonometry test‚ which in her head had not gone well at all‚ even though she had spent hours and hours‚ preparing for it. When I think about it‚ her thoughts cannot be entirely trusted‚ as she was highly competitive and ambitious‚ and even though she was only 16‚ she knew exactly what she wanted to do with her life. Who was she though? Her name was
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Reaction Paper Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Hanging of the Mouse”‚ places animals in the roles of humans in reference to an execution. The writer uses animals to replace humans to possibly convey a message or point of view towards the death penalty. In the story‚ the mouse is being executed for what we believe is some sort of crime. It isn’t clear whether or not the mouse actually committed a crime‚ but we are led to believe that an act occurred in which caused the mouse to be executed on this
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REACTION PAPER IN JOSE RIZAL MOVIE Freedom… Wrath… Happiness… Skepticism… Sadness… These were only some of the things I felt when I watched the Jose Rizal movie. Every dialogue‚ every scene‚ every reaction in the movie was a momentum to keep. It was breath taking. Seeing history flash before my eyes was just so remarkable. Gradually‚ my blinded eyes were opened. The movie depicts the life story of Dr. Jose Rizal‚ the national hero of the Philippines. A three-hour epic on the life and struggles
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