gale-force wind screeches like a crow. Before long‚ the angry‚ unrelenting waves crash into the frozen coast as loud as a mountain tumbling to the ground. Lightning flashes across the sky causing a sound similar to an old‚ sturdy chestnut tree being ripped. An avalanche of hailstones clatters down from the sky like marbles spilt from a box. Deafening whips of ice skid across the frozen floor and eliminate any small careless creatures. Tornados howl like a war-like pack of starving wolves. Amidst
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Short Story Analysis: ‘Cat in the Rain’ Summary It is about an American couple that spends their holidays in an Italian hotel. It is a rainy day and the American woman sees a cat in the rain‚ which she wants to protect from the raindrops. When she goes out of the hotel‚ which is kept by an old Italian who really seems to do everything to please that woman‚ and wants to get the cat‚ it is gone. After returning to the hotel room‚ she starts a conversation with her husband George‚ who is reading
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Mahpe hummed happily to himself as he diligently worked in the burning daylight. Occasionally‚ Mahpe would shade his eyes to look upon a large white bird that was racing across the deep blue sky‚ then he would continue with his work‚ painting the center of the flowers yellow. Above him‚ the bird decided to see how fast he could dive down to the lush green fields below him. The bird soared down with raging speed‚ then pulled himself up sharply
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The Short Story History: as a form dates back to the oral tradition of the tale written tales emerge in poetic forms - Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales Boccaccio’s Decameron (1351-1353) often cited as the precursor of the short story form‚ as is the French translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1704) short story really begins to emerge as a form in the 19th century Grimm’s Fairy Tales (1824-1826) an early collection of folk stories that paved the way for the development of the genre of short
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What Is a Short Story? Short Stories are very interesting to read and can have many different meanings. Usually just one plot or theme‚ but can carry much more significance to reader than given credit for. Short stories are one of the most distinguished types of literature there is. Since they are different‚ they fall into a genre that implies certain expected conventions or traits. A short story is a fictional read which can be exciting because it usually is not going to bore you to death‚ and
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The first anti-hero Our story starts in an ancient village a very long time ago there lived a young man by the name of Terito‚ he was given a blessing by an ancient being of great power‚ but there was a price for the power. Terito had to give the being two things for the power. The first thing he had to give the being was his looks for which he was forever scarred on his entire head so he donned a mask. The second item was a gift and a curse he had to give the being all of his memories of
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Maram Salamah Kealy/Royer WFP 20 November 2012 The Sun Also Rises The season cast an orange haze above the horizon‚ lighting up the sky as if lit by fire‚ yet the haze was so crisp and clear. The sun‚ like a large‚ grandeur orange fireball in the distance was partially cloaked by the hanging clouds‚ which were all splashed with the random colors of hot pinks‚ reds and even hints of purples and blues. The sun was so large that he felt he could almost touch it. It seemed to look at him with a
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Races were‚ how inhumane‚ how much stronger we were than them. The sun had begun to set‚ and as they stared at each other for what seemed to be hours but was really only minutes the dim light creeping through the tunnel began to turn orange as the sky burst into color. It would be dark‚ soon‚ and it was time for the human 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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What is a short story? A short story is a work of fiction which is often written in prose but it can also be written as a narrative. A short story in narrative form tends to focus on one moment in time in comparison to the works of a fiction such as novels and novella’s. The definition of a short story based upon length‚ style and genre is determined by the individual author’s preference. Short stories are less complex than novel. Generally a short story focuses on one incident‚ has a single
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