Writing without purpose would be like playing a game of football without the ball; weird, confusing and a waste of time. Narrative writing makes a point or has a purpose for the readers (Reinking and Von Der Osten pg. 144). Most narrative writing teaches a valuable life lesson because of that they are one of my preferred forms of writing. Action in narration writing is important, without it I think, the story would be bland and fail to keep the reader involved. Conflict being equally important in
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In his essay, Dostoyevsky Our Great in Contemporary, Octavio Paz discusses some of the ways in which Dostoyevsky’s work has remained iconic even throughout the twentieth century, one century after his death. Written from the perspective of one of Mexico’s greatest poet and essayist, Paz words carry great weight. Particularly, his detailed appreciation for Dostoyevsky’s work enforces the idea that his work was truly timeless, rather than belonging to a specific time in history. And though he mentions
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In the words of Kurt Vonnegut, “Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, ‘It might have been.’ ” In the poem, “Those Winter Sundays,” Robert Hayden reflects on what might have been. He remembers his failings as a child. Specifically, Hayden reflects on his unappreciativeness towards his father. Towards a man who did his best to give him a good life. Since Hayden deeply regretted his ungratefulness towards his father as a child, he used imagery, personification, symbolism, and other devices
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Literature has often been used as a medium in which the author can bring to light the plight of people who are ostracized or marginalized for any number of reasons. From segregation and racial discrimination to inequality between Genders and the oppression of women, literature has the ability to reach out and usurp the perspective of the reader and provide them with a whole new one to shine a light on what life may be like being subjected to such experiences of “Otherness”. Both The Handmaid’s Tale
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Begin with a Attention Getter/Hook: Begin with a hook/lead that answers the prompt and is based on your thesis Schools are now changing their opinion on fiction books and now forcing fiction books to be taken out of all schools. Evaluate Appeal and how hook connects with prompt/topic: This can cause a big deal in the prompt topic becuse it is about social isloation wich makes reading big for those that isolate them selves just like the child in the book “Highly Illogical Behavior”.
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Romeo and Juliet Essay A writer has more power when they create life like characters, when having them use juxtaposition, and paradox. When william Shakespeare creates the two main dueling genders in romeo and Juliet, he makes them more realistic with such power. He gives them life coming from paradox, oxymoron, paradox, and juxtaposition characterization. The power William Shakespeare puts to use, allows the audience to see the characters interact, and contrast. Speech like paradox, oxymoron, paradox
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Anne Bradstreet was a poet who was born in 1612. She was the first to write English verse and her poems were published without her knowledge by John Woodbridge, her brother-in-law. She wrote many of her poems about her personal experiences and religion. Anne Bradstreet's poems are filled with themes that set the path for her writing career which include feminism, sickness, love, and Puritanism. Anne Bradstreet is considered a feminist in today's world, even though she herself never stated it.
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An often debated topic regarding fiction writing is whether the construction of a story, or the content of a story makes the reading interesting. It is my position that the content of a story makes a piece worth-while. I will argue this point using information from the stories; “How to Date…” by Junot Diaz, “Spiderman Summer” by Laura Brodie, and “Child of God” by Geoff Wyss. I will discuss how the characters, plot and themes all contribute to making these fiction pieces worth reading. I feel
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At the beginning of And Then There Were None, it describes all of the guests, servants, and people connected to Indian Island. The only person it doesn’t describe well to the reader, however, is the mysterious Mr. Owen, U. N. Owen, which could actually mean unknown. The book details why each guest is going to Indian Island and their journey to it. All of the guests were contacted to come to Indian Island for different reasons and only one had knowledge that the others were to be there as well. When
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This is a beautiful poem by Mary Pinkoski, which she calls a “prayer to the earth for [her] sister on her graduation (Pinskoski 98)”. She tries to prompt her sister through this piece, who is suffering from the Down’s syndrome. This poem is definitely inspirational for her sister all the individuals suffering from Down’s syndrome but also to all readers who are unfortunate in any way. This poem is enriched with creative metaphor, powerful word choice other various elements. Nonetheless, this poem
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