lived in Nazi controlled areas in Europe were forced to concentration camps that they would either kill them by gassing, burning them, by execution, or being forced to work in labor camps that would help the Nazi war efforts. In Night Elie Wiesel uses Irony, Characterization, and Foreshadowing to explain father/son relationships. Early on in the book Elie and his father are standing in line and their cousin comes up to his father and says,” Take care of your son. He is weak, very dehydrated. Take care
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In his Poetics, Aristotle outlined the ingredients necessary for a good tragedy, and he based his formula on what he considered to be the perfect tragedy, Sophocles’ Oedipus the King. According to Aristotle, a tragedy must be an imitation of life in the form of a serious story that is complete in itself. A good tragedy will evoke pity and fear in its viewers, causing the viewers to experience a feeling of catharsis. Catharsis, in Greek, means "purgation" or "purification"; running through the gamut
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Elm St and The Andy Griffen Show were the people of their town or street. Also suspion makes humans go crazy and leads them to do stupid things. Both conflicts could be people say something or do something and it changes a persons view on them. The irony
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A Glossary of Literary Devices Allegory A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning. Allegory often takes the form of a story in which the characters represent moral qualities. The most famous example in English is John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, in which the name of the central character, Pilgrim, epitomizes the book's allegorical nature. Kay Boyle's story "Astronomer's Wife" and Christina Rossetti's poem "Up-Hill" both contain allegorical elements. Alliteration
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Bishop Treadwell Mrs. Kimberly Yetter English 1102 16 June 16, 2015 The Setting Takes Place The setting of any story can tell you many things like where it takes place and how it sets the tone of the story (which is how the author expresses his thoughts and feelings). The setting helps the readers imagine what type of atmosphere the characters are in and how they're feeling at the moment. Authors use settings to influence the tone of a story by bringing in new characters or switching locations
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less sophisticated New York, until the World's Fair in 1893. In The Devil In The White City, Erik Larson follows the 1893 World's Fair from the stress of preparing the exhibits, its global effects. Larson uses imagery, personification, structure, and irony to display the fair as a sanctuary in contrast to the filth of Chicago. Larson inserts tragedies of the outside world within pages that describe the luxury of the fair to contrast the economy and work environment of the exposition with that of Chicago
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Instead, Chaucer writes this Pardoner as the opposite, preaching strictly for his own selfish benefit. FIND USE AND ANALYZE A QUOTE Chaucer further uses irony to show how the Pardoner practices the exact opposite of what he preaches. The Pardoner explains, “I preach for nothing but for greed of grain/ and use the same old text, as bold as brass,/ radix malorum est cupiditas” (243). The very thing he warns
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Quick List of Common Literary Terms Abstract Language—Language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places. The observable or "physical" is usually described in concrete language. Allegory—A narrative or description having a second meaning beneath the surface one. A story, fictional or nonfictional, in which characters, things, and events represent qualities or concepts. The interaction of these characters, things, events is meant to reveal an
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David Nguyen’s presentation was well ordered and structured to where the listeners could understand the short story without reading it. He did “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson talking about author background, story background, cultural context, themes, and symbolism to help everyone understand the story better. He maintained eye contact with the audience so that they understood that he was prepared and knew the topic he was presenting. Overall, he received a five for his preparedness and organizations
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commentators sat astride high horses, dressed as knights who say, "Ni". They don't get it. They never had it. They don't know what it is and, ironically, they don't want it anyway. That's right: "Americans don't do irony." This isn't strictly true. Although it is true that we British do use irony a little more often than our special friends in the US. It's like the kettle to us: it's always on, whistling slyly in the corner of our daily interactions. To Americans, however, it's more like a nice teapot
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