TIQA Model Extended Paragraph When compared, the descriptive writing in Gary Paulsen’s “The Dogs Could Teach Me” is a clear winner against pieces “The Flowers” and “The Sniper”. Paulsen exemplifies mastery in descriptive writing. Paulsen’s powerful descriptive writing skills are first apparent early in the piece, during the exposition. The first paragraph sets the reader up by creating great visuals. When Paulsen describes the small canyon, the threatening drop, and how the dogs were “fairly smoking”
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In the short story “A Rose for Emily”, the author uses many different rhetorical strategies and literary devices in order to enhance the story's deeper meaning. The unique point of view, which is first-person-plural, allows for the story to be interpreted in many different ways by the reader. Using words throughout the story such as “we” and “our” let the reader know that this is not just one person narrating the story, but rather multiple people. These people narrating would be the townspeople
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The Crucible is a play with many themes that include authority, corruption, deceitfulness, etc. But there are many other books and plays that also share these themes such as books like Divergent. Divergent and The Crucible share more similarities than most people realize. They have very different settings and very different plots, but their themes and basic motives are very similar. The Crucible’s themes are what compel the plot forward. They are what gives the story meaning and value. Themes can
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We are comparing and stating differences in the book. We read the book The Outsiders. S.E Hinton was the author. I liked the book very much and we eventually watched the movie. As I was reading the book I did not picture the movie the way it was. I am comparing the movie and book and also making some differences. Some of the main characters in the book are Dally, Ponyboy, Johnny, Two-Bit, Darry, and there is other characters that aren't as important. The narrator in the book is pointing at Ponyboy's
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Rhetorical Analysis of “On the Want of Money” by William Hazlitt Nineteenth-century author William Hazlitt argues in his essay “On the Want of Money” that money is not the root of all evil but an imperative aspect to a content life. To substantiate his beliefs, he uses prompt rhetorical devices and strenuous vocabulary to develop his ethical appeal in addition to a distinct structure to create the sense of a fast-paced situation which helps engage the reader and add a sense of legitimacy to the
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In the story of Ethan Frome, the narrator even though wasn’t directly in the action of the story is actually the main character of the novel. The actual tale of Ethan and his love for Mattie Silver is a figment of the narrator’s imagination. In the story, when the narrator stayed a night at the Frome’s, Wharton writes “It was that night that I found the clue to Ethan Frome, and began to put together this vision of his story…” (12). This quote shows that the narrator put in the rich details of the
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Although the two are very good stories the bully sends out a better and clearer message to the readers, the bully produces the message in a much more profound way than the story, and it is more interesting than “The only wheelchair in town.” The two stories both provide a good message for the readers, the only wheelchair in town teaches the reader that it’s not about the appearance, its’s on the inside and the bully gives the message that what comes around goes around. The bully, is a lot more interesting
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Past lovers Dawson Cole (James Marsden) and Amanda Collier (Michelle Monaghan) are taken down memory lane in The Best of Me when they return home after the passing of a dear friend. They are forced to face not only each other but their past demons. I consider The Best of Me to be the most pragmatic movie I have seen. The film does use the common rich girl falls in love with a poor boy approach, but the events that take place after they meet aren't your classic Hollywood love story scenario, they
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My favorite character so far is Prior. He goes through a lot in the play and yet he does not let it break him. He first has to process and come to terms with his mortality when he is diagnosed with AIDS. Then, he is cheated on and deserted by his boyfriend (Louis), who cannot bear to deal with the pain and trauma of watching a loved one waste away from AIDS. When he begins to experience his visions, he begins to doubt himself and wonders how much of what he sees is real or as a result of his AIDS
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The narrator of the story “The Tale-Tell Heart” did undergo some psychiatric problems of his mental health. Even though he denied it by saying he wasn’t crazy during most of the story, it was obvious he really was. His mental illness was shown through his actions towards an old man with an eye that vexed him badly. Experts would say that his state of mind is not normal, there is some illness. The person narrating the story had a lot of things that was wrong with him. In the story, he says, “The
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