Cynthia Rylant Checkouts

The author uses rhetorical devices in her essay to develop the main idea throughout the paragraphs. She explains her feelings towards loneliness by using allusions and anecdotes. Fox example, she brings up a memory in her past. The boxcar children would be an example of an allusion.(Par 9) These methods all eventually lead up to the author’s point of view, and the main idea of course.

Elements within literature make a story unique and admirable.. In “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”, the short story exemplifies several usages of literary elements. The author of the 1930 classic, Katherine Anne Porter, made irony very prevalent throughout the story. For instance, Porter’s masterpiece includes an immense percentage of it being written around an ironic situation. In this essay, I am going to elaborate with you, the reader, examples and the premises as to why the author used literary elements in her work.

For instance, the narrator writes, “A month after school ended, Dad accepted a job in Minneapolis… He had no interest in Minneapolis or anyone who lived there” (Ryan 22). This quote shows that Freddie had to move from his childhood home in San Diego to an unfamiliar town. He had to leave all of his friends and start over without knowing anyone or anything about the setting. This setting helps to create the theme because he had to learn to accept change, specifically meeting new people and going to a new school. Since this unfamiliar setting made him feel uncomfortable and alone, he had to choose to change his attitude and embrace his new setting. Therefore, the theme of the story was conveyed through the

“Shells” by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic fiction short story about a fourteen year old boy, Michael, whose parents have died and is trying to get used to living with his Aunt Esther. In order to do that he has to stop fighting with her. In the beginning, they fight and Michael storms out the door. Soon, he comes home with a hermit crab that starts a little bit of a bond. Finally, Aunt Esther comes into his room and tells him that Sluggo, the hermit crab, needs a girlfriend. Throughout the story, Michael and Aunt Esther learn to get along.

Have you ever heard of someone falling in love over a jar of mayonnaise? I bet you have never! Sounds crazy, but in the story Checkouts by Cynthia Rylant, that is how a bag boy and a girl found love for each other at a grocery store. It was the bag boy’s first day of employment and like anyone who has started a new job, he was nervous. Standing at his assigned checkout lane, he noticed a pretty girl and when he got the opportunity to bag her groceries, his anxiousness got the best of him and his hands gave way, letting her jar of mayonnaise plop to the ground.

Authors use stylistic techniques to convey meaning and to bring richness and clarity to their pieces of writing. In the short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” a man named Smiley is cheated out of a bet after he was so confident that he was going to be victorious. In the short story “Cannibalism in the Cars,” a train full of political figures is stopped by a severe snowstorm, preventing them from continuing their journey. In “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” and “Cannibalism in the Cars,” Mark Twain uses imagery, characterization, and foreshadowing in order to aid a reader's understanding of the stories.

She talks about how she is getting ready for a trip away from her hometown, and she never plans on coming back. Throughout the story she explains that she has grown apart from her hometown and the people in it, especially her mother. She mentions some of the things her mother has done for her but she never shows appreciation for it. She does not want to go away, but she also does not want to stay.

A strong essay goes beyond the explicit and makes logical inferences about the psychological and literary elements of the stories

The short story the Tale Tell Heart, Edger Allen Poe uses many literary elements to show the theme of the story. Some of the literary elements that Poe uses are first person narrator, interior monologue, and cosmic irony. With these elements Poe is able to display the theme of the story which is, we are afraid of the things we don’t understand and a guilty conscience will win out in the end. These are the themes and elements of Poe’s short story.

one of the following stories, analyzing a literary strategy or technique the author uses to make the story more effective. Tie the use of the strategy or technique to one of the literary elements mentioned in our book.

Many people don't know about the Cherokee. People also think of the Cherokee and other natives are what they see in the movies, they are wrong. The Cherokee lived in the eastern part of the United States, their homelands were Tennessee Oklahoma, Alabama, North Carolina. The Cherokee counted 285,000 today tribal members, and the eastern band counted 9,000. The Cherokee were great warriors that protected their tribe. The men were the ones to fight, hunt, and play games like stickball so that they could stay in shape for hunting or fighting. The women did the housework(they took care of the children, cooked the food, washed and dry the clothes). The Cherokee were known for being kicked out of their home lands, This was called the trail of tears. There's children were forced from their parents and put into schools. If you want to know about the Cherokee you would have to keep reading and learn about their clothing, food, lifestyle( myself)

At the end of the twentieth century, there have been 159 constitutions written for various countries in the world, 101 of them enacted just since 1970. France, for example, has had ten different constitutions including five republics, two empires, a monarchy, and two dictatorships. The country of El Salvador has had thirty-six constitutions since 1824. The United States, however, has the oldest written framework for the governing of a nation in the world and has

As an author establishes the characters he simultaneously attempts to develop the theme of the story. An author uses various elements such as point of view, the setting, and symbols to work toward the expression of one central idea. In looking at "A Rose for Emily." a short story by William Faulkner, it is evident that Faulkner successfully carries one main idea throughout the piece, the idea of being isolated from society.

    David Arnason uses literary devices in A Girl’s Story like irony, satire, pathetic fallacy, metaphors, juxtaposition, and imagery and symbolism

Authors use literary elements to enhance their writing through details to describe a scene in the author’s writing, or use language to elevate the story. “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry and “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, both use many literary elements to give their writing more depth. “The Gift of the Magi” uses irony throughout the story when Della and her husband, Jim, both do not have enough money to buy each other gifts for Christmas. “The Necklace” uses a lot of detail to show what Madame (Mme.) Loisel dreams of at the beginning of the short story. “The Necklace” is one of the many short stories that use literary elements to elevate the story and keep the reader engaged in the author’s writing.