Diane Johnson's Vocabulary

Emotion; it's sometimes hard to show, especially through text. Without emotion reading would be boring, bland, and unsatisfactory. To add emotion to a piece of writing you need to use these literary devices: Imagery, pathos, symbolism, and irony. The book "Generals die in bed" by Charles Yale Harrison uses these devices to make you feel such emotion for the soldiers that at points it can be a tear jearker.

“The Most Dangerous Game”, by Richard Cornell was a story which Mr.Cornell used 8 aspects of fiction to show his point of view that one who has intellect can overcome one who has intelligence or instinct. The character’s used in the story gave the author a way to make his point of view come clear to his audience. The story uses sequence of events. The plot is how the story goes about. The setting is the surroundings of the story, or where it takes place. The suspense is the temporary holding of the information to keep the reading interested, and to keep the reader guessing and wanting to know what will happen so they will continue reading your story. Foreshadowing is the readers way of telling the ‘future’, in other words the writer is

To be able to analyze fiction, is directly opening doors to the abstract and nebulous parts of our minds. Being able to find the moral or message of a text without it directly being stated, is a skill not all people have opened themselves to. No one can make you think about a concept that you haven’t yet pondered yourself, you must be able to search in between the lines and create a certain meaning based on your own mental constructs. This is a very key element when reading fiction, it is impossible to decipher the purpose of the text without understanding hidden messages subtly suggested throughout. For example, in O’Conner’s story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” she uses mainly foreshadowing to create a grim atmosphere, as when the grandmother was ranting about ‘The Misfit’. “‘Yes and what would you do if this fellow, The Misfit, caught you?” the grandmother asked.” (p. 1)

There are many ways authors include literary devices to not only express their position on certain things, but also to evoke emotion and thought from readers for them to fully understand the reason for them being presented. The author may drop hints through tone, style, symbolism, and motifs. These four elements help lead the reader to infer reasoning, meaning, and significance behind aspects of every story.

How do authors write stories that make you want to read on? This is called suspense. Authors use different kinds of suspense techniques to keep the reader engaged in the story. The short story, “Lather and Nothing Else,” by Hernando Tellez is about a barber who has a hard time deciding whether or not to kill Captain Torres, the rebel executioner. The barber thinks that killing the Captain will make him a murderer, but a hero at the same time. Hernando Tellez creates suspense by foreshadowing, showing the character’s thoughts, and by using descriptive words.

Plot is very important to a story, novel, or even movies. It helps to make object of the story plain to the reader, and make it as enjoyable to the reader as the author wanted it to be. Plot starts out with an introduction of sorts then runs into the rising action, followed by the main point of the story, then the exposition. When that is over the falling action occurs and finally, the resolution of the story. Willa Cather expresses this very intently in his story “The Sentimentality of William Tavener.” He draws the reader in with a man that is strict with his son and wife who are worthy to participate in the circus in town. Willa tells of the wife trying to convince her husband to allow them to go. Then he surprises the

The plot in a fiction text is important in keeping the reader's attention. The majority of the story builds towards a climax. This climax is where the peak of action, suspense or thrill takes place, which then leads to the resolution of the story. As in "Lord of the Flies" the author continued to increase conflict between the boys until a full-scale war takes place, which is the climax. The building

Writers can use many tricks to make a story seem more interesting to the reader. From the words they pick to the setting to the time of the day... the possibilities are endless. In the story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe, the use of light and darkness, the description of the mans eye and the time frame make the story more scary than anything else. Poe also uses suspense at the end to make the readers heart beat faster.

The tone of a story, poem or novel is the way the author wants the reader to feel. Most people get the word mood and tone confused with each other, but the mood is the way the reader feels about the story, poem, or novel. In the novel the author’s tone is both suspenseful and sympathetic. For instance, it is suspenseful because Estrella wants to know what the chest filled with steel is for. Also, it is sympathetic because Estrella was being bullied by teachers and she did not realize it was happening until something hurt her feelings.

People reads books and they get their captured by the suspense the authors use to write their stories. Suspense is a key point for most readers it keeps them reading the book to see what happens next. Both Edgar Allan Poe and Richard Connell are very good authors that use a lot of suspense throughout their short stories. Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado” and Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” are two stories full of suspense. It’s unpredictable, surprising that we can’t figure out what happens next. .Through conflict, setting, and diction Poe and Connell are able to build suspense.

Plot twist whether terrifying, exciting or depressing many times end up the most integral part of a story. The big secret that readers are kept away from that helps them connect the dots. Author Jay Bonansinga analyzes the plot twist in his article “And then…Pull in your Readers with an Irresistible Plot Twist”.Bonansinga notes, “It usually happens on a wave of dramatic music, quivering strings and dronning bassoons, and it’s often accompanied by a tightening of the belly, an audible exhalation from the audience and a beatific smile. The smile that says:Ooooo,so this is what it’s all about”(1).The plot twist can be used as a tool by the writer to recapture readers attention, which potentially drifts while introducing stories. With the plot

Inclusively the story is written with a suspenseful word choice and the style of writing is mysterious and exciting which affects the story through how the story goes in different circumstances

The result of these characteristics give each story suspense and mystery, leaving the readers wondering what each character will do next and what further action will take place. Characters hold a primary role in determining the outcome of a story, which is the reasoning behind the many similarities and differences among literary characters. Also, a clear example is the similar plots with two completely different outcomes. Once the audience understands a character, they are capable of building on their existing knowledge to foreshadow events or understand the text more logically, which is evident when reading these

While writing a novel, it is necessary for the author to develop a tone and mood for the story. This may be done in ways such as word choice, literary devices, or point of view. For example, to set a dark and mysterious mood, the author may choose words that have an obscure sound to them, and may use literary devices such as foreshadowing or flashbacks. In this excerpt, there is a comedic tone. In order to portray this, the author uses imagery, extended metaphor, and clown-like characters, while also mocking stereotypes.

An author is the creator of the story, it reflects possibly their own experiences, fears or desires depending on the genre of the story. This case it is the genre of suspense or horror and the author has to be very careful to make the reader feel on the edge, W. F. Harvey author of August Heat was careful to write his story. These particular kind of stories have different kinds of beginnings, build ups and situations. Horror and suspense genre has to have a plot like every story but what kind of things is the author's choice.