Diction In The Most Dangerous Game, And The Necklace

In Thomas Foster’s book, “How to Read Literature Like a Professor,” readers learn how to look past the surface of a literary work to find a deeper or hidden meaning. Writers use devices, such as symbolism, imagery, foreshadowing, irony and allusion to reveal these meanings. If these are overlooked, important aspects of the story can be lost. One literary device that Foster emphasizes in his book is allusion. Every story has elements of another story, and Foster devotes Chapters Four through Seven explaining the meaning of allusion in works by Shakespeare, the Bible, and fairy tales.

The author’s use of characters allowed the reader

The diction and the tone of a story help structure a prompt for a writing work. The authors of “The Immigrant Contribution” and “A Quilt of a Country” uses diction and tone to build up their essays. Diction makes tone since the word choices produce how the author wants their audience to understand what he/she purposed on their writing. Without diction or tone, a writing would become boring and meaningless. Using the stories that were mentioned earlier, I will find how diction and tone support the author’s claim.

Short stories range from fantasy to realistic plots. They give a full range of emotions and feelings that tell a story. Some short stories have a sorrowful mood, but are filled with hope and persistent characters. The short story, “The Scarlet Ibis”, has a sorrowful storyline, but throughout gives you hope. In the short story , “The Scarlet Ibis”, the brother is illustrated as selfish, devoted, and hopeful of his brother Doodle, through the use of figurative language, and diction.

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.

Please Note: Diction, detail, point of view, organization and syntax are all devices that the author uses to make the tone of the story evident to the reader. Your commentary should

A typical novel, flooded with the complexities of the author’s creative mind, conveys the plot amidst vivid descriptions of the setting and

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

A novel is only as great as its author’s efforts. The ability to tie everything together in the end of a novel without leaving any unsolved questions, or relying on the ex machina technique, is the goal in which all inspiring authors reach for. Novelist Edith Wharton once said, “At every stage in the progress of his tale the novelist must rely on what may be called the “illuminating incident” to reveal and emphasize the inner meaning of each situation. Illuminating incidents are the magic casements of fiction, its vistas on infinity.” This idea came from Wharton’s own work, The Writing of Fiction. In a different work of hers, a novel by the name of Ethan Frome, Wharton explores the concept of the illuminating incident very thoroughly. I have

“It’s not everyday we get company around here,” I reminded myself, “we haven’t shown our chateau in ages.” As we walked down the elegant staircase, each step creaked one by one. My hand-held lamp with the bright, burning fire was in clutch as we walked around the dusty furniture until we saw some of my men. They were silent, but you could see the fear in their eyes - almost like the fear in Rainsford’s. One had the guts to come up, and offer another light looking for a way to impress me with his concern, but I quickly declined.

In "The Most Dangerous Game" Richard Connell uses a lot of figurative language to give us detail also he helps us see things the way he see things. In this story Richard Connell use of figurative language is to describe the emotions of the characters and to exaggerate things. On page 137 “They can crush a ship as easily as I crush this nut” this piece of text evidence explains that Rainsford is talking about a sea monster can crush a ship easier than he can crush a nut. My claim is supported by this piece of evidence because we are able to understand that Rainsford is telling about how strong a sea monster is. In the story , Richard Connell uses figurative language to describe how he ran through weeds and branches .

In The Cruelest Journey: 600 miles to Timbuktu, Kira Salak proves that journeys are mentally and physically demanding through the use of diction, imagery, and irony. At the beginning of her journey, Kira describes her trips as insane and excruciatingly long, “In the beginning, my journeys feel at best ludicrous, at worst insane. This one is no exception. The idea is to paddle nearly 600 miles on the Niger river,” (Salak 1-4). Through the use of diction, Kira emphasizes that the journey brings struggle and might not seem to be a “custom” trip. Kira writes, “The storm erupts in a new overture… Waves higher than my kayak, trying to capsize me… My right arm lurches from a ripped muscle… Stopping has become anathema.” (Salak 100-115). Through the

A writer's craft of the English language, is like a spiders web, beautiful and unique. It is necessary so the story can be woven in to create a masterpiece. The author can change the story entirely by changing the way the narrator speaks. In “The Cask of Amontillado”, “The Scarlet Ibis”, and “The Lady, or the Tiger”, each craft of language provides a vivid background for the story to unfold. The way each writer provides certain vocabulary, and way of speaking enhances the reader's experience by giving the reader a chance to guess the time period. Readers also guess the area the story is taking place by using their knowledge that different regions in countries have different slang. The way the narrator speaks and which vocabulary they use creates

Kelly J. Mayes defines plot in The Norton Introduction to Literature as the way the author sequences and paces the events so as to shape our response and interpretation. Every piece of literature contains a plot pattern that follows Freytag’s pyramid. This pyramid consists of an exposition, rising action, a climax, falling action, and a conclusion. Though each story displays this pattern of organization, authors use many different literary devices to differentiate their work and to acquire the response they want to achieve from their audience. The author of “The Jewelry,” Guy De Maupassant, correctly followed Freytag’s Pyramid and used varied literary devices to create a suspenseful read for the audience.

In The Necklace, Guy De Maupassant creates a suffering tone. He uses diction to further describe words and give better meaning to his statements, irony to tie the story together and give dramatic surprises, and imagery to show you what Mathilde (the wife) is dreaming of our talking about. He uses all of these literary devices to support the tone that is created throughout the story.