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    “The Reality Effect”, arguing the most superfluous details have a significant impact on the analysis of a piece of literature and that these small details are essential to a modern work of literature .The seemingly insignificant details could be overlooked, however, it is what makes the setting and actions within a work of literature appear to be reality. Among several works of literature, this proves

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    actions, voices and silences of the characters. Language acts as a synecdoche, thus voice, its intonation and accents has also significance in creation of characters. Voice and silence work paradoxically as metonymy. Both are mandatory in the world of literature, themes of plays, novels and poetry become significant with these two devices of language; where voice leaves its words, silence shows meaning. It may sound illogical to discuss voice and silence within the written text

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    P1 Unit 8

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    "Constructing a Research Paper" is a unit from "Academic Writing for Graduate Students" was a third edition written by John M. Swales and Christine B. Feak, and published by the University of Michigan in 2012. This book mainly focuses on how to prepare international graduate students to write academic papers. This book consists of a total of 8 units, of which unit 8 explains how to construct a research paper (Swales & Feak, 2012). Unit 8 - Constructing a Research Paper 2 consists of 5 sections

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    In “This is How You Lose Her”, the main thing that grabbed me and kept me reading was the language. The combination of poetic prose with informal language, academic jargon, street slang and Spanish meld and mesh beautifully together. The shifting registers and forms of narrative address come together in interlacing layers, intensifying the reader’s submersion in Yunior's life. Diaz’s narrative voice was great throughout, such as with the story “Miss Lora.” We have a story where we can jump from Yunior

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    Gary Paulsen

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    To become a famous author and have written over 40 books, 200 magazine articles and short stories and plays do what Gary Paulsen did and escape the cold. Gary is an inspiring writer, because he has wrote many different books, his story of him becoming a writer is phenomenal and he has an amazing life that has played a big role in his books. Gary has written many great books in his lifetime. Paulsen’s books have been written for teens and adults. Paulsen has written books that make people feel like

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    Bruce Dawe Materialism

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    For generations, poets have used their literary vehicle to express themes and produce content that remains relevant to a modern reader.”Enter Without So Much As Knocking” by Australian poet Bruce Dawe is a prime example of this, as Dawe uses the generic conventions of the genre to present his thoughts and comment on topics that in a way that remains relevant for future generations of readers. One reason the poem is still relevant and popular today is the attention it brings to capitalism and the

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    After reading and comparing, Issue 4 of Understanding Rhetoric and Chapter 2 of The Call to Write, I find that I prefer the comic book chapter over the traditional chapter. For while, both chapter styles seek to explain the topics and concepts of rhetoric via examples; the type of examples used and how they are presented to the audience vary greatly between the two chapter styles. Chapter 2 of The Call to Write uses a variety of typical academic examples such as images, posters, essays, and letters

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    Fictional world . . . The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, settings, style dialogue and tone are literary techniques shown, through a selection of words, diction, one of the important literary elements, identify themes convey as part of the writer’s technique. For instance the author style, imagery is conveys vivid descriptive text: “Their manes were braided with streamers of sliver gold, and green.” Narrative, narrator first and third person, but what I read, interesting, the writer starts sentences

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    Francine Prose, is basically her opinionated article in which she tries to show the audience different reasons why the high school students have a lack of interest in reading. This article was definitely showing her ideas and thoughts about books and literature chosen for high school students. When it comes to me, I think that this article in many ways is irrelevant and vague, when she talks about the types of novels or books chosen for high school students. In this era, high school curriculum has some

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    The novel War of the Worlds is full of figurative language. Almost every device, if not all, is used to help the reader better understand the extraordinary experience that the narrator lived. One of the first things I noticed about the book was the amount of imagery that was included. Now, while imagery typically helps the reader by painting a mental picture, it seemed to have more of a hindering effect on me. I found it hard to imagine what was being described by the narrator, and the majority

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