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    A Telephone Call by Dorothy Parker is an intriguing inner monologue, that portrays the infatuation some partners have with their significant other. I personally found the story to be rather compelling, constantly engaging the readers with Parker’s use of repetition. Although it definitely isn't my favorite story, it had an abundance of interesting aspects. A scene that I found amusing is when the pemberley female role questions whether her concern over the males lack of communication is reasonable

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    McBride, Wayne 16 Nov. 2017 Robinson Eng. 101 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, stream of consciousness, and cosmic irony. With these elements Poe displays 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. First person narration is throughout this story

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    Authors use literary elements dramatically in short stories to influence a certain feeling on the reader or to send out a certain message to the audience. Throughout the stories, “The Interlopers” and “Lamb to the Slaughter”, both authors use elements to make their story appealing to the reader. Saki, the author of “The Interlopers” uses his examples of literary elements precisely and tremendously, which makes his story better than Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter”. The author of the story “Lamb to

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    The Keepin’ It REAL campaign aims to teach middle school students substance refusal strategies through the REAL method developed by narrative theory. The campaign, although successful, has definitive strengths and weaknesses in its execution. Through an explanation of the use of theory as well as message design, strategy and development, the campaign’s thought process and execution will be outlined. Strengths and weaknesses will be outlined through the critiques of the use of theory, missing campaign

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    Whether it be confessional or imagist, poetry provides a way to define all emotions and express any suppressed feelings with a literary approach. Similarly, the confessional poem “The Colossus” by Sylvia Plath and the imagist poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson both depict the emotional trauma caused due to the loss of lives. Plath’s poem “The Colossus” expresses the absence of her father and its impact on her life personally. Whereas, Tennyson’s narrative poem “The Charge

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    Throughout all of Queen Elizabeth’s writing, such as her speeches, she demonstrates all the qualities of an influential and inspiring leader. Time and time again, she proves that she can be just as much of a leader than any man, an incredible feat even in the present day. The undermining of women in the workplace did not start with Queen Elizabeth and it did not end with her. Her advisers were constantly telling her how to lead, what she should do in regards to the relationship with other nations

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    Golding uses diction, symbolism, metaphors, and repetition to demonstrate how deeply evil had infiltrated the minds of different characters in The Lord of the Flies. Roger, Piggy, and Golding’s narration of the other boys’ perspectives change suddenly in attitude throughout this passage as evil creeps closer to surrounded their minds and their hearts. Each change is significant in measuring the goodwill of their intentions and in showing the progression of evil in different personas. Piggy, who

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    Childhood is arguably the most exciting time of a person’s life. One has few responsibilities or cares, and the smallest events can seem monumentally thrilling. Often, people reflect on the memories of their youth with fondness and appreciation for the lessons they learned. Sarah Orne Jewett captures this essence perfectly in the excerpt from “A White Heron.” Jewett uses many literary devices, including diction, imagery, narrative pace, and point of view to immerse the reader in familiar feelings

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    left him and he died on his last wife. Poe’s life was constantly filled with death and disappointment which explains his vivid style of writing. His traumatic life is explained through his dark writing, and the way he explains the story. Poe’s vivid writing style is constantly shown through his unique literary techniques. One literary device Poe uses to show his vivid style is imagery. In Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado”, he describes the antagonist (Fortunato) as he greets him, “He accosted

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    The poem “Ponder” by Cereal Abraham tells the story of a bird atop a mountain who ponders about a better life where the world fascinated him. It occurs to the bird that it cannot change it’s physical state, so the bird changes its mental state and slips into a dream. In this dream the bird dreamed about a world that was no longer barren, but full of life and beauty. Feeling dejected and jealous of his dream, the bird finally awoke to the same desolate world it had always existed in. In “Ponder” Cereal

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