Cognitive style

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The Arrow and the Song” is a relatively short, yet complex poem that takes some deep thinking to pull apart. The narrator shoots an arrow into the air, yet cannot follow it, for it soared across the sky, far into the unknown. The narrator also lets a song be heard to the world, also unable to follow this, because of course, you cannot see words with your eyes. After much time, he or she finds both unbroken, the arrow in an oak tree, and the song within a heart of a friend. However, the meaning of

Life is full of decision making, and many obstacles that will come in your way to try and stop your path and prevent you from achieving what you must achieve. In the poems “A Laughing Heart,” by Charles Bukowski, and “The Journey,” by Mary Oliver, the authors both meet at describing what life is like and how to live life like the fullest, even though there will be things to stop you, and you may stop yourself. Both of these poems point out that you have to be the main character in your life, you