House styles

From Living on the Prairie, to designing Prairie Style Houses When people think prairie style, they associate it with Frank Lloyd Wright. But why? Frank Lloyd Wright was a famous 19th and 20th century architect that shaped the style of houses, as we know them today. Although he grew up in a small town, it didn't hold him back as a successful man. Frank Lloyd Wright is, and will continue to be, the world’s best architect because from the time he was little, to the times he traveled across the world

diction in their novels. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston employs slang and colloquial language throughout the novel. In fact, almost half of the novel is in this form. An excellent example of this writing style is found on pg. 87 when Janie says "Ah'm gone tuh de house. Lemme know when dat ol' pee-de-bed is gone and Ah'll be right back." Ellison uses some colloquial diction and slang, but not nearly so

a writer makes determines the reader's reaction to the object of description, and contributes to the author's style and tone.” Example: “We grow accustomed to the Dark / The Bravest -- grope a little -- / And sometimes hit a Tree” (1, 13-14). Dickinson, “We Grow Accustomed to the Dark” Context: In “We Grow Accustomed to the Dark” by Emily Dickinson, people leave their neighbor’s house and step in the darkness of the night. They walk with steps of uncertainty until they reach the road and their

Description in Cathedral. Timilehin Odunuga Northeastern University Author Note This paper was prepared for ENG 1105, taught by Professor Burt Raymond Carver the author of “Cathedral” which narrate about inviting her old friend who is blind to their house. Robert is blind and his wife had died not long ago. The story beginning to show how the author is troubled by approaching visit for things he can 't exactly clarify, but he ascribes it to Robert 's blindness. The author does not understand how much

Brian Doyle's Joyas Voladoras first appeared in The American Scholar in 2004 and was later selected for Best American Essays in 2005. Doyle’s intended audience is the general population, though his writing style attracts both the logical reader and the hopeless romantics who seek metaphors pointing to love in any way. The beginning of the essay provides insight to general information about the hummingbird, which holds the smallest, capable, and fragile heart in the world. He then explains the significance

enough to develop a noble story, in these few pages an author can pack a tight punch that will leave one in awe, disgust, or utter sadness. Whether there is a moral of the story or it is simply for the reader’s enjoyment, each author has their own style of conveying a message through their work in very diverse ways. Through Flannery O’Connor and Chuck Palahniuk’s works we can see this very evidently. Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man is Hard to Find is a short story about a family who is shot and killed

life for themselves. The reader sees this altercation unravel from the eyes of the youngest child (who is also the narrator) as he is peaking in through the door. In this passage a tense atmosphere is evident; MacLeod used a creative yet powerful style of writing to magnify the gravity of the situation and to further the rest of his

Naturalist literature incorporates scientific ideologies, and the studies of humans lives, environment, and forces of inheritance. Survival is a particularly significant theme in Naturalist fiction. Often Naturalist fiction is narrated from a detached, clinical narrative voice. The narrator, Maggie, is an exemplary example of an unconnected character. This relation adds to the scientific perspective of the work. Ideas of Social Darwinism and the survival of the fittest are incorporated in the novel

Joshua Mehigan 's second poetry collection following, The Optimist, presents an anthology disclosing rhyme, meter and colloquial speech/diction infused with realist narratives and monologues bathed in the surreal lucid elements of the subconscious. Mehigan’s collection discusses the inevitability and the gravitating novelty of change as well as the facing of ones demise in both the literal and figurative sense. Whether it is an everlasting smokestack, the evaluation of a road post car accident, a

Sharon Olds was the leading contemporary poet of her time, she has acclaimed several prestigious awards and is well known for her emotional poetry that depicts her family life as she was growing up. In the poem, “The One Girl at the Boy’s Party,” Olds writes a first person narrative depicting a mother witnessing her daughter's approach to maturity. The daughter, who is well versed in mathematics, attends a swimming party composed of all boys. The mother observes her daughter and watches her cross