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Swing Low, a novel and memoir written by Miriam Toews, explores her father Mel Toews’ life leading to his suicide. Mel Toews is difficult to fully understand as it stems from Miriam 's view of her father; however, she succeeds in portraying her father by convincing the readers he is narrating his own story through a believable recapitulation of his life. Before the memoir begins, the author clearly points out that she will be writing as her father while retelling his life story after gathering information

Bradstreet’s plain style helps to convey a message that just believe in God and you will get a better place in heaven because God owns everything and every ruin is in his plan. In her “Upon the Burning of Our House”, she suffered from a fire at first, because she saw the terrible scene happened to her house and everything, like her goods, her furnitures, is in the dust. She felt fear and scared at first when she saw this scene. However, she understood that this disaster is in God’s plan (From “I

conveys this theme in “Me and My Sister” by using diction and point of view. The author conveys this theme in “The Shame” by using imagery and metaphor. The author conveys the theme in “Me and My Sister” by using diction. Diction is a style of writing that is formed by the choice of words the speaker, or writer uses. Diction can also be used by authors to develop a certain mood or atmosphere. Rifaat’s choice of words were able to tell us that the narrator was a child without directly

and the myth being narrated on Plato’s parts, one does not realize this unusual structure is implemented to deliver the message exquisitely. The general purpose of the piece is not seen until the intermediate paragraphs when Plato says: “…The prison-house is the world of sight, the light of the fire is the sun, and you will

choice, we learn that the narrator is prejudicial towards others, and jealous of other men's relationships with his wife. When facing the situation of Robert coming to town to visit his wife, the narrator blatantly expresses that "a blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to" (Carver 209). This repeated substitution of "blind man"

The novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, contains a plethora of literary techniques which evoke strong emotions and opinions within the reader. Evidence of these techniques include: colloquial and formal language, tone and metaphors. Through incorporation of these literary devices the reader is positioned to empathise with each of the character’s perspectives whilst gaining a child’s perspective of injustice. The employment of these literary techniques powerfully delivers the underlying themes

geometric shapes or aesthetic balance. For instance, the novel begins in Darl’s narrative where he says “Jewel and I come up from a field, following the path single file. Although I am fifteen feet ahead of him, anyone watching us from the cotton house can see Jewel’s frayed and broken straw hat a full head above my own” (Faulkner 1). This use of different perspectives within the same idea is describing fundamental cubism. Similarly, surrealism is an attempt to explain the unconscious mind through

Middle/High School Monologues Teaching Students to Read and Write Monologues Welcome to the World of Monologue A Sample Unit of Lessons for Middle and High School Teachers Jefferson County Public Schools Version 2.0 WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF MONOLOGUE By all reports from the field, this unit can be a lot of fun for you and your students: • there’s performance • there’s walking in others’ shoes and learning empathy 1 Middle/High School Monologues • there’s connecting to Farris Bueller, Bill Cosby

last house I observed was in the Bon Ton Historic District as well and is located at 610 South Wilson Avenue. This house was built back in 1904 which was later than the other houses I had previously observed. Due to the difference in time periods this house has a Colonial Revival style which shows the colonial heritage but it also has a Craftsman style. The colonial style can be seen in the columns, corner boards, and the front porch. This house also has a bay window which the previous houses also

conclude that the Salisbury House is older than the Salem Copland House located a few blocks away. The Salisbury House is a simple Greek Revival building that includes many aspects of the Federal style. The Federal style was primarily from 1780-1830 in the newly independent United States. Most of these buildings are simple boxes and are modestly ornamented. They are also characterized with low hipped roofs, six-over-six windows and two chimneys. The Salisbury House has many of the federal features