Oral literature

The dictionary definition of setting is “the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.” But setting is much more. Setting, also, affects the plot by setting the mood and revealing information about characters. In the story “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl and “Geraldine Moore the Poet” by Toni Cade Bambara, the setting is very important to the plot and without the settings these stories would be impossible. In “The Landlady” the setting affects the

Edna St. Vincent Millay was a poet of the early 1900s with a knack for drawing people in with her expressive writing. She was influenced by every little thing possible and had values of her own that made her an author to watch for. Although her feminist view made for controversial discussions, Miss Millay’s writing was still able to impress other poets. Miss Millay was inspired by many people and situations throughout her life, but only a few stuck with her as she began her career. Her mother, Cora

P.T. Barnum once said, “Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity”. When good literature is included in a story the readers are better able to visualize and interpret what is going on in the story. Also, insight on the events going on in the story will be improved when literature techniques such as descriptive adjectives and verbs are added. In the story’s The Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers and The Lemon Tree Billiards House by Cedric Yamanaka

On Christopher Morley’s “On Laziness”, he presents the topic of laziness, persuading his audience about the audience through rhetorical effect and appeal to human nature. Slothfulness, which is typically regarded as a weakness or sin, is transformed into a means to “enlightened” using rhetorical effect. As an essayist on laziness, Morley presents his subject to the audience in the informative and friendly tone, using a sophisticated dictation to provide style.​ I enjoyed reading Christopher Morley’s

“55 Miles to the Gas Pump” by Annie Proulx By: Kalena Gottwald, Skyler Greenberg, Garin Mesarch, Rachael Phillips, and Abigail Sanford In this presentation, we will look at 55 Miles to the Gas Pump by Annie Proulx through the deconstructionist point of view Deconstructionist Strategies Literary works DO NOT yield fixed, single meanings. Language is never definite because of the endless meanings of words/phrases. reveals how the text is internally conflicted/contradictory seems to destabilize

There have been many speeches by great men and women over the years but one speech that stands out to me is John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address. That speech had what a lot of other speeches did not; the power to move people’s hearts. It was a simplistic speech and that was a good thing. Instead of talking about just the American people he talked about the world as a whole. He also made great use of alliteration to keep a good flow with the speech so it almost sounds like a poem. These are all points

Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold can Stay” is considered to be one of his best poems, having led to him winning the first of four Pulitzer prizes. “Nothing Gold can Stay” achieved this literary award due to its tone of sadness and theme of temporary beauty. The theme and tone are conveyed through Frost’s thorough use literary devices such as symbolism, metaphors, and diction throughout the poem. Frost’s use of symbolism appears frequently throughout “Nothing Gold can Stay.” For example, in a literal

1. Literacy and Social Interaction Many literacy events appears in the three novels of Fitzgerald in which the characters always showing literacy activities with books, letters or any written texts as its artifacts. In Fitzgerald’s novels This Side of Paradise (which from now on will be abbreviate to TSOP), The Beautiful and Damned (which from now on will be abbreviate to TBD), and The Great Gatsby (which also will be abbreviate to GG), the literacy events can be seen related with human or social

In The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, there are many parallels in his beliefs of the duties of an author between the author’s Nobel Prize speech and the book. This appears in many different forms: chapters, characters, and figurative language. In the book, Steinbeck shows his beliefs of the duties of writers constantly. Even though the speech came after the book, he kept a certain mindset while writing the book. Steinbeck’s main goals for a writer that he achieves are to exemplify the doctrine

Acquiring a rhetorical writing style We all long to write like someone else, maybe it is like authors such as Mark Twain , J.R.R Tolkien, Ernest Hemingway or Shakespeare- although I think the last one is much more like a dream than an actual aspiration-but I desire to write like Stephen King and Stephen Krashen , and even attain to imitate the manner in which they seem to analyze information, and translate such material in a form of a well-developed argument. As a consequence, it seems that