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    Elements of Fiction

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    Elements of Fiction‚ pg. 358-364 There are specific elements that you can look for in a work of fiction‚ and for this class specifically‚ the short story. In order to determine if something is a complete story‚ you look for the following elements. These are also listed on the Fiction Terms sheet as the specific definitions that you will see on the exam. Plot: Plot is simply what happens in the story. Traditional plots have a beginning‚ rising action‚ a climax‚ falling action‚ and an end. Many stories

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    Fiction and Story

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    Genre: Descriptive * The Monkey’s Paw was a descriptive story because throughout the whole story they were describing the paw and throughout the Afterlife you will see Pamela describing her feelings on what happen to her brother Herbert. * Fiction Genre: Mystery * I picked mystery for the Monkey’s Paw because in the end of the story I wasn’t clear on what happen and in the afterlife things happened that no one knows but me. * Literary Device: Conflict * I picked conflict as my literary

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    Fiction Analysis

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    Fiction Analysis There are many ways to supplement a story in order to add lucidity. It is done through literary devices and Tim O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried" is no different. "The Things They Carried" is a narrative about a soldier at war in Vietnam. However‚ this story provides multiple layers of meaning through O’Brien’s tone and style that help the reader further understand it. Both of these literary devices are embedded in the story and gradually help define it. To begin with‚ O’Brien

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    Rhetoric of Fiction

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    The Rhetoric of Fiction Outline I. The author begins by pointing out that one of the obvious artificial devices has a method of going to the action and figure out what the writer meant. A. Throughout life‚ humans do not know the other person without reliable internal signs from a point of view. B. Points of view are always in books such as the Bible‚ using the word “he”. C. The next minor point below the major point II. The author insists that attitudes can change the voice of the reader

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    Fiction and Nonfiction

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    more superior to others when discussing workplace themes. I have chosen to write about A Delicate Balance by Jose Armas and The Boy and the Bank Officer by Phillip Ross. Why did I choose these stories‚ for one although one of them is fiction and the other non-fiction I can relate to them both on a personal level such as both writers did. In this paper I will discuss the difference between the way the characters were written about and portrayed and I will also compare some of the ways they acted

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    The No.1 Ladies Detective agency 1. State the title‚ author‚ and number of pages. Ans: The No.1 Ladies Detective agency‚ Alexander McCall Smith‚ number of pages 235. 2. Tell what the book is about. Describe the setting. Ans: The book is about a woman named Mma Ramotswe‚ who wants to open a detective agency by using the money her deceased father left. All she wanted to do was help her people by solving their problems. All her cases take place in beautiful place called Botswana‚ in Africa. Mma

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    fiction essay

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    Fictional writing is any type of writing that is not factual. Fictional writing most often takes the form of a story meant to convey an authors point in view or simply to entertain. The outcome of this may be a short story‚ novel‚ or drama. Fiction has different types of characteristics that make up the fictional writing‚ like character‚ plot‚ and setting. These characteristics are what make the imagery of fictional writing so astonishing and magical. Character is a figure in the story that can

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    Fiction and the Workplace

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    Fiction and the Work Environment Paper When reading a short story‚ poem‚ or even novel the author often attempts to provide the audience with some type of personal connection to a variety of components to the reading. An author may select very personable‚ hardworking‚ and unselfish characters to allow the audience to connect in some way with the main or subordinate characters; or the author may elect to provide a common type of setting to provide the readers an additional way to connect to the

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    Intro to Fiction

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    “Where are you going where have you been” Oates Psychology Hawthorne’s romanticism Poe’s Gothicism Music Inspired by a Bob Dylan song- “It’s All Over Now‚ Baby Blue” Connie- is she dynamic character? Why or why not? Connie at Home- mom always comparing her to her older sister‚ say mom and sister are just jealous of her‚ resentful of the family but in the end she sacrifices herself for them Connie when out with friends Why does she go with Arnold Friend? Real- real people and real situation

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    Two characters in The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Love is blindness. Therefore‚ no matter how smart‚ intelligent a woman is‚ she will lose her obvious judgment to a man she has a crush on. There is no exception to Mma Ramotswe‚ the main character in the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency. She is in the relationship with two men who are totally opposite in physical appearance‚ characteristics‚ attitude toward woman. We are going to analyze the differences between Note Mokoti and J.L.B Matekoni.

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