r b Sign In Sell Your Art Top of Form Bottom of Form etchagirl › Portfolio › Wake Up Call (a ghost story in about 500 words) Wake Up Call (a ghost story in about 500 words) The lake closed over her nose and mouth as Sara sucked in a lung-full of cold‚ black water. On her next breath‚ she opened her eyes and saw the red LCD shining: 12:02 AM. Again. Three nights in a row‚ same dream‚ same time. Sweat dripped from her hair and drenched her nightgown. Sara stumbled to the bathroom‚ turning
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In Kate Chopin’s story of an hour‚ many questions arose in one’s mind. The controversial plot and twist did much for the reader’s imagination. “Chopin’s story was controversial from the beginning. It was rejected for publication by both Vogue and Century magazines as "a threat to family and home.” (Line 4-5). Only after her next successful work was published did Vogue publish the story. Having a big name magazine company reject her literary work because it was looked upon as threatful shows just
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A short story concentrates on creating a single dynamic effect and is limited in character and situation. It is a language of maximum yet economical effect. Every word must do a job‚ sometimes several jobs. Short stories are filled with numerous language and sound devices. These language and sound devices create a stronger image of the scenario or the characters within the text‚ which contribute to the overall pre-designed effect.As it is shown in the metaphor ’lipstick bleeding gently’ in Cinnamon
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surprising science fiction story that reverses the werewolf idea. A wolf turns into a man and scares the living daylights out of his wolf wife and wolf children. What makes this story amazing is that LeGuin tricks us‚ throughout much of the story‚ into believing that the tale is about humans. She teases us with issues of child abuse‚ male-female relationships‚ life in a small town‚ and sisterly devotion‚ but she upsets our expectations‚ forces us to ask questions‚ re-read the story‚ and come to see
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The Ghost Story Because of all the recorded evidence of paranormal activity‚ this leads to the evidence being real. Yet‚ because of skeptics and nonbelievers debunking the evidence‚ some people are led to believe paranormal activity is fake. Many people have obtained facts that suggest ghosts are real. Whether someone believes in ghosts or not‚ there will always be logical theories and unanswered questions to ghostly encounters. Ghost stories have been told through real-life experience (hauntings)
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door opened‚ and Earl Genofile stepped out to see what had happened. Earl was at the grand age of 75. He had hearing aids‚ dentures‚ and a cane. He was a nice senior citizen as long as he got his five naps a day. He quickly hobbled back into his two-story house to find his wife. Helga Genofile was also 75 years old. Unlike Earl‚ Helga did not need hearing aids‚ dentures‚ or a cane. She had excellent health. In fact‚ she was sure that she was going to live well over a hundred. She was almost done with
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Stereotypes of Gender and/or Sexuality in The Uncle’s Story Alejandra Gamez Reading Contemporary Fiction April 15‚ 2013 How are stereotypes of gender and/or sexuality challenged in The Uncle’s Story? There are a lot of critics between the relationship of the following two words: gender and sex. People constantly interchange gender and sex‚ however their meaning is widely different. Gender is referred to culture‚ where it determines how a woman or men should act‚ dress‚ be‚ etc. Whereas Sex
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Identifying Heroes: The Godfather and Pulp Fiction The form of Classical Hollywood films is‚ first and foremost‚ invisible. In a Classical Hollywood film‚ the narrative is foremost‚ and style serves the narrative. Camera angles‚ lighting and editing patterns such as the shot/reverse-shot pattern aim to give us the best possible perspective on the unfolding events(1). These events are arranged in a strongly causality-oriented linear narrative‚ with one event causing the next. This narrative is
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boy up and saw that he had plenty of muscle. As soon as he set foot in camp a green trident appeared over his head‚ symbolizing him as a son of Poseidon I have a brother‚ I thought excitedly.Soon after I rescued him‚ Marcus started changing the story of how he came here. He told everyone that the satyr
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I will practice‚ and improve‚ and polish the words I utter to sell mygoods‚ for this is the formulation on which I will build my career and never will I forget that many have attained great wealth and success with only one sales talk‚ delivered with excellence. We all have dreams . But in order to makes dreams come into reality it take sweat ‚ determination and hardwork. I will practice‚ and improve‚ and polish the words I utter to sell mygoods‚ for this is the formulation on which I will
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