Wimberly This text provided me with a new technique for pastoral care and counseling. ... After reading this text, I became aware of how natural the use of personal narrative can be. In fact, it is something I have done many times in my own work, although I did not know it was actually a recognized "technique". ... A crisis causes an interruption and change in the life narrative of a person. ... Finally, Wimberly shares various other models of counseling which use the narrative approach. ...

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A successful cinematography technique used in the film "Casablanca," is that of effective and scene-appropriate lighting. Various lighting techniques were employed throughout the masterpiece, most notably during close-up shots of the lead characters, Rick and Ilsa. ... The lighting techniques used throughout Casablanca definitely help to set the overall mood of the characters and the story. ... The many different lighting techniques in the film help to create many different moods and emotions. ... Overall, the varying use of lighting in Casablanca no doubt greatly enhances the overall story, a...

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This essay seeks to discover how Atkinson uses the past, footnotes, setting and her post modernist style as a technique in the treatment of time. The narrative is a common first person narrative, but at the same time, it is very unusual. ... This technique gives Ruby a more "knowing" voice that can see ahead of us but is still unable to share with us the withdrawn knowledge that she is trying to find out herself. ... Atkinson uses footnotes as another technique. ... In Behind the scenes at the museum, Atkinson is able to skilfully and originally bring her all her characters to life using...

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Employs a multiple narrator technique, it uses the varying voices and points of view of a number of characters to examine the life and character of Thomas Sutpen, a tragic figure who tries and fails to build a family dynasty in Yoknapatawpha County. ... The main story pieced together from the various narratives is interesting. ... The narrative structure throughout each chapter jumps back and forth between internal and external, back and forth between different characters' thoughts. Faulkner's use of narrative in Absalom, Absalom! ... is said to contain the most orig...

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Good commentary must include: - Clear organization - Understanding of literary techniques - Alliteration - Metaphors - she is snow - Onomatopoeia - words that are spelt in a similar way to the sound - Allegory - narrative using symbols - Euphemism - cold slumber (death) - Similes - white as snow (figurative language as opposed to literal language) - Oxymoron - silent scream - Hyperbole - Visual imagery - Personification - the howling wind, dancing grass, smiling moon - Punctuation -Structure - paragraphs - Objectification - opposite of personification - standing like a statue ...

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Only, thanks to director Stephen Frears" narrative technique, we don't realize this until the credits start to roll. ... Consequently, the main part of the narrative is either flashbacks or direct commentary by Rob to the audience. ... Through the creative narrative techniques of flashbacks and candid monologues, the audience becomes fully engaged in Rob's struggle. ...

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The story is written in first person narrative so that Jane is telling us the story. ... The narrative technique used is interesting because flashbacks make up the story. ... This story is also in first person narrative because Bertha is telling the story. ...

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The effect of casualness is achieved mainly through the tone of the narrative: the use of the present tense in the opening lines, and short sentences like "No undergrowth". ... The cyclic pattern of the narrative gives a structural framework to the story in which very little actually happens. ... Even though "Drover's Wife- is set in one setting, Lawson uses techniques like anecdotes to capture audience's attentions. ... Henry Lawson uses many techniques in his short stories to captivate the reader's attention. ... In the short story, "Joe Wilson Courtship- by Henry Lawson, th...

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The techniques an author employs, and the way in which they are manipulated, often determine the reader's response towards a novel's themes. ... Through this narrative technique, other elements, such as the thriller genre, symbolism of the structure, and psychological interpretation are raised. ... Through this technique, Clegg is portrayed as a much more frightening character, creating a convincing picture of a madman. ... As Clegg's two narratives enclose Miranda's, the novel emphasizes the physical power Clegg has over her. ... As a result of this, Clegg's psycholog...

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He employs a third person narrative to immerse the reader, in full detail, to the social concern for the common well fare and the lack thereof. ... Steinbeck brings the reader close to the story with the third person narrative. ... This writing technique is effective at invoking feelings and conveying points. ... The third person narrative gives the reader a media through which to experience the novel first hand. ... Steinbeck makes these associations using a tactful third person narrative. ...

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In order to be a good writer, you have to use different writing techniques while learning how to take good, solid, and constructive criticism. ... For me the biggest goal going into the class at the beginning of the year was to be able to develop personally as a writer as well as learn a variety of different techniques. ... I understood the importance of writing different writing styles ranging from personal narratives to persuasive essays. ... I handed in my personal narrative early to be worked on and it really helped my grade. ...

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Batting eyelashes and making oneself wanted without seeming trampy or coquettish was the acceptable flirting technique of the early 1900's. ... Unlike The Importance of Being Earnest, Pride and Prejudice is the opposite courting technique. In this narrative, the women present themselves to a group of men at a party or some type of social event. ... In conclusion, all three narratives have similarities of how women should present themselves. ...

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The first-person narrative writing style shows a child's journey through life retold as an adult. ... O"Connor is able, through various literary techniques such as irony and observation, to show a innocent child who has a fear of unknown consequences. ... The first person narrative technique that O"Connor uses represents a child's experience in seeing how little episodes are often magnified in our minds so that we feel more pressure over them. ...

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Many people cannot argue the severity of these two narrative accounts. Both narratives left us with mind scarring images and stomach churning feelings as we read the two narratives. ... In the second paragraph of chapter one, Douglas uses an ingenious technique. ... Both narratives clearly have violent encounters. ... Douglas" narrative is a personal experience that readers relate to. ...

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This technique is very common, as it seems that effort was made to create a seamless uninterrupted procession of images, as the film flows very smoothly, unlike a typical art film. ... A discontinuous narrative, in part, means that the protagonist is not goal-oriented. ... Clearly then, Shoot the Piano Player is far removed from art films in terms of narrative continuity. ... Moreover the art is supposed to distract from the narrative in an art film, but again this is not the case. ... The narrative is assuredly the most important aspect of this film, and actually distracts us from...

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His subject matter depicts ordinary people and narratives of domesticity in the 17th century. ... In his paintings, Vermeer took the techniques and artistic concepts of his time and placed his own, personal touch on them. ... In general, Vermeer communicates through mood rather than through narrative. ... Her facial features appear in several of Vermeer's works but his various techniques on his subject make it difficult to compare the female faces in his paintings, as the woman are portrayed in different lighting conditions and poses. ... This technique made Vermeer the revolutionary he ...

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There are important themes evident in the novel that are contributed with the help of the technique of narrative structure. In order to accept the views presented in this novel, we look at circular narrative and the chapters and sub-chapters within. ... The circular narrative structure of Cloudstreet shows that novel begins at the present, moves onto the past and comes back to present. ...

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There are important themes evident in the novel that are contributed with the help of the technique of narrative structure. In order to accept the views presented in this novel, we look at circular narrative and the chapters and sub-chapters within. ... The circular narrative structure of Cloudstreet shows that novel begins at the present, moves onto the past and comes back to present. ...

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There are important themes evident in the novel that are contributed with the help of the technique of narrative structure. In order to accept the views presented in this novel, we look at circular narrative and the chapters and sub-chapters within. ... The circular narrative structure of Cloudstreet shows that novel begins at the present, moves onto the past and comes back to present. ...

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For its time, the novel is highly unconventional in its narrative technique. ... The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman was among the first novels to make the actual materiality of the book obvious by experimenting with narrative style. ... He employs a number of techniques to call attention to the book as a material object and undermines the apparent "naturalness" of its artificial conversational tone. Perhaps the most striking of those techniques is Sterne's use of unusual typographical devices that challenge the readers" instinctive inclination to read the book as pure na...

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He also strays from the traditional Hollywood style narrative. ... He now uses a shot/reverse shot technique to ensure constant screen direction. ... He uses a shot/reverse shot technique on the two when the conversation begins. ... Pedro Almodovar varies from the normal Hollywood narrative style in that there is no clear protagonist or antagonist. ... Almodovar uses editing techniques such as continuity and shot choices such as close-ups, medium shots, extreme close-ups and tight framing to clarify his story. ...

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Literary elements, which are literary devices and techniques used by the author to influence the structure, language, and narrative purpose of a selection, are used throughout the novel. ... While reading The Sun Also Rises, you will find out Hemingway used many techniques and different methods to influence the structure of his selection. ...

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The manner in which the past is brought out in Beloved Toni Morison's Beloved is a narrative-cum-description of a family's hardships and individual personal struggles during the mid-1800, a time when slavery was rampant in the United States of America. ... Beloved's narrative moves quickly between past and present, frequently shifting forward and back in time and through the memories of characters. This narrative technique suggests the powerful continuity between the past and the present; although Sethe might like to forget her past, its influence constantly intrudes into the...

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The narrative allows for multiple views, we gain varois perspectives from the characters. ... The oral nature of storytelling is examined, as the text employs filmic techniques such as flashbacks, jump cuts, regressing. ...

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Both writers had the same theme and meaning in mind, but their structure and technique was what made the stories different. ... Linda Costanzo Cahir believes the separate tales of Benjamin Willard and Charles Marlow follow similar narrative patterns and arrive at similar truths. ... ""Coppola understood the technique and theme, structure and meaning are inseparable entities. ... Both writers had the same theme and meaning in mind, but their structure and technique was what made the stories different....

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