The techniques that Joyce Carol Oates incorporated throughout "Where Are You Going, Where Have you Been," are ineffective in making this a believable narrative. The one technique the author overused throughout the story is symbolism. ... The other techniques she used was foreshadowing and irony. ... Another technique the author used is irony. ... Is not a credible narrative because of the overuse of some literary techniques. ...

• Word Count: 497
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"Fiction is the form of any narrative work that deals with events that are not factual, but rather imaginary"; this means, invented by the author. ... Metafiction employs techniques to draw attention to itself as a work of art, while, at the same time, it exposes the truth of a story. ... In other words, in this kind of work an author writes (this process is called 'outer narrative'") about a narrator who is telling a story ("inner narrative"). This is precisely known as "self-reflexive fiction"," in which the very techniques of writing fiction become the subject matter of the narrat...

• Word Count: 2096
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 842
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 842
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 871
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

According to van Gorp , a short story is a single-episode narrative with a limited number of characters. ... (p64) As Mrs Chapman has suggested, Carver prefers the first person narrative to an omniscient narrative voice. ... Mrs Chapman asserts that there is no narrative presence telling the reader what to think about the situation. ... Story-telling As Miss Van de Perre has suggested, Carver uses the technique of the frame story in "Fat". ... The author uses this technique in order to create another perspective on the events, to create a sense of detachment and to increase the emotion...

• Word Count: 2431
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The beginning of the short story, The Test, by Angelica Gibbs provokes the reader's attention through early descriptive lines like, "When they found the boulevard they found it crowded with cars headed for the beaches." (Pg 115) This enables the viewer to picture the scene of the beach and the crowd...

• Word Count: 1005
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Edgar Allan Poe is an American writer of the19th century. His writing style is absolutely different from others. He always creates mysterious characters in his writings. In the beginning he was introduced as a poet then he became a famous short story writer of the uncanny, but he kept writing poems....

• Word Count: 2343
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School