Many types of literary criticism abound, formalism plays on the theory that the pieces form is what composes its persona. ... Look, for example, at how the words "black" and "blackness" and "white" are used in the play, by whom, and for what purposes. ... Formalisms utmost priority is how certain aspects of literary works construct differing things by their nature. Interpretation of the literary material ought to be limited to the structural meaning of the piece. ... Being that the context is ignored, one is at a disadvantage of being reduced to hardly any symbolic devices. ...

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Literature also makes up a unique reading styles because of the different literary terms and rhetorical devices that it possesses such as simile, metaphor, imagery and many more. ... Allusion is a reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work. ... Hiss," for example, when spoken is intended to resemble the sound of steam or of a snake. ... Style is the manner of expression of a particular writer, produced by choice of words, grammatical structures, use of literary devices, and all the possible parts of language use. ... The literary terms and rhetorical...

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Although the literary devices used by Capote and Bauer are the same, they yield different moods for the reader by using mood imagery, and symbolism. ... An example of mood in Joan Bauer's "Pancakes" can be found in the excerpt". ... An example of imagery that can be seen in "Pancakes" is, ". ... An example of symbolism in the short story "Pancakes" can be seen from an excerpt, "Dirty mirrors drove me crazy. ... These literary elements contribute greatly to the outcome of the story as the literary elements contribute greatly to the use of mood...

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Even the encyclopedic definitions that the reader is pretended to accept, which are also important devices used by Doctorow, are chosen by the character. ... The book makes reference, for example, to the red scare and the Vietnam War. The narrative is, then, a device to depict this historical moment, slightly disguising some events by means of changing names -as it happens with the Rosenbergs - maintaining the real facts almost untouched. ... Doctorow style brings innovation to literary forms, being considered a post-modern narrative, breaking up with some literary values and devices that had...

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To Place the book in the context of literary tradition, it would be first useful to define what is meant by literary tradition. ... An example of the issues included in the book are bullying, love, careers advice, racial discrimination and other moral issues. ... The hierarchy also places Stanley at the bottom, thus a target to be bullied by everyone above him, for example Armpit's physical bullying in chapter five. ... For example, there are many literary devices used in Holes' such as, irony, symbolism, humour, euphemisms, metaphors, and the use of mystery and the techniques u...

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To Place the book in the context of literary tradition, it would be first useful to define what is meant by literary tradition. ... An example of the issues included in the book are bullying, love, careers advice, racial discrimination and other moral issues. ... The hierarchy also places Stanley at the bottom, thus a target to be bullied by everyone above him, for example Armpit's physical bullying in chapter five. ... For example, there are many literary devices used in Holes' such as, irony, symbolism, humour, euphemisms, metaphors, and the use of mystery and the techniques u...

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One example of this symbolism is when we are told that Annie had to wait for her bike, as she had to wait for Charlie to form a relationship with her, "Charlie never encouraged her by look or by word". ... He makes use of this technique because it is a short story and for the twist at the end to work the writer needs to leave clues so that at the end the reader comprehends the story .In my personal opinion it is important to my appreciation of the text because this example of the symbolism is much more obvious in certain ways than other examples in the text. An additional example of the link...

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