These elements, known as literary terms, help to describe different parts of the story. In "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Conell, there were many examples of literary terms. ... Another literary term in the story is empathy. ... One more literary term used is quest. ... There are many literary terms that apply to a story. ...
Thus, rather than examine the dramatic elements of the play I will focus on the literary components that it has in terms of characterization, plot, the author's style, Shabaka's tone, and narration from the first person point-of-view. ... In example after performing in Burd's tour he ends up not getting paid, and also he is removed from Duke Ellington's orchestra almost immediately after joining it because of an altercation with another band member. ... Another key literary component is the author's style or the way in which the piece is conveyed or portrayed to the ...
The essay explores the shift in literary work during the restoration period. ... Pope retaliated by making Theobald the hero in his poem, Dunciad, which is an indisputable example of violent satire. ... In this poem he demonstrates aspects of the restoration period literary work. ... In the poem, he describes ordinary human beings in heroic terms. ... During this period literary work was used to fight vices and instill morals....
For some time now, feminists have examined literary works in terms of the absent/objectified presence of the Other, in whatever form Other might be recognized (for example, anyone not white, male, or educationally and economically privileged). We have also critiqued culture and history in these terms, articulating at least some of the consequences of such constructed oppositions and exclusions. For example, Toni Morrison, in her critical text Playing in the Dark, has argued that everything that constitutes whiteness as a racial identity--from the national literature of the United States to its...
The Penguin Handbook of Literary Terms and Literary Theory says that "rhetoric is the art of using language for persuasion, in speaking or writing; especially in oratory. ... The Missionary Position by Christopher Hitchens has several examples of rhetoric. ... A prominent example of rhetoric can be seen when Hitchens talks about Mother Theresa's financial status. ...
For example Lillian is described as an "independent child," by Carol MacNichols in a "Dictionary of Literary Biography," (Contemporary Authors) this trait of Lillian's personality is portrayed in her story, " Run Away" which is in the book, " A writers reader". ... All of these are examples of this girl's independence. ... This is another example of how her personal life is sometimes reflected in her work. As time passed, Lillian's marriage eventually came to an end on good terms with Arthur. ... This is an example of how the people in Lillian's life influenced her w...
But can we say then that a romance novel is a non-literary work? ... Until then, romance novels are non-literary. ... It would, for example, be difficult to imagine a literary history of eighteenth-century England without an extended treatment of Berkeley and Hume, Bishop Butler and Gibbon, Burke and even Adam Smith (I think). ... In practice, we get automatic and unprofessional accounts of these authors in terms of their specialty. ... The literary historian is not automatically transformed into a proper historian of these disciplines. ...
"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and "The Guest" by Albert Camus are similar stories in terms of points of view through characterization, setting and symbolism. ... The location of this story played a big role, which makes it an important literary device. In "The Guest" the location of the schoolhouse was an important literary device. ... The setting of the story, its surroundings, and weather sets the tone to the story which makes it an important literary device. 3 In "A Rose for Emily" also used the literary device of symbolism. ... These are some examples of symbolism found ...
According to the "Dictionary of Literary Terms- poetry is: - metrical writing; - writing, that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through its meanings, sound and rhythm. ... Anna Kamieñska, for example, thinks that poetry is like "the magic of words-, "a game between intellect and imagination- and "a philosophical musing upon life anoneself-. ... "The moment you feel, you're Nobody-But-Yourself". (1970) According to Harmer poetry are the words that t...
According to the "Dictionary of Literary Terms- poetry is: - metrical writing; - writing, that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through its meanings, sound and rhythm. ... Anna Kamieñska, for example, thinks that poetry is like "the magic of words-, "a game between intellect and imagination- and "a philosophical musing upon life and oneself-. ... "The moment you feel, you're Nobody-But-Yourself". (1970) According to Harmer poetry are the words that...
An example of this can be seen in Act II, scene iii: Don Pedro: Do it in notes. ... For example, when the women manipulated Beatrice into believing that Benedick adored her, they concealed themselves in the orchard so that Beatrice could better note their conversation. ... Since majority of the play was based upon lies and assumptions, which all amounted to nothing in terms of the truth, it could be concluded that the entire play itself was about nothing. ... Much Ado About Nothing is a play in which many literary features are present, but by far, none were as prominent as this seemingly ...
As Patterson said, "While literature necessarily arises from a historical matrix, it can never be adequately understood in terms of that origin, no matter how carefully the scholar seeks to reconstruct it"(Patterson, p 9). ... Even in the Dharmashastras (Law Books), a literary source, there are biased views due to the Brahman authors. ... Literary texts give information regarding to history, such as geographical clues and cultural traditions. The Rig Veda is considered the earliest piece of literary work in India. ... For example, we learn of the now much-used divine word "om" in the Upanish...
These literary devices portray the personality and the complexity of Holden's character to the reader. ... The text is also inspired by the literary technique of stream of consciousness. ... This is an example of hyperbole, and helps the reader gain an understanding into Holden's personality and characteristics. ... " The use of hyperbole in this phrase, is an example of how Holden feels towards teenage problems. ... Salinger's novel, which is achieved through the use of various literary devices....
In "The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe, the personality of Montresor is explicitly demonstarted to the audience through numerous literary techniques employed by Poe throughout the story. ... This statement is a shining example of Montresor's fascination with dramatic revenge. ... But he wants it on his own terms, and to reach those he must commit the actions that transpire in the story before he might possibly be satisfied with Fortunado's doom. ... The entire story acts in many ways, as an in depth look into the mental state of a man and as such, Poe's literary methods...
I chose to analyze sonnet's 33 and 34 because there are an exceptional amount of examples of literary terms that we have discussed throughout the semester. ... First, sonnets 33 and 34 possess a tremendous amount of literary forms. ... There was one example of assonance in the last line of Sonnet #33 where it stated, "Suns of the world may stain when heaven's sun staineth" and one example of alliteration in line ten of Sonnet #34 where it states, "Though thou". ... The sonnets also seemed to lack an obvious example of a simile. The examples that were in question have more characteri...
One of the most evident examples of coincidence is the dollar bill's reappearance. ... It is clear that "A Municipal Report" lacks literary significance. Although "A Municipal Report" and "A Jury of Her Peers" share a basic common plot structure, they are entirely different in terms of literary significance. ... It is apparent, after reading both stories, that "A Jury of Her Peers" has greater literary significance. ...
The probably most famous example for a courtly love relationship is the Legend of King Arthur and his wife who fell in love with the knight Sir Lancelot. ... In the actual medieval period the terms 'Amour Honestus' (Honest Love) and 'Fin Amor' (Refined Love) appeared. This concept was new in the Middle Age, because there was no literary or no social framework of romantic passion in the Christian world before the end of the 11th century. ... David Lyle Jeffrey in fact goes beyond this and declares that courtly love was used here as a literary vehicle for social satire (c.f...
The probably most famous example for a courtly love relationship is the Legend of King Arthur and his wife who fell in love with the knight Sir Lancelot. ... In the actual medieval period the terms 'Amour Honestus' (Honest Love) and 'Fin Amor' (Refined Love) appeared. This concept was new in the Middle Age, because there was no literary or no social framework of romantic passion in the Christian world before the end of the 11th century. ... David Lyle Jeffrey in fact goes beyond this and declares that courtly love was used here as a literary vehicle for social satire (c.f...
Irony and Metaphor are literary language that plays very important roles in short stories and poetries. ... One example of Verbal Irony arises in a photo studio when John and Mike, two co-workers working together trying to fix a camera. ... In this example, Situational irony plays an unexpected role at the last part of the movie where the boy died. ... Metaphor is also a figure of speech in which one thing is described in terms of another. ... Another example someone said, "Her soft voice was music to his ears while her shiny long hair was the path to connect his love to find her." ...
In his essay, "Cool Like Me," Donnell Alexander uses several different literary devices to prove his claim that African Americans embody all that "cool" entails, inherently. ... Donnell does an excellent job of not only showing the readers what cool really means to people of African background, but also in giving some examples of why and how that came to be in a very clear way. This topic is a sensitive one, but it becomes a lot more understandable when one can really hear what Donnell is trying to say using the literary devices that he does. ... Sure, Alexander does a wonderful job express...
Satire is a literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked. ... An example of how details would do this is when he first describes how children could make good dishes saying, "A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends; and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day." ... An example of how Swift uses this diction is when he says, "twenty thousand may be reserved for breed." ... By replacing the humanness of the terms "mothers and fathers" with t...
The book Fifty Shades of Grey by Erika Leonard James is the first of a trilogy that has been labeled by most of the critic as a low quality literary work. ... The presence of some literary references like the myth of Icarus or Tess of D'Ubervilles by Tomas Hardy (James 54, 55) does not grant any intertextuality. ... One might consider that the author's intentions of using figures of speech failed through the spending of futile unoriginal comparisons, for example, "I am Eve in the Garden of Eden, and he is the serpent, and I cannot resist" (James 245). ... Is it possible fo...
He does not act upon it because it would mean that he needs to be exiled and come to terms with himself. ... Dramatic and verbal irony is overwhelming in this tragedy and those two literary devices gives the story passion and makes the atmosphere that much more emotional and deep. ... In Greek tragedies, the tragic truth is known by the audience, so irony must be apparent in every scene, as to heighten the downfall to get the audience to come to terms with their own personal feelings about the tragedy. Oedipus Rex is considered a classic example of a tragedy because the dynamic characters, int...
Imagery is a literary tool used to help support and sustain the theme of Christian ethics by showing unjust Christian ethics. ... An example of imagery in the book is when the police come to investigate the Clutter's house. While the police are investigating, they come to the terms that Mr. ... Another example of how Truman Capote makes the reader feel sympathy for Perry and create an image in the reader's mind is the flashback into Perry's past with his father in Alaska. ... Another example of symbolism is in one of Perry's dreams, where he dreams "a tall yellow bird...
The playwrite, William Shakespeare uses literary devices in Macbeth. ... One well-known example is his use of blood. ... Another example in Shakespeare's Macbeth blood is that represents the evidence. ... At the end of the play, Shakespeare shows the most vivid example of guilt using the symbol of blood. ... Of which, Macduff replies, "I have no words, my voice is in my sword, thou bloodier villain than terms can give thee out."...
