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    tradition because they are forced to believe that this is a sacrifice for a good reason. Jackson uses multiple literary elements in her story that underlines the overall theme. Jackson uses the setting in the beginning of the story. She uses setting to create a mood of happiness and tranquility. Irony is seen with Tessie Hutchinson and symbolism with the black box. She uses literary elements to display to the audience the theme of The Lottery. The setting in The Lottery gives the readers a sense of

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    skip around people's lives and detail events that occurred. They can be used as a way to teach a lesson and tell a story. In my memoir I used literary elements to show what lesson I learned. In my memoir about being quarterback for a game I used in medias res, vivid verbs, sensory details, figurative language, and dialogue. I was able to apply these elements to make my memoir more action packed and interesting story. I created an engaging memoir by using specific writing strategies to convey how one

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    The literary element that I have chosen, that stood out to me throughout the play is the plot. The plot in this play gives the audience a better understanding of the cause and effect that takes place from each scene. The transition advances the plot moving the development of the play along. It helps with the character development and show everyone’s true color as the plot thickens. As seen in the play, in the beginning, it seems like the majority of the characters were against Tartuffe besides a

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    I observed a fourth grade, English Language Arts lesson titled Literary Elements. The students were to review literary elements while whole group reading the class novel. Using their writing journals students wrote about characters, the setting, the conflict and the events. After the reading, students created questions for the anchor chart to be used at a later date. Developing the questions allowed the teacher to better check for understanding. The classroom learning environment provides a teacher-centered

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    person is dead, they can never return to life again. However, Victor’s desire to make a dead person alive again shows his ability to question the universal acceptance of life and death that has never seemed to change. The incorporation of various literary elements in the novel allows the readers to examine that a person demands so much from society

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    that could change your life completely. Like the story A&P, Sammy made a huge decision to quit his job due to his boss being rude to three young girls wearing bathing suits. John Updike used several literary elements to make the story stand out and for people to relate to Sammy. The most important elements that is used in this story is setting, point of view, and characters. Firstly, setting plays a crucial part of the story because of where and when the story takes place. This story takes place around

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    James Joyce’s literary work Araby is a well written piece that contains so many different elements of literature, such as imagery, allusions and the use of symbols. By using these different elements, he is able to paint a well, drawn out picture for the readers depicting the tripartite psyche that Freud defined as the Id, Ego and Super-Ego. The main character in Araby is a young boy living with his aunt and uncle who wants to attend the local bazaar which is called Araby in the piece of literature

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    There are many literary elements shown in british literature. Courage is shown by going to the ends of earth and doing the impossible in “Gilgamesh,” Iliad, Beowulf, and “Helios the Sun god.” They all show courage in different ways, but this is the reason that they are considered epic heroes. Courage is shown in Beowulf and the Iliad in many situations from the story like going into battle fearless and not worrying about when his day to die was to come. Beowulf shows courage when he goes up against

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    Literary Elements GENRE- The Goldfinch covers various genres including Bildungsroman, thriller, suspense, and a literary fiction. Which are genres that are covered in the literature program especially literary fiction. Such as, The Catcher in the Rye that covers the Holden’s lifespan up until current , giving flashbacks of his childhood. SETTING-The setting of The Goldfinch takes place in New York, Nevada, and Amsterdam. The settings of the book don’t have much significance. Except for New York

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    with her love and affection and she can also destroy it if she gets double crossed. Love her your world will be a paradise Betray her she will snatch it from you Something about the writer: Euripides an important literary figure among the ancient Greek writers who is famous for his unique writing style. In ancient times Greeks called themselves the most civilized nation but when it comes to give a respectable place to a women

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