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On Stylistic Devices of Modern Short Story
THE MINISTERY OF EDUCATION OF REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA CAHUL STATE UNIVERSITY "B.P.HASDEU" PHILOLOGY AND HISTORY DEPARTMENT CHAIR OF ENGLISH PHILOLOGY CRUSCA NATALIA ON STYLISTIC DEVICES IN BRITISH AND AMERICAN SHORT STORIES BACHELOR THESIS Scientific adviser: Mititelu Ina, Senior Lecturer CAHUL 2012 ABSTRACT GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS 1. Modernism, in its broadest definition, is modern thought, character, or practice. More specifically, the term describes the modernist movement in the arts, its set of cultural tendencies and
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Immigration Story
Immigration Paper As Americans I believe we have come far in regards to racism, but we definitely still have a far to go. I still see a lot of discrimination happening to minorities, and it is not just our black race, it's equally spread to the Hispanics and most recently the immigrants. In the past year there has been a lot of coverage in regards to stiffer laws being placed on illegal immigrants in the
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Art That Tells a Story
Art that tells a Story There are few examples of art from the Paleolithic period as compared with the art from the Ancient Greeks. Part of the reason is shown in the art itself, where art thrives in peaceful, plentiful times, the people of the Paleolithic period were more concerned with daily survival as opposed to making art for enjoyment. There art was art of necessity. Arguably the two most famous pieces of art from
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Reflection on the Creation Stories - Phantom of the Bible
Tan, A Aug. 11, 2011 Th121 AA Phantom of the Bible They say that within every great story is another even greater story. Such is indeed the case in great novels like Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, which initially tells the gruesome tale of a man's obsession with a woman but later reveals the fickle mind of society as the true antagonist of the book. While it may be a tad difficult to
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The Linux Story
The Linux Story This paper will discuss three topics of the Linux operating system as I have experienced through study, use, and minor configuration. In the following paragraphs I will discuss what I have learned about the Linux operating system, how Linux differs from Windows, and what are good sources of Linux knowledge? The experiences presented in this paper should describe to the most novice of user the principle aspects of Linux as an operating
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Jas (short Story)
In a small town down in Punjab, an average family lived in an average home who seemed to be getting frustrated with everyday life. The frustration was mostly done by my parents, I Jasjeet was also a regular kid who was a small average kid in grade 7 and played cricket like everyone else. One day the whole India shook with fear in 2008 when Pakistani terrorists had gone on a murder spree. They had
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Cierra June English 1 August 14, 2012 Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Dr. Ben Carson is one of the most gifted doctors that give kids a second chance at life. He was a very gifted and profound surgeon, his hands were used to sustain and maintain life. I chose the book Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story for two reasons. One reason is for me being diagnose in 2007 with a brain tumor. The
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Bigger Stories and Poems
1. Bigger stories 12 heavenly generals by pyroace Story Notes: Shinshi, a kingdom controlled by Chongun. sky sorcress comes, takes the baby Da-Li emperor and is all like in 30 years an army is gunna come and kill yall. the emporor blows this off as nothing. Taisho, a chongun servant, frequently toly da-li to forget about his thirst of land and power. 30 years after the baby of the emporor was born, the da-li launched
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Burgerking Advertisement "it's Another Story"-Rapunzel
It seems to be increasingly clear that beside MacDonald and Wendy's, advertising makes Burger King become one of the top three companies on hamburger chains. Since it was founded in 1954, Burger King has employed many advertising programs, even successful or not. Along with McDonald, Burger King has had an early achievement in the field of advertising concept based on Disney's animated films beginning in the mid 1980s and running through the early 1990s till
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Common Stories of the Past
Common Stories of the Past Despite the numerous obvious and practically identical parallels, the story of Noah's Ark and the Epic of Gilgamesh hold both complete and subtle differences. The stories have separate beliefs, judgment of character, and attitudes. The similarities range from similar beginnings and endings to similar storylines and the differences range from the cause of the flood to the gifts God bestows upon his people. In the beginning of the Epic of
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English Story
"Stay down." Zane said as he peered around the corner. "They're almost gone." It was dark so he knew they wouldn't find him but he was still cautious. Two police officers got into their car and drove away slowly. Zane, AJ, and Terrell came out from behind the dumpster where they had been hiding from the cops. It was late and dark. The alleyway was cold and damp. They were used to this kind of
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Continue the Story
FINISH THE STORY! Use a minimum of 250 and a maximum of 300 words, and if you can, try to get into the tone of the traditional fairy tale. THE PROPHECY There was a king there long ago, and he was very rich and powerful, and the only thing that was troubling himself and his wife, the queen, was that they had no children. Well, at long last there was a child coming, and the
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The Ways Rossetti Tells the Story in Stanzas 1 and 2 of Jessie Cameron
Write about the ways Rossetti tells the story in Stanzas 1 and 2 of Jessie Cameron Three voices are heard in 'Jessie Cameron': that of eponymous heroine; her mysterious wooer; both presented by an anonymous, omniscient narrator. On one level the narrative voice seems very detached, despite the fact the narrator is presenting the story. The sense of the narrative voice being detached is perhaps created by the Ballad form of the poem; the rigid
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African Short Story
Deep in the valley of the Isithumba Village, lived a Zulu boy by the name of Gwazi. He lived in a small shack, with his old mother and sickly father. Gwazi was an only child, and the family's only income was from his low-paying job on a nearby farm. Gwazi was an odd boy- he was easily distracted and not very good at things that other Zulu boys did, like hunting, fishing and playing "Kudoda".
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William Lychack's Short Story
Hero or villain? A question asked many times, and we actually never know, until the very end. The hero usually proves himself at the very last, and makes everybody happy, but is Stolpestad this kind of hero, or is he actually a villain? That's what I hope to make a conclusion of. William Lychack's short story, Stolpestad, features the policeman, Stolpestad. Stolpestad's life has turned into a routine. Every day he goes to work, waits
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Analysis of Doris Lessing's Short Story "in the National Gallery"
The story is about our protagonist who is going to a gallery, to look at a picture, as it is said in the text at page 1, line 1-4, he's intensions is to use his free hour, looking at one picture instead of going from one to another, but his intensions wont hold as his attention is being drawn away from some of the other guests at the gallery, we are told about his reflections,
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Story of My Life
Azara Thompson September 2nd, 2012 Improved writing 2300 I am a person. A person who wants nothing more out of life than to just be happy; happy with my life, my career, and more importantly, happy with myself. I am Azara LaStarr Thompson and everyday is a new journey to find out what my purpose is and who I am. What's my purpose? My purpose compared to others might be considered very small. I'm not
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Racism on the Story to Kill a Mockingbird
Racism In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there are many examples of social inequalities and racial profiling. There is a strong social hierarchy in the town of Maycomb. At the top is the Finch family, due to Atticus' position as a lawyer. Beneath them are the white townspeople who have jobs such as the Cunningham's, who are farmers, and Ms. Maudie who babysits for Scout. Next are the white trash families like the
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Flood Story - Babylonian Story in the Epic of Gilgamesh
Flood Story- Final Draft Perhaps the second most important historical account of the common flood story can be found in a Babylonian story in the Epic of Gilgamesh. When the Biblical and Babylonian stories are compared you witness a numerous amount of similarities between the two. You can conclude that there are most likely more stories that follow the same similarity. We seem to witness throughout time that flood stories are starting to look similar
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The Storm - Short Story
In the short story "The Storm", the storm is continuously personified throughout the piece of literature. Many of the characters can be analyzed for better understanding, but the big character that should be considered is the storm itself. The storm puts Calixta and Alcee in a certain situation. By doing this, this character is able to symbolize many aspects of marriage and happiness. At the beginning of the story, Calixta is left alone at home
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Short Story
Tristyn Gunter Eng.4B Short Story I stand in front of the news on TV at age five watching them pull my mothers and fathers car out of the Indian Hill River; they say that it was a suicide. Tears run down my face and I fall to my knees. My hands are shaking uncontrollably. The clock strikes the hour as I jump awake slamming my knee on the bottom of my desk. Sweat is running
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The Latino Media Story
The Latino media story Today in America there are many Hispanic people living all across the country in major cities. Before there wasn't that many Hispanic but because of immigration and more Hispanics looking to seek jobs, they are coming to America and they are bringing some of their cultures with them. With this the Hispanic media is starting to rise in America. There are more companies now that are trying to sell themselves to
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The Creation Story
The three prominent Western religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, believe in the same creation story found in the Book of Genesis. The Book of Genesis outlines the steps in which God created every aspect of life. Evolutionist argues against the fundamentalists who believe in all of the elements in the Book of Genesis. Nevertheless, evolutionists find themselves unable to answer many questions that come about when explaining what, or who, was the cause for driving
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Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science
When I first started reading Sugar Changed the World, I thought it was just going to talk about sugar canes and where they come from but it showed me more than that. The only thing I knew about sugar canes was that I had heard that they were once grown on where I'm from. I loved how this book started out with the prologue from the writers themselves telling us how they got interested in
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The Impact of Baldini on Grenouille's Development Perfume: Story of a Murderer
The Impact of Baldini on Grenouille's Development Perfume: Story of a Murderer The Eighteenth century was a period in history where individuals who were often meant to lead a life of a swain, went out of the society's expectations and commited acts of atrocity to become something more. Such was a life of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. In Perfume by Patrick Suskind, Baldini, the once "great" perfumer of Paris, took Grenouille under his wings to learn the
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