SHORT STORIES
THIS SHORT STORY BY SHIRLEY JACKSON FOCUSES ON A YOUNG BOY WHO FREQUENTLY TALKS ABOUT A TROUBLEMAKER IN THE KINDERGARTEN.
CHARLES
THIS SPECIFIC NUMBER OF PARAGRAPHS IS THE REQUIREMENT FOR A STANDARD ESSAY.
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LEONARDO DICAPRIO PORTRAYS A MODERN, FLORIDA HIP TAKE ON THIS ICONIC BUT IMMATURE CHARACTER.
THIS RATHER INFECTIOUS RODENT IS ONE OF LENNIE SMALL’S MANY FASCINATIONS.
THIS DEVICE REFERS TO A SITUATION WHERE THERE ARE OPPOSING FORCES THAT LEAD TO A STRUGGLE BETWEEN CERTAIN CHARACTERS OR ONESELF.
CONFLICT
THIS SHORT STORY BY KAREN RUSSELL FOCUSES ON A GROUP OF WEREWOLF CHILDREN CONFORMING TO HUMAN SOCIETY THROUGH FIVE DIFFERENT STAGES.
ST. LUCY'S HOME FOR GIRLS RAISED BY WOLVES
THIS PART OF AN ESSAY INTRODUCTION, USUALLY IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION, ASKS READERS TO FIRST CONSIDER THEIR OWN THOUGHTS ABOUT AN ESSAY TOPIC.
HOOK
IN BOTH THE 1968 AND 1996 FILM VERSIONS, THIS CHARACTER EXHIBITS A VIOLENT OUTBURST AFTER HE LEARNS THAT HIS DAUGHTER REFUSES TO MARRY THE HUSBAND HE CHOSE FOR HER.
LORD CAPULET
THIS UNNAMED CHARACTER IS BELIEVED TO BE THE SOURCE OF ALL OF THE TROUBLE AMONG THE RANCH WORKERS, REFERRED TO AS A “TART”.
CURLEY'S WIFE
THIS DEVICE REFERS TO AN OBJECT, PERSON, SITUATION, OR ACTION REPRESENTING AN IDEA OR CONCEPT.
SYMBOLISM
THIS SHORT STORY BY RAY BRADBURY EXPLORES THE COST OF TIME TRAVEL AND THE “BUTTERFLY EFFECT” THEORY.
FOLLOWING THE PROVISION OF TWO EVIDENCE-BASED QUOTES, THIS SENTENCE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW AFTERWARD.
ELABORATION
THIS CHARACTER IS ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THE LEAD FEMALE CHARACTER THE IDEA TO FAKE HER DEATH, THUS SETTING OFF THE DEMISE OF THE TWO LEAD CHARACTERS.
FRIAR LAWRENCE
THIS PET IS THE CENTRAL FOCUS FOR ONE OF TWO AGONIZING SCENES THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE THIRD CHAPTER OF THE STORY.
CANDY'S DOG
AN EXAMPLE OF THIS DEVICE: THE “BRICK IN THE WALL” REPRESENTS A NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE, TRAUMA, AND OPPRESSIVE FORCES.
THIS SHORT STORY BY RICHARD CONNELL FOCUSES ON THE CONCEPT OF HUNTING HUMANS FOR SPORT.
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME
THIS SPECIFIC PARAGRAPH AIMS TO GO AGAINST THE INITIAL ARGUMENT THAT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO THE READER.
COUNTER-ARGUMENT PARAGRAPH
THIS CHARACTER SELLS ROMEO THE LETHAL, ILLEGAL POISON THAT LEADS TO HIS ULTIMATE DEATH.
THE APOTHECARY
THIS WESTERN STATE IS THE CENTRAL SETTING OF THE NOVEL AND IS ALSO THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE AUTHOR.
CALIFORNIA
THIS DEVICE, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THEME, REFERS TO THE PRIMARY MESSAGE OR CONCEPT THAT AN AUTHOR AIMS TO CONVEY THROUGH THEIR WORK.
THESE TWO SHORT STORIES BY EDGAR ALLAN POE EXPLORE THE MURDEROUS ACTIONS OF A VENGEFUL CHARACTER, BOTH OF WHICH END VERY DIFFERENTLY.
THE TELL-TALE HEART & THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
THIS SPECIFIC KIND OF ESSAY EXPLORES A WORLDWIDE ISSUE FROM ONE SINGLE PERSPECTIVE AND VOUCHES FOR IT.
INFORMATIVE ESSAY
THESE THREE CATEGORIES ARE THE MAIN TYPES OF PLAYS THAT WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WAS BEST KNOWN FOR.
TRAGEDIES, COMEDIES, AND HISTORIES
THIS MODEL HANDGUN IS THE SOURCE OF TWO MAJOR DEATHS IN THE MIDDLE AND TOWARDS THE END OF THE STORY.
LUGER
AN EXAMPLE OF THIS DEVICE: ECKELS IS CHARACTERIZED AS ARROGANT AND THRILL-SEEKING AT THE BEGINNING BUT BECOMES PANICKED AND RECKLESS ONCE HE SEES THE TYRANNOSAURUS REX.