Reflecting the guilty thoughts streaming through Pip's head, Charles Dickens creates a dreary mood through gloomy diction and figurative language. Dickens" use of gloomy diction emphasizes the dreariness of the atmosphere. "Rimy", for example, conveys the presence of a cold, wet, dreary atmosphere as Pip is making his way toward the marshes, where he shall rendezvous with the convict. ... The use of this simile, comparing the dampness on the hedges to coarse spider webs, adds emphasis to the mood by adding the association of spiders, usually associated with dreariness and gloom, to the ...

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Creating a Salutary Learning Atmosphere in Class (LAC) It is commonly agreed abroad that the effect of teaching and learning is to a great extent decided by the learning atmosphere in class (LAC). ... Therefore, if a teacher can pay attention to the feelings of students, strengthen the teacher-student communication and finally create favorable LAC, most students can study in positive, salutary mood, which will realize the remarkable improvement of teaching effect. ... Mood. ... It is obviously that the state of mood has great influence on study. 3 Favorable LAC encourages extrovers...

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Poe uses the setting to create an atmosphere in the reader's mind. He chose every word in every sentence carefully to create a gloomy mood. ... Poe uses the setting to create an atmosphere in the reader's mind. He chose every word in every sentence carefully to create a gloomy mood. ... Noticed or not, Poe utilizes the setting to its' full capacity to create the mood, characters and foreshadowing. ...

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Style is simply the use of language, setting, atmosphere, or mood used by the writer to give the reader the full picture. In "The Story of an Hour" and "The Storm", Kate Chopin creates an atmosphere so intense that it can almost be considered a character in itself. ... This is where Chopin goes to work creating an atmosphere. ... Without Chopin's creation of atmosphere and mood, the rest of the story would not make much sense. "The Storm" is another of Chopin's stories in which the atmosphere she has created is imperative to the development of the story. ...

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The gothic mood of the story which follows a dark and mysterious form, intensifies the atmosphere of Poe's psychological conflict, and drives the story like a mystery way to its conclusion. ... Exploring how Edgar Allan Poe depicts the atmosphere in his story by utilizing various stylistic devices such as diction, symbolism and metaphor, teaches us how he creates the story's mood. To begin with, Poe paints the dark atmosphere with his use of diction. ... The metaphor is appropriated in order to build a mysterious mood. ... Through the Poe's writing style, he intensifies the d...

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It establishes a mood and foreshadows future events. ... Poe uses the setting to create an atmosphere in the reader's mind. He chose every word in every sentence carefully to create a gloomy mood. ... Poe's meticulous choice of words creates a very effective atmosphere in the story. ... Noticed or not, Poe utilizes the setting to its' full capacity to create the mood, characters and foreshadowing....

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It establishes a mood and foreshadows future events. ... Poe uses the setting to create an atmosphere in the reader's mind. He chose every word in every sentence carefully to create a gloomy mood. ... Poe's meticulous choice of words creates a very effective atmosphere in the story. ... Noticed or not, Poe utilizes the setting to its' full capacity to create the mood, characters and foreshadowing....

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The two aspects of her poetry which I find most appealing are; her subject matter and themes, dealing a lot with women's issues, and also the mood and atmosphere which she effectively creates. ... They other aspect of Harwood's poetry I find most fascinating is her ability to create mood and atmosphere with striking authenticity. ... Her use of language creates a gloomy mood. ... Her use of adjectives creates emotional overtones throughout the poem - for example, the use of the word "frail" - enhancing the mood dramatically. ... Her ability to set the mood and atmosphere perfectly...

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Poe's sense of mood and tone in his writing help create a thrilling, strange, and mysterious atmosphere, which leads to the theme (Chua, 297). ... In doing this, Poe really shows how strange his characters can get, and it helps contribute to the mysterious atmosphere. ... Poe uses this pattern in all his stories, and it creates his signature mood, which can be described as thrilling and mysterious. ... This is yet another example of the bizarre, strange mood Poe can create in his writings. ... Poe very often uses a great deal of tone and mood in his stories, and many times the mo...

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This sentence sets the mood of this gothic tale of death and the supernatural. ... Through the use of imagery the mood is set or foreshadows what is expected to come. ... Atmosphere is displayed throughout the story. ... Roderick is in an evil atmosphere and creates a living nightmare for himself. ... He utilizes the setting to its full capacity to create such imagery and atmosphere. ...

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Thus, the element of setting develops into a crucial factor in creating the frame of the work. ... Richard mentally compares himself to the dilapidated tennis court as "an environmental congruous with his mood of purposeful desolation"(65). ... The negative emotional atmosphere and positive physical atmosphere balance each other out. The metaphors and descriptive diction widens the in-congruencies between the two atmospheres, which in return creates two highly different worlds. ... Creating a perfect setting, for the action of the work....

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The final shot at the end of the movie was called a 'Freeze frame shot.' this was the most important film technique used as it was the most memorable shot that stayed in the viewer's memory, we see Archy in his death, frozen, with no sound, the silence and the shot slowly fading away gives us the atmosphere of death and the final end to the soldiers' lives in the war. The music used in this film effectively intensified each separate scene, creating a different type of mood. ... The running theme music was electronic which represents technological age, it gives us the a...

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The pitch of the music creates moods in music, using very high or low notes or a mixture. ... As in the imperial march, there is the loud (forte) and softness (piano) of musical sounds used to create an atmosphere of depth and involvement. ... Abrupt and subtle changes such as the use of expression marks, accents, crescendos, and decrescendos create a musical atmosphere of different moods and emotion giving the music a feel, a life, and storyline. The atmosphere is created using different instruments and sounds of different quality, smooth or bluntness to make a scene. ... On the CD I have th...

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The playwrights used many techniques to create suspense in Dracula, but what where these techniques, and how did the playwrights use them to create suspense? ... Suspense was created in many forms by the playwrights in the play Dracula. ... The moon creates suspense because it helps make a surreal atmosphere which helps the reader to believe any thing can happen. ... There are many bizarre coincidences that really help to construct a mood of suspense in Dracula. ... The character Dracula also contributes to creating suspense as well. ...

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Imaginative prop by movement using hands or just by the actions of the actor and actress, helped justify the mood and feelings. Stage lighting may be defined as the use of light to create what is seen, the time and place, the overall pictorial aspect, and the mood (atmosphere). ... In addition, if the mood of the play changes than the direction, type, and color of the light changes too. ... The total feeling of a play can be created from several fundamentals of the stage, on an off. ... Stage lighting may be defined as the use of light to create what is seen, the time and place, the overall...

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So, here are things that I learned from this class and I should emphasize them The first most important thing that I learned is to write with imagery to create the atmosphere, the mood and to create impact for the reader. I used imagery to create the atmosphere by using material object to symbolize an emotional state. I also learned how to use the past and future to create a vivid picture in the readers mind. Meanwhile, I learned how to elaborate on the mood of an issue by using negative and positive sides and using emotion to make the issue more interesting. I noticed while I was writing my...

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Harris brightens their trip with his good-natured charisma creating "such a jolly good time" (129). In addition to the people on the trip, it is also essential to the mood that Jake does not have to think about Brett and Mike, or Cohn. ... The atmosphere of Spain is full of generous people, as well as a bountiful landscape. The atmosphere is completely lush with "smooth grass, very green and fresh, and the big gray trees well spaced" (117). ... The atmosphere of Spain is the epitome of the good life where the men can enjoy themselves, without the pains of reality. ...

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It can signify a variety of moods, objects, and atmosphere. ... In the Starry Night mood and description play a major part. ... He creates a painting that shows the beauty of the countryside. ... Each observer constructs different moods and meanings. ...

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The setting used throughout the novel Wuthering Heights helps to set the mood to describe the characters. ... Each house stands alone, in the mist of the dreary land, and the atmosphere creates a mood of isolation. ... Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, differ greatly from each other in appearance and mood. ...

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Shirley Jackson takes great care in creating a setting for the story, "The Lottery". ... The setting throughout "The Lottery" creates a sense of peacefulness and tranquility, while portraying a typical town on a normal summer day. ... The black box changes the mood and the atmosphere of the residents as they become uneasy around it. The black box changes the mood from serene and peaceful to ominous, where the moment of illumination reaches climax at the very end of the story. ...

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The first two lines sets the mood of the poem - the horror and starkness of life in the war. ... Alliteration is used to create the desperate mood in these two lines, by repeating the heavy sounds of the 'b' - "bent double... old beggars', and the 'k' sound - "Knock-kneed, coughing...cursed". These are short, sharp, and harsh, representing the bleak atmosphere of a ghetto in a city, or life in a war, where people stuggle to survive in appauling conditions. ... In the third stanza, Owen, creates a pitiful scene, quite brutal in its intent. ... "White eyes writhing in h...

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Right away Poe begins to describe the atmosphere around the Usher home, which is eerie and raises the reader's attentiveness. ... Poe begins his descriptive language of imagery right away by giving us the atmosphere of the characters home and his mood at the same time. The atmosphere in the beginning of the poem was very sullen and he describes the night to the reader as dreary which gives a sort of cold and spooky mood. ... Poe's use of imagery plays an important role he how the mood is put across. ... Yet as the tapping continues it begins to annoy him and decides to get up and ...

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Despite being released in 1960 the technology available at this time would of allowed Hitchcock to use colour in the film yet he chose black and white helping to add to the eerie atmosphere it emulates. ... A usual horror convention is to shoot the majority of scenes at night or in the dark as it sets up a creepy unnerving atmosphere within the audience. ... By setting a certain scene in the dark creates expectations within the audience, as it is a warning that one may occur. ... Psycho uses a much more orchestral type sound track involving a lot of string instruments to create a combination o...

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The words used for the description of a dilapidated house alone are enough to bring the imagination into play, visions of rambling houses once beautiful and proud falling into irreversible disrepair among the streets of such cities as New Orleans, draw the reader into the story from the beginning and set the mood. ... Atmosphere is needed for a plot, but plot is not needed for atmosphere. ... These elements build the atmosphere of intrigue and horror. ... The proper atmosphere is essential to a good story, and to have that atmosphere it has to be written in the appropriate style. ... W...

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The speed of the clips, writing and music builds up a very tense and aggressive atmosphere. ... The loud, opera-style music provides tension, in contrast with the soft, mellow music from when we meet Romeo; this example you can see how the variation of music can create different moods and impressions. I think that the non - diagetic music was used well in the film; it gave all the moods that were needed. ... Camera shots and angles move smoothly through long, to mid, and close up, and from high to eye to low level according to the atmosphere he wishes to create. ... This shows different moo...

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