An essay that clearly states an argument, produces evidence supporting that argument, and concludes that argument with plausible solutions produces not only an essay, but a literary piece with meaning and purpose. Throughout this entire essay, author Brent Staples uses not only his words, but also somewhat subliminal structure techniques, such as his use of irony, as pillars of the overall value and success of the entire article. By utilizing these techniques, and maintaining a lucid and easy-to-follow pattern of writing, Staples forms an essay that has the power to evoke feeling, and is mor...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Her compact, forceful language, characteried formally by long disruptive dashes, heavy iambic meters, and angular, imprecise rhymes, is one fo the singular literary achievements of of the nineteenth century. ... "Her subjects are often parts of the topography of her own psyche; she explores her own feelings with painstaking and often painful honesty but never loses sight of their universal poetic application; one of her greatest techniques is to write about the particulars of her own emotions in a kind of universal homiletic or adage-like tone ("After great pain, a formal feeling comes") that...

• Word Count: 1665
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Angelou's writing style is descriptive and colorful; she uses many literary devices to emphasize scenes and conversations that show the development of her character. ... She wrote with more symbolization, color, and literary techniques, such as similes. ...

• Word Count: 1549
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

As In the next part, I would take some effort to look into one of the stylistic features of the post modern text---the ending of the language hierarchy6, which I have an idea to compare it with the feature I just mentioned above, so as to examine if the technique adopted by Kingston here belongs to the stylistic features of postmodern texts. ...

• Word Count: 2060
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It is an honored literary work as being far ahead of its time. ... Through her descriptive writing techniques, the reader can understand the book clearly and ultimately being on Edna Pontellier's side. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

When I see the book, at first I always think of the words which Joe says: "If you can't get to be uncommon through going straight, you'll never get to do it through going crooked." 3.Dicken left us lots of literary works. ... Technique of writing: He has the gift of imaginative insight, a playwright's ear for dialogue and, above all, an ability to sum up scene or a character in a wholly original but startlingly exact image. ...

• Word Count: 1502
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School