The Drummer Boy of Shiloh
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A narrative is specified to amuse, to attract, and grasp a reader’s attention. The types of narratives are fictitious, real or unification or both. However, they may consist of folk tale stories, mysteries, science fiction; romances, horror stories, adventure stories, fables, myths and legends, historical narratives, ballads, slice of life, and personal experience (“Narrative,” 2008). Therefore, narrative text has five shared elements. These are setting, characters, plot, theme, and vocabulary (“Narrative and Informational Text,” 2008). Narrative literature is originally written to communicate a story. Therefore, narrative literature that is written in an excellent way will have conflicts and can discuss shared aspects of human occurrence.
The essay will concern information pertaining to narrative text. First the essay will discuss the definition of narrative literature. Second, the essay will consist of the advantages of narrative literature. Third, the disadvantages of narrative literature will also be discussed. Fourth, the essay will consist of five possible uses of narrative text in middle school language arts.
There are several advantages to using narrative text in the middle school classroom environment. The first advantage is that the reader is entertained when reading narrative text. Second advantage involves narrative text attains and contains the interest of the reader. Third advantage consists of narrative text teaching or instructing the reader. Fourth advantage focuses on narrative text inconstant demeanor or social opinions of the reader. For example soap operas. The Bold and the Beautiful displayed in one of the episodes concerning homeless people and how their circumstances caused these individ...
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...in history can increase the interest of students by helping students to understand that history has human perspectives and a more individual meaning. Also short stories can help students interpret history more plainly. Therefore, the teacher can use short stories to help students iterate reading and writing skills. Short stories can enrich a history teacher classroom and make learning history more pleasant and significant for students. An example of one of the short stories associated to the Civil War period is “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh by Ray Bradbury. This short story distinctly obtains the human passions and agitation during the Civil War period and it also deals with actual history in human details. Therefore, “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh helps the reader interpret what it was like to be in the Civil War period in American history (White, 1993).
In this essay, the author
- Explains that narratives are fictitious, real or unification or both. they may consist of folk tale stories, mysteries, science fiction; romances, horror stories and adventure stories.
- Explains that the essay will discuss the definition of narrative literature, its advantages, and disadvantages, as well as its possible uses in middle school language arts.
- Explains the advantages of using narrative text in the middle school classroom environment.
- Explains the disadvantages of using narrative text in a middle school classroom environment.
- Explains that there are several possible uses for narrative literature in middle school language arts, but only five will be discussed.
- Explains the visualizing and verbalizing method used for narrative literature in middle school, which consists of reading cognizance method.
- Explains that a sixth grade language arts teacher and science teacher promoted high-interest hands-on consumer science activities in science mini-labs.
- Explains that annotated reading incorporates the text-preview strategy thieves. the science teacher will read loudly and analyze for students the various components of the strategy, and accommodate students with adjacent explanations.
- Explains that short stories are a form of narrative writing that can be effective in various content areas.
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- States knapp's statement that the generic structure of narrative text consists of :
- Explains that the narrator gives information about the character's situation and answers the question who, what, when, and where. an atmosphere that akes readers or listeners wants to know more is created.
- Explains that the story tells the beginning of the problem which leads to the crisis (climax).
- Opines that the crisis is resolved either in a happy ending or sad (tragic) ending.
- Explains that this is a closing remark to the story and it is optional. it consists of moral lesson, advice or teaching from the writer.
- Explains that narrative text has a social function to amuse, entertain, and deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways.
- Explains that there are many different types or genres of narrative texts. the nation of genre is to help us generate story ideas.
- Narrates the story of a man living in north sumatra who caught the biggest golden fish in his trap and proposed her to be his wife.
- Describes how pinocchio dreamed of having a child, and decided to make shamans city's chocolate cake.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that a descriptive narrative displays the necessary information for the reader to explain or develop speculations within the material. narrating the text allows the audience to connect with the feelings of the narrator.
- Analyzes how visual descriptions of a text wrap the reader's senses into the story and convince the audience to agree with the narrator.
- Analyzes how visuals transfer the perspectives and emotions of the narrator to its audience. the descriptive detail of "shooting an elephant" persuades the reader to agree with his point of view.
- Explains that conflict is a vital tool for literature which helps build the story’s plot. conflict depends on visuals because it makes the action clear and descriptive.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that narratives are an important part of an essay, as they create a sense of tone needed to describe the story or situation with ease.
- Analyzes how o'brien uses persuasion with a sense of humor to explain how one can differentiate between belief and true war story by questioning their credibility.
- Analyzes how watters and twenge use quotations to persuade that something is wrong, but they use quotes to give importance to the subjects.
- Analyzes how twenge uses argumentative and persuasive narration to give volume to the story and enhance their point. she uses mocking to create a sense of self-awareness.
- Analyzes how the transformation of evidence to narration allows readers to connect with the story offered in the essay.
- Explains that argumentative and persuasive narration is an art of using evidence as narration to prove a particular point. twenge uses mocking tone and direct attacks on audience’s consciousness and credibility, while o’brien uses true story that can connect the audience with their own experiences.
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- Explains that fictional and non-fictional literature are distinct in their purpose and literary devices. they compare literary essays and short stories.
- Explains the structure of literary essays, which consists of an introduction, body paragraphs, proof, and a conclusion.
- Explains the literary devices used in literary essays: narration, description, definition, examples, cause and effect, compare and contrast, classification, and division.
- Analyzes carol tavris' literary essay "in groups we shrink" using examples and descriptions to support her main idea.
- Explains that a short story is not always true, it can be creative expression of an imaginative world of past, present, and future.
- Explains the literary devices displayed in short stories are narrator, setting, characterization, plot, and perspective.
- Analyzes how toni cade bambara uses literary devices in her short story "the lesson". the narrator is a young, black girl named sylvia and the setting is unclear.
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- Explains that fiction stories are imagined by and narrated to the reader. the realistic and non-realistic stories of updike and aesop's fables contain elements of fiction.
- Explains that joseph jacobs retold the fables in the harvard classics.
- Explains that characters are people, animals or things found in literary work and are a fiction element. the point of view element of fiction is that of the person telling the story and the method in which the reader knows what is happening.
- Cites townsend, george. "literature.org." fables translated by george fy
- Cites townsend, george. "literature.org." fables translated by george fy
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- Analyzes how narrative structure and discourse are used to create meaning in the analysis of cbc news coverage and national post’s online article.
- States o'shaughnessy and stadler's definition of discourse, which is a collective discussion or interplay of meanings and ideas circulating around the subject. narratives are simple ways to make sense of an experience.
- Analyzes and discusses the news story of the recent death of phillip seymour hoffman, more specifically drug and celebrity discourses.
- Explains that a narrative analysis aims to gain some sort of intelligence of different influences and portions of the narrative and its relation to societal discourse.
- Analyzes how society or historically specific events create meaning in which individuals create a basic understanding. both media sources use the fact that phillip seymour hoffman passed away from his drug abuse.
- Explains that the media acts as a guardian for what is being displayed and portrays who is involved or what events are happening.
- Analyzes the third step in a narrative analysis as looking at what structural roles individuals have in the narrative.
- Analyzes how the fourth step of narrative analysis deals with hierarchy and dominant discourses becoming important.
- Explains that the sixth step of narrative analysis deals with the resolution of the narrative put under the microscope.
- Analyzes how cbc and nation post news outlets do not depict a divide in the audience. both sources follow the career of hoffman while neglecting any opposition to his drug abuse.
- Concludes that the coverage of phillip seymour hoffman's death took a look at the apparent and hidden discourses, and clear narrative structure.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that writing stories and creating fictional worlds is a tremendous part of life for many people. writing fiction books is more complicated than one would think.
- Explains that inspiration can come in many different ways, and lori martin, a small-time published author, gave an example of inspiration from life by writing about obsessions.
- Opines that creating characters and plots is the most important part to creating a good, strong story.
- Explains that writing can earn an author anywhere from five hundred dollars to thirty five thousand dollars a year, despite the fact that the average author makes more than that.
- Explains that an author must first make a name for themselves before making any money. many authors start out by entering small pieces into magazines, newspapers, or some kind of small time contest.
- Explains that amateur authors have to be flexible with what they can and will wright to get their name out there.
- Explains that an author can make anywhere from $500 per year if they are an amateur and are only doing the small things such as writing contests to up to $35,000 or more for professional authors.
- Opines that the best way to make money off of a book is to have it published. there are two predominant ways to publish them: self-publishing and professional publishing.
- Explains that a publishing company takes royalties from the profit to pay for expenses, so authors need to watch out for them.
- Opines that if an author has a strong enough passion, good enough skill, and the right frame of mind, they can have their dreams come true. all they need to do is get their name out into the world and publish it.
- Cites package's "author - $1,999" and andrew j. coats' "ethical authorship and publishing."
822 wordsRead More - Why Do We Tell Stories Essayanalytical essayThe question “Why do we tell stories” does not have one simple answer as any individual may have a different response to the question based on their background but, this essay will attempt to form a cohesive answer to the question by responding to three statements, (1)“Some texts seem to be fighting for or against social change or political attitudes or traditions. Choose and discuss the fight for or against this change.”, (2)“Humans are the only animals who seek to understand themselves.The search of this understanding is a theme in many pieces of literature.”, (3) “Lord Acton once said, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” The use and abuse of power is a recurring theme. Discuss how this theme is developed.” ;
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- Opines that children should be taught what happened during the holocaust before the true survivors are no longer with us and that people should accept and remember it.
- Analyzes how the story "things fall apart" uses the fictional story of a wealthy tribal man in west africa to explore and explain the great culture of these tribals and the effect of colonialism on their society.
- Analyzes how humans often go through anything to understand themselves, while others read of their struggle as to not forget the turmoil they went through.
- Analyzes how paul's quote shows how humans seek to understand themselves by remembering the terrible events and seeing the light through them.
- Analyzes how the theme of abuse of power is apparent in extraordinary levels during the holocaust.
- Analyzes how eliezer had one bit of bargaining power, his gold crown, but his corrupt kappo sold it to a corrupt dentist for profit. he abused his position as somebody with freedom and gave bread to the starving people.
- Analyzes how the texts are fighting for or against social change or political attitudes or traditions, and discusses the search of this understanding in many pieces of literature.
- Analyzes how the essay attempts to form a cohesive answer to the question "why do we tell stories" by responding to three statements.
2178 wordsRead More - A Turn of Eventsanalytical essayDue to different structure, these stories differ in both how the story and characters develop. Jackson and O’Brien use these diverse structures to further promote their text’s main theme or idea. Each type of structure is used by the authors for distinct purposes to complement the essence of the text.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how a text's narrative structure organizes the story coherently and sentimentally engagingly. it is noticeable in every text, whether linear or non-linear.
- Analyzes how jackson and o'brien use diverse structures to promote their text's main theme or idea. each type of structure complements the essence of the text.
- Analyzes how o'brien uses a non-linear structure brimming with flashbacks in jackson's the lottery.
- Analyzes how jackson uses the text's structure to masterfully manipulate the reader.
- Analyzes how the structure used in o'brien's the things they carried dictates the story. the reader is informed about martha and ted lavender and how they affect lieutenant jimmy cross.
- Analyzes how the structures used in the texts by jackson and o'brien were not solely chosen for the purpose of telling the story. the way both stories are told allows the reader to better understand the main idea or dominant meaning behind the text.
- Analyzes how o'brien uses repetition and retelling of events in the things they carried to demonstrate the themes of guilt and blame. jimmy cross blames himself and martha for ted lavender's death.
- Analyzes how jackson and o'brien used their distinctive structure styles in the lottery and the things they carried to purposely arrange the order of events in the story.
- Explains that each story uses its structure not only to tell the story, but also to show the reader the real meaning behind the text.
- Analyzes how scott c. guffey's "the things they carried" is a tim o'brien essay.
- Explains mcmahan, elizabeth, susan x. day, robert funk, and linda coleman, eds. literature and the writing process. boston: pearson longman, 2012.
807 wordsRead More - The Hero's Journey in Modern Filmanalytical essayAll stories consist of a few common structural elements found universally in myths, fairy tales, dreams, and movies. They are known collectively as The Hero’s Journey. Understanding these elements and their use in modern writing is the object of our quest. Used wisely, these ancient tools of the storytellers craft still have tremendous power to heal our people and make the world a better place (xxvii).
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- Analyzes campbell's 'the hero with a thousand faces', which argues that most mythologies and stories that feature protagonists share an eerily similar structure. the hero must go on his or her journey to heal what is plaguing their society.
- Explains that in pulp fiction, a reluctant hero is called to adventure when marcellus wallace instructs him and vincent to collect his briefcase from brett’s apartment.
- Analyzes how scorcese creatively twists the stages that take place after the near death experience.
- Analyzes how watership down is done in a more typical quest narrative style. the journey of hazel and his fellow rabbits is literal rather than metaphorical.
- Analyzes how ewan mccgregor's character mark renton claims that he is "giving up the scag," which is his call to adventure.
- Analyzes how the protagonist or hero acquires a certain wisdom that they can bestow upon the rest of their world through telling it themselves or having it told for them.
- Explains that storytelling and mythology are integral parts of human culture. they can show us the darkness that lies in wait for us, threatening to corrupt us.
- Argues that the films pulp fiction, taxi driver, watership down, and trainspotting are versions of the hero's journey.
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