A story could lack its framework without a narrative structure, such as the plot, “the chronological sequence of events” (Gardner, 2017b, p. 7), and the point of view, how the plot is told to the audience.
Story Plot
S Each Peach Pear Plum has a simplified version of the detailed model of a story plot. A story's plot reveals 9 key sections during a detailed model of a story plot, such as the aperture, exposition, inciting moment, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement, conclusion, and the coda (Gardner, 2017b, p. 9). The merging of sections into other parts of Each Peach Pear Plum indicates its simplified story plot. For example, the aperture, the opening line, and the exposition, “introduction of characters and “setting (Gardner,
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Multimodality is the usage of multiple semiotic systems in a story (Gardner, 2017c, p. 9) and these semiotic systems are referring to signs and their meanings. The audience of Each Peach Pear Plum are able to generate meaning from the text with the use of the four semiotic systems, linguistic, visual, gestural, and audio (Anstey & Bull, 2009, p. 28), which are clear throughout the book. The linguistic semiotic systems in the book include minimal use punctuation with no commas, full stops and using ellipsis’s on the last two pages to show the conclusion. Also the linguistic semiotic may include the poetic structure of the text and how every line rhymes. The visual semiotic systems are represented in the book in the still pictures on each page. Within the pictures the audience can easily find the characters that the author is speaking about but can also find the preceding character in the background. Putting both characters in the picture assists in linking of the story together. Additionally the pictures in the book elaborate on what the characters are doing. For example, on the last page the illustrator depicts all the characters feasting on pie while he author makes no mention of this and only writes
“Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday conveys the inhumane, gory lynchings of African-Americans in the American South, and how this highly unnatural act had entrenched itself into the society and culture of the South, almost as if it were an agricultural crop. Although the song did not originate from Holiday, her first performance of it in 1939 in New York City and successive recording of the song became highly popular for their emotional power (“Strange fruit,” 2017). The lyrics in the song highlight the contrast between the natural beauty and apparent sophistication of the agricultural South with the brutal violence of lynchings. Holiday communicates these rather disturbing lyrics through a peculiarly serene vocal delivery, accompanied by a hymn-like
“ The horizon was the color of milk. Cold and fresh. Poured out among the bodies” (Zusak 175). The device is used in the evidence of the quote by using descriptives words that create a mental image. The text gives the reader that opportunity to use their senses when reading the story. “Somehow, between the sadness and loss, Max Vandenburg, who was now a teenager with hard hands, blackened eyes, and a sore tooth, was also a little disappointed” (Zusak 188). This quote demonstrates how the author uses descriptive words to create a mental image which gives the text more of an appeal to the reader's sense such as vision. “She could see his face now, in the tired light. His mouth was open and his skin was the color of eggshells. Whisker coated his jaw and chin, and his ears were hard and flat. He had a small but misshapen nose” (Zusak 201). The quotes allows the reader to visualize what the characters facial features looked like through the use of descriptive words. Imagery helps bring the story to life and to make the text more exciting. The reader's senses can be used to determine the observations that the author is making about its characters. The literary device changes the text by letting the reader interact with the text by using their observation skills. The author is using imagery by creating images that engages the reader to know exactly what's going on in the story which allows them to
Imagery plays a big part in the success of a novel. Different writers have different styles. The good thing about imagery is it makes room for the reader to put things together. The reader is allowed to interpret the story the way that they like. "Ragged Dick", Horatio Alger, Jr. did a great thing with imagery. While reading the novel readers had a change to envision many things that were mentioned in each chapter. Algar interconnected the appearances of the main character to his living arrangement. He also connected these things with the character's attitude.
First and perhaps most essential to any story is the plot. The plot is defined as,
Plot is the organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story. Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution are the five elements of plot. The short story Greasy Lake uses plot as a single literary device.
serve to allow the reader to perceive not only the story presented in front of them but
objects in the story with visual descriptions to give focus to the reader's imagination. In the story,
The writer uses imagery, because he wants to let the readers into his mind. By describing the scene for the readers, makes the readers fell like they were there. Therefore, it gives us a better ability to emphasize with him.
The structure of a story is the main key which provides a better understanding and insight analysis to the reader. The elements of structure are time, setting, and character. Each individual element shapes the world of a story, and outlines the values or information which the writer is trying to the readers. In the articles¡¨Boys¡¨and ¡§Orientation¡¨ we can see totally different structures. By comparing these two stories, the two writers present their stories in totally different ways. The ¡§Boys¡¨ is narrated in a chronology linear to give readers the process of growing up, and the ¡§Orientation¡¨ is using traditional structure with humor factor to reflect the office life.
It can tell you more about the characters. If the author is explaining a moment going on, the reader can feel like they’re actually there by using the detailed descriptions to get a better image of the setting giving you the ability to visualize
The first part of the structure is called the exposition. This is when the background is described and the characters are introduced. The symphony of the s The second part is the development. This is usually the the longest part of the story and it builds up tension. Part three is the
Structure, atmosphere, and irony. To chart the progression of the story, I will demonstrate how different things change throughout the story.
The first theory used to analyze this magazine is the semiotic theory, developed by C.S. Peirce. This theory is used to find the meaning of signs and claims it is all in the meaning of the signs used. “A sign refers to something other than itself – the object, and is understood by somebody.
Picture books are books in which both words and illustrations are essential to the story’s meaning (Brown, Tomlinson,1996, Pg.50). There are so many different kinds of children’s books. There are books for every age and every reading level. There are many elements that go into picture books such as line and spacing, color and light, space and perspective, texture, composition and artistic media. Picture books are an essential learning element in today’s classroom.
The use of multiple images to propel a narrative allows the audience to learn something through the characters that are there. Bloomer (1990)’s study on visual perception also draws upon Newton (1998)’s concern, as he explores the multiple perspectives and views of the event. By using a series of images, the characters mood and tone can be established throughout different elements of what we see. This may be the people, the place itself or the items within the place. By having a narrative of photographs, the audience has an even deeper understanding of the reality of that moment or event as they see more than just the ‘big picture’ as