Essays Tagged: "writing styles"

The Scarlet Letter

ent coming attraction on the Hollywood scene and probablya pretty good book. Add Puritan ideals and writing styles, making it long,drawn out, tedious, wearisome, sleep inducing, insipidly asinine, and ...

(2 pages) 45 0 4.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Short Descriptive of Pike's Market in Seattle.

This was graded on creative writing styles. It's written mainly in fragments.A Walk through Seattle's Heart (Pike's Place Market ...

(1 pages) 82 0 4.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

J.D. Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" review and summary

A Perfect Day for BananafishThis short story by J.D. Salinger is a great example of his unique writing styles. It starts out with the lady living with the main character doing her nails in a hote ...

(1 pages) 49 0 3.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Analyisis of Quentin's Section in William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury".

The Shadow of TimeIt is quite evident how the writing styles of the characters in William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury resemble their persona ... ly, Quentin resumes to write in an appropriate and accurate sense of syntax and diction. Though his writing style does not return to perfection, it is mixed between good and bad writing, showing that ...

(3 pages) 53 1 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The writings of Edgar Allen Poe vs. Stephen King.

Hill 1To analyze and compare and contrast the writing styles of Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe you must look at each one of their backgrounds an ... 37 1).Stephen King also incorporates the feelings of optimism and his own personal events into his writings. In addition to these ideas, King uses plain imagery and puts it intoHill 2practical everyd ... ctical everyday places. He also uses symbols and unique characterization (Hegarty 5-6).Since King's writing style, characterization, and structure isn't extraordinarily good he must find something els ...

(5 pages) 123 0 5.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

A Comparison of Poem's: Emily Dickinson's and Dylan Thomas' Distinctly Different Views of Death.

While there are some comparisons between the two poets, when it comes to death as the theme, their writing styles are quite different. These distinct differences are evident in both the form, and the ...

(2 pages) 73 1 3.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Bibliography on stephen Vincent Benet.

d been inclined to do his duty as an army officer (Stephen 99). These influences can be seen in his writing styles (Bahr 50).(Bahr) says Benet had been very intelligent as a child. He attended Yale Un ... l the information for the book. Some took longer than that to get enough information. Then came the writing and rewriting for the right format. This became very long and strenuous work (99). Benet was ...

(3 pages) 27 0 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Compare and contrast the writing styles of William Byrd to William Bradford based on style, tone, and purpose.

William Bradford were two colonial writers however they took completely opposite approaches toward writing. During these times, journals, diaries, and sermons made up the literature. Byrd and Bradfor ... tory of the Dividing Line and Of Plymouth Plantation respectively. Whether it was the difference in writing styles, the different purposes for writing the stories, or simply each writer's tone, their ...

(3 pages) 63 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman contrast in the ways of their different writing structure, subject tone, and topics discussed in the majority of their published works.

out even going into their almost polar opposite personal lives, and concentrating solely upon their writings, one can still see the incredible diversity of American culture. Their views were different ... ible diversity of American culture. Their views were different. Their beliefs were different. Their writing styles were different. But they both wrote some of the best poetry this country had ever see ...

(3 pages) 113 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

How William Shakespeare and Billy Collins poems' are different.

ets are saying to an individuals` life or experiences. Although both poets have different styles of writing, they both seem to have some things in common. For example, they both use metaphors, similes ... mparisons and both of them seem to focus on life, love and/or death. The use of comparisons in both writing styles help the reader to relate the message carried out by the poets to his/her life or exp ...

(6 pages) 42 1 4.1 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

17th century poetry, John Donne, Marvell, George Herbert, Sir John Supling...

mportant writers of the period so briefly to have an idea about how their religious backgrounds and writing styles affected the period. George Herbert (1593 - 1633) was one of the most important reli ... e my favorites for this famous poet of 17th century. Another poet who is so close to the religious writing is Richard Crashaw (1613 - 1649). He is a phenomenon unique in Anglo-Saxon taste. He was muc ...

(8 pages) 86 0 3.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Writing Styles In The Tell Tale Heart by Edgary Allen Poe

Poe was a very vivid and imaginative writer. Although writing came naturally to him, the style in which he utilizes to help the reader search for a deeper ... e in which he utilizes to help the reader search for a deeper meaning is expressed by his choice of writing styles. The writing is like clay in a spinning wheel in which there are many aspects that ha ... to come together in unity to produce a masterpiece. Poe incorporates all of these aspects into his writing. The vulture like blue stare of the Evil Eye and the insanity of ridding the Eye drives the ...

(3 pages) 80 1 3.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

"Literary Impressionism in Steven Crane's A Red Badge of Courage"

Literary impressionism is exemplified by the writer Steven Crane. Though many themes of writing styles writing styles such as realism and naturalism lend themselves to Crane's works, it is ... unique panache. An understanding of of many organic features of impressionism and Crane's personal writing style are needed to bring full enjoyment out of Crane's literary works, including the master ... son that impressionism isn't seen as having a major impact on literature as some of the other major writing styles is because there was no need to name a style that didn't exist until critics saw the ...

(6 pages) 51 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"The Jilting of Grandma Weatherall" and how modernism is used.

d of the world and our place in it, and they tried to communicate fears and opinions through unique writing styles. Katherine Anne Porter's early story "The Jilting of Grandma Weatherall" is a perfect ...

(1 pages) 72 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Edgar Allen Poe compared to Dylan Thomas

poets of all time have been Edgar Allen Poe and Dylan Thomas; however, two poets can have opposite writing styles. Most of Poe's poems are all focused on the depression of death. Dylan Thomas's "Do N ... towards living because of his wife's death. Yet again, Thomas and Poe show no similarities in their writing.Poe and Thomas's poems both are built on the subject of death; yet their writing styles are ...

(2 pages) 63 3 3.6 Aug/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five and Joseph Heller's Catch-22

ovels are triumphant in their attempts to convey the devastating experience. The authors' analogous writing styles, themes, and motifs run parallel to one another. Both Slaughterhouse-Five and Catch-2 ...

(5 pages) 33 0 1.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Where Bias Begins" Basically talks about how children are developing bias at a young age, and what is being done about it.

argument: children are developing bias at a young age. This is portrayed in the different types of writing styles in the essay- expository, narrative, and argumentative/persuasive. This essay is expo ... and honest ways."There are different aspects to this essay concerning the language or style of the writing, such as the formal and informal characteristics. The informal characteristics of this essay ...

(5 pages) 47 0 4.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

The Way I Write: An Essay Of Your Writing Style Compared To Your Speaking Style

path. The other half of my time, I feel I need to write rather than talk about my emotions. Both my writing styles and my speaking style are unique in their own ways and serve a distinct purpose for m ... e unique in their own ways and serve a distinct purpose for me.I prefer to use speaking rather than writing as a means of communication simply because it is easier, and quicker. All you have to do is ...

(2 pages) 41 0 3.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

Ethan Frome: Edith Wharton's Use Of Figurative Language

sailor. This is what sets Edith Wharton apart from other novelists. Edith Wharton used many of her writing styles in this book, and when applied properly, makes for an outstanding story.One writing a ... harton's own marital problems and the marital problems faced by the characters in her book.A second writing style utilized by Edith Wharton was her use of figurative language and astounding imagery. T ...

(7 pages) 30 0 5.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

This 6 page essay compares/summarizes the works of Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Douglas Adams.

live Staples Lewis, and John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Although they all write in the same genre, their writings and writing styles are enormously different.Douglas Adams is most famous for his "Hitchhike ...

(5 pages) 31 2 4.7 Dec/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors