Metafiction - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NYSTCE English CST (003) Literary 100% Correct Irony An unexpected twist or contrast between what happens and what was intended or expected to happen. Vernacluar Common language among people in the location where the story takes place. Parable A metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life told in a simple story or riddle. It uses comparrisons to teach a morale and/or lesson. Melodrama A literary form in which events are exxegerated reality in order to create an extreme emotional respo...

I thought this was a potential question for this year's exam but it didn't come up. I scored 22/25 on this essay. It could possibly come up in future exams.

I thought this essay would have come up on the 2024 exam but it didn't. It is an A* worthy response.

This document consists of the characters; background; storyline; narrative structure; stylistic technique of metafiction; themes; analysis of the fountain scene; motifs; symbols; the ending and sound of the film "Atonement". These notes were created based on the film "Atonement" and not on the novel

This is the question from the 2023 Elements of Crime paper section B. I obtained an A* for this particular essay.

Here are some notes I made about McEwan's use of dark humour in 'Atonement' and the significance of this.

NYSTCE ELA CST, Exam Preview, Terms Summary & Definition. 100% Masytery. Misplaced modifier - -a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., 'when young' in 'when young, circuses appeal to all of us' assonance - -the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words parallel structure - -the repetition of phrases, clauses, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure dissonance - -Harsh, ...

Arthur Miller - Answer- "The Death of a Salesman" depicted a man whose failure made him feel like an outcast. Alexander Pope - Answer- (1710-1728) "Rape of the Lock", "An Essay on Man", "The Dunciad" Classical Period - Answer- 1200bc - 455ce Forms: lyric poetry, greek drama (tragedy, comedy)(chorus, deus ex machina) Themes: life/death, morality, season changes, political commentary, satire, Greek mythology, Greek wars, Greek Gods, Roman life Homer (Greek) - Answer- The Iliad a...

This is a summary of The Life of Texts chapter 5, divided into clear sections. The most important terms are all included in this summary.

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid is a quintessential example of postmodern fiction, reflecting the era's key characteristics. Set against the backdrop of the 9/11 attacks, the novel explores themes of identity, racism, and Islamophobia through its protagonist, Changez, who challenges Western metanarratives about the East. The narrative employs a fragmented, non-linear structure and blurs the line between reality and fiction, embodying postmodern concepts like hyper-reality and relat...