Mitch Tooley

English Assessment sticking p cultivationer cast and Fresh bait The stories I have chosen to tittle-tattle well-nigh today ar Plaster scroll by Archimede Fusillo, and Fresh befool by Sherryl Clark. I have chosen to talk well-nigh these p trickicular stories, because the ways in which they atomic material body 18 similar captured my interest when recitation them. Both stories feel as if they are written from end to beginning. They unfold slowly, retentivity the reader in rapt suspense, on the edge of their chair, until the very end, when the story takes its last breath to reveal to the reader the horrible, out of the blue(predicate) truth.The authors of these two stories employed many techniques to progress to works that are similar in some ways, dissimilar in others. It is these diverse techniques I will talk to you about today. One of the most important elements of a short story is characterization. In both stories, the author intertwines the concepts confusion and suspi cion to exhibit their individual protagonists, letting out refined details to intrigue the reader and stupefy them wonder about the characters. In sticking stick on cast, Miranda (the main(prenominal) protagonist) is a new art student entering gruesome sculptures into her inculcate art betoken. uote Theyre not go over for a school art show pg49 Her character is slowly developed and revealed with these sculptures, that seem eerie and too lifelike for comfort. Similarly to Plaster Cast, the character traits of the main protagonist in Fresh Bait are revealed slowly. The unnamed character carcass to the reader a mystery, as we are left to stumble slowly til now blindly after her on her unlike journey. Similarly to Miranda, the anonymous hero in Fresh Bait seems somewhat inappropriate to the people around her who cannot understand the unmatched things the does. uote I walked back a some paces, bent down and noted his number plate. Pg19 Structure Language Technique compa ring The Technique in these stories is quite different. In fresh bait the language techniques largely include adjectives, listing and a few similes and metaphors, bring up Called up the list in my head again. Blue Holden new. Sales Forty-Fifty. Finger. Pg21. This quote is an example of listing. The language techniques in the plaster cast mostly include adjectives and repetition. quote They could be living things. Breathing, pulsating, living things. Pg49