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The Meaning of “Urban Legend”
An urban legend is typically told as a true story. These stories are not true at all, but often have a factual basis. They may begin with a real incident, but they may entirely fictional. They share similarities with tall stories.
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Make a Parody 1980s Goosebumps Book Cover With Stable Diffusion
People have been using Goosebump covers as spoofy templates for years. They look great wrapped around a hokey family photo. These are also great fun wrapped around an AI generated image because Stable Diffusion is very good at creating wacky, sci-fi worlds where something is just a little off.
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Make a Parody 1980s Sweet Valley High Book Cover With Stable Diffusion
Let’s make some spoof paperback book covers! Today, Sweet Valley High and the middle grade spin-off, Sweet Valley Twins.
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Stephen King’s Misery 1990 Meaning, Themes & Characterisation
Misery (1990) is one widely considered of the best Stephen King film adaptations.
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The Parsley Garden by William Saroyan Short Story Analysis
“The Parsley Garden” is a short story by Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer William Saroyan (1908 – 1981).
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What is tone in literature?
Tone: How someone expresses a feeling or attitude. In everyday interactions, we us speech and body language. Writers use different tricks.
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Annihilation (2018) Film Study
Today’s film makes a lot more sense when you sit back and accept it’s not supposed to make sense at a surface level. However, it does sense if you read the story at a metaphorical level.
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Theme in Literature: Definition
You’ve probably noticed that ‘theme’ in everyday English means something different from how people use the word when talking about literature.
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Psychopaths, Sociopaths, Narcissists in Fiction
Let’s take a look at psychopaths, sociopaths and narcissists in fiction, or rather: How people with malignant personality disorders dominate popular culture.
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A Real Life by Alice Munro Short Story Analysis
“A Real Life” by Canadian author Alice Munro first appeared in the February 10, 1992 edition of The New Yorker.
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Horror Short Stories
This is a list of disturbing, resonant and horrifying short stories which people often to study in high school and then can’t get out of their head.
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Shrek! Picture Book by William Steig Analysis
Before Shrek was a DreamWorks movie franchise it was a 1990 picture book by American author-illustrator William Steig. Below, I analyse the picture book and along that way, I collected a bunch of Shrek facts you never asked for.
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The Remains Of The Day Film Study
The Remains Of The Day by Kazuo Ishiguro won the 1989 Booker Prize. Ishiguro was 35 years old at the time and this was his third novel. The book was adapted for film in 1993, starring Anthony Hopkins as Mr Stevens and Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton.
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Writing Activity: Describe A Smell
Beginner writers are frequently told to make use of all senses when describing a setting. While this is a good place to start, keen readers will understand that there’s a time and a place to delve into the senses; some stories call for sensory lingering. Others don’t.
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Spaceships Have Landed by Alice Munro Short Story Analysis
Spaceships Have Landed is a long short story running over 10,000 words. But after you’ve read it, you’ll feel like you read an entire novel. With perfectly chosen narrative summary and a roving point of view, Alice Munro paints the story of a 1950s town, as experienced by two very different young women united by the timing of their coming-of-age.
