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[markkhodair]

Hey!

In regards to the Discovery Creative, what person should we/is recommended we write in? Does it matter at all and/or does it depend on our storyline/plot?

Thank you!

[Mada438]

Hey!

In regards to the Discovery Creative, what person should we/is recommended we write in? Does it matter at all and/or does it depend on our storyline/plot?

Thank you!

Well generally you tend not to write in second person EVER because its REALLY hard to do.
Yeah it would depend on what style best suits your storyline, and what your general preference is, be it first or third person.
I personally recconmend first person, its the one i use. It just seems easier to use, and makes the story more personal and relateable by putting the reader in the characters shoes (sort of)

[markkhodair]

Well generally you tend not to write in second person EVER because its REALLY hard to do.
Yeah it would depend on what style best suits your storyline, and what your general preference is, be it first or third person.
I personally recconmend first person, its the one i use. It just seems easier to use, and makes the story more personal and relateable by putting the reader in the characters shoes (sort of)

Yeah! That's what I was thinking about first person too because it allows a more emotional and personal entry rather than speaking of the character. Thank you!

[philgee]

Hi! 

I am currently studying the tempest and ive found 3 related texts that could be interesting to compare with the tempest. Which one would be the best for comparing themes and ideas? Our school just currently started the tempest and i am still unsure.

Related:
1. The story of an hour - Kate Chopin
2. The tell-tale heart - Edgar Allen Poe
3. Journey into the interior - Margaret Atwood

[rh1A]

Hello,
I am struggling to start an essay/analysis for discovery...cos there is no question to answer or anything. I am analysing 2 texts. Where do i start?
I am useless at finding major concepts of discovery that are clear in both the texts for the analysis...
Please someone help me!!!
Thanks

[dancing phalanges]

Hello,
I am struggling to start an essay/analysis for discovery...cos there is no question to answer or anything. I am analysing 2 texts. Where do i start?
I am useless at finding major concepts of discovery that are clear in both the texts for the analysis...
Please someone help me!!!
Thanks

Hey! Can't exactly help you without knowing your texts but I would 100% recommend going to the syllabus and taking down the different types of discoveries in the rubric eg. Discoveries can be confronting, provocative etc. and see how your texts relate to some of them. This is a great way to prep for any question you could get in the exam as the essay question will come from the rubric

[rh1A]

Hey! Can't exactly help you without knowing your texts but I would 100% recommend going to the syllabus and taking down the different types of discoveries in the rubric eg. Discoveries can be confronting, provocative etc. and see how your texts relate to some of them. This is a great way to prep for any question you could get in the exam as the essay question will come from the rubric

Thanks for your help  My texts are Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. If you have read these texts, do you have any further ideas?

[dancing phalanges]

Thanks for your help  My texts are Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. If you have read these texts, do you have any further ideas?

Hey, unfortunately I didn't study those texts! However, I just quickly looked both texts up and here is a resource on snowy evening that should help you! Unfortunately I couldn't find anything on a Christmas carol. Hope it helps nevertheless
http://msflanaganhscenglish.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/4/3/11430589/notes_on_the_poem.pdf

[rh1A]

Thanks
I am still struggling with trying to find the main discovery in Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening...

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
BY ROBERT FROST
Whose woods these are I think I know.   
His house is in the village though;   
He will not see me stopping here   
To watch his woods fill up with snow.   

My little horse must think it queer   
To stop without a farmhouse near   
Between the woods and frozen lake   
The darkest evening of the year.   

He gives his harness bells a shake   
To ask if there is some mistake.   
The only other sound’s the sweep   
Of easy wind and downy flake.   

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,   
But I have promises to keep,   
And miles to go before I sleep,   
And miles to go before I sleep.

[dancing phalanges]

Thanks
I am still struggling with trying to find the main discovery in Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening...

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
BY ROBERT FROST
Whose woods these are I think I know.   
His house is in the village though;   
He will not see me stopping here   
To watch his woods fill up with snow.   

My little horse must think it queer   
To stop without a farmhouse near   
Between the woods and frozen lake   
The darkest evening of the year.   

He gives his harness bells a shake   
To ask if there is some mistake.   
The only other sound’s the sweep   
Of easy wind and downy flake.   

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,   
But I have promises to keep,   
And miles to go before I sleep,   
And miles to go before I sleep.

Hey, I'm sorry I can't help too much here as I didn't study this text.
However, my first thought is that the poem definitely explores the discovery of the beauty of nature "the woods are lovely, dark and deep" which can link to the rubric dot point on how discoveries stimulate new ideas of the world.
Some other ideas I found online were:
- The narrator goes on a journey of self-discovery
- Man is more attracted to a scene of solitude than the company of others

If you still don't understand maybe wait and someone who did Frost can help out

[rh1A]

Is there a technique for the repetition/listing of ing words?
"squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner”

[kauac]

Is there a technique for the repetition/listing of ing words?
"squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner”

Hi...
You could probably call that repetitive onomatopoeia...

[rh1A]

thanks...
What about this one?
“No warmth could warm, no wintry chill on him”
It's not exactly hyperbole, cos the person they are describing is very cold and awful in character.

[prickles]

thanks...
What about this one?
“No warmth could warm, no wintry chill on him”
It's not exactly hyperbole, cos the person they are describing is very cold and awful in character.

I can see pathetic fallacy to represent the characters nature, and maybe the weather as a metaphor for the character's behavior, as they select their own moods regardless of the weather, and do not let the weather influence their character = maybe a stubborn kind of individual.

[kauac]

thanks...
What about this one?
“No warmth could warm, no wintry chill on him”
It's not exactly hyperbole, cos the person they are describing is very cold and awful in character.

I agree with Prickles, but just to add, I think there is also juxtaposition with the ideas of 'warm' and 'cold'.

It's a really rich quote, and you could probably just use the technique/s that are most relevant to your analysis/effect...