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The mood of a piece of literature is the feeling or atmosphere created by the work, or, said slightly differently, how the work makes the reader feel. Mood is produced most effectively through the use of setting, theme, voice and tone, while tone is how the author feels about something.
The annual Goodreads Choice Awards are the only major book awards chosen by readers for readers, and this year over 6.2 million votes were cast by book lovers for their favorite page-turners of ...
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January 24 – N. Scott Momaday, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner in 1969. [22] March 22 – Laurent de Brunhoff, French children's book writer and illustrator, 98 [23] April 2 – John Barth, American fiction writer, 93 [24] April 2 – Maryse Condé, Guadeloupean novelist and ...
Break out the calendar and jot down these 2024 February holidays, observances and awareness days. Find official and unofficial holidays, and weekly observances.
From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Monday, January 15
Sentimental novels relied on emotional response, both from their readers and characters. They feature scenes of distress and tenderness, and the plot is arranged to advance both emotions and actions. The result is a valorization of "fine feeling", displaying the characters as a model for refined, sensitive emotional effect.
What it’s about: “Luster” follows Edie, a young Black woman who can’t seem to get it right. She’s a prolific painter, but she’s failing at her art. She’s fumbling through an ...