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>lights are used as a motif

>> No.8816213

>detailed physical descriptions of minor characters

>> No.8816223
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>An unimportant object is mentioned as obvious foreshadowing

>> No.8817568

>author describes the sound a characters shoes make as they walk across a particular surface

>> No.8817579

You guys are retards
Thanks for posting in my board anyways

>> No.8817589
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8817589

>book opens with a quote from a classic novel

>> No.8817606

>a basement is mentioned

>> No.8817619
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>book opens with an obscure fact that is then used to draw a parallel, i.e. "it takes five minutes for a bee to die after it stings."

>> No.8817621

>>8817619
no wait, e.g. not i.e.
please forgive me

>> No.8817626

>>8817621
i was on the verge of phoning the police.

>> No.8817628

>>8817619
This shit pisses me off so much

>> No.8817638

>>8817568
>CRASH!

>> No.8817717

>book opens with the the author describing the number of enemies remaining

>> No.8818502

>>8817717
>without counting god

>> No.8819312
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>>8817589
>book's title is a Bible or Shakespeare quote

>> No.8819319

>>8819312
haha bro DO NOT read Infinite Jest then, my bro

>> No.8819329

>>8816191
i really like this gif, haha can i have it?

>> No.8819336

>>8819312
>The Sound and the Fury
>The Sun Also Rises
>The Violent Bear It Away
>Zettel's Traum
>Fear and Trembling
>Remembrance of Things Past
>Go Down, Moses
>East of Eden
>Twice-Told Tales
>Brave New World
>Pale Fire

really makes you think.

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>>8816213
h-how much is too much description?

>> No.8821462

bump

>> No.8821489

>>8820214
>describing anything ever
cmon lit, you're better than this

>> No.8821497

>>8820214
>reading books without pictures

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>some form of media overseen/overheard in the narrative is prescient of plot or character details

wuh.. wow... it's just like what the people on the tv were saying! it happend in the story, too!

>> No.8821507

>>8816191
Wait I need an example of lights being used as a motif

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>four pages of epigraphs before we finally reach the first page of the text

>> No.8821511

>>8821507
great gatsby, streetcar named desire

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>>8821508
>600 pages of useless text before we finally get to read the back cover and reviews