(McCarthy Topic) Essay Intro:

      The passage from the novel, The Crossing, by Cormac McCarthy uses literary elements in order to portray his imaginative story into the mind of the reader. McCarthy uses techniques to create an event that is intense even more noticeably dramatic. His consistency of words contribute to the passages tone, which is isolated and lonely, not only because of the circumstances, but the comparisons being made. McCarthy uses several different techniques in the story in order to portray his view of the death of an animal. Though the passage could be simple, he uses similes, metaphors, pathos, and comparisons to contribute to his tone and his syntax.

Poetry Essay (Intro):

             Authors can incorporate their own views of an event or theory by using techniques in their writing. This allows them to be easily compared, because despite the major differences between texts and things that are said, there are always perspectives that may compare and contrast according to how they are described by the writer. These comparisons can be made between poems such as "Helen", one poem by H.D. and one by Edgar Allan Poe. In both poems, the author illustrate Helen's beauty using specific literary elements. In Poe's poem, she is described as one who is dedicated to her homeland, and loyal to the home she had left. In H.D.'s poem, the Helen that is portrayed is treacherous to Greece and is seen as a betrayer.
 These poems are able to contrast more easily through the use of elements such as tone, similes, attitude, and the authors structure of writing.