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- Olivia Motley
- BLEEP
- BLEEP
- February 12, 2016
- • Rhetorical Devices
- o Rhetorical Goal: Stephen King it.
- o Make it in a rather third person view, with the view set mostly from Ellie.
- o Repetition (His/Her name was ___)
- o Analogy. References to angels, demons, heaven, good.
- o Irony. The puncher.
- o Foils, contrasts, purposeful contradictions.
- o Morals? Do not judge a book by its cover. Karma, injustice.
- o Have it start happy, and get dark, darker, yet darker.
- 1. First Section
- o Introduce the settings, the year (2132-2149)
- o Introduce the Batelle Orphanage, the main setting of the entire story.
- o Introduce Ellie, the "main character". Builder her as the main star we're dealing with, the normal.
- o Transition with a semi-cliffhanger, alluding to the future.
- 2. Second Section
- o Start with an event.
- o Introduce Mary as a major character, but have her slowly slip back into the shadows,
- o Describe being sweet, innocent, yet abused.
- o Analogies, make tons of them. Analogies to religion, angels, the supernatural.
- o Describe the daily life, the food, and the classes.
- o Description, lots of chronological description.
- o Introduce David, a minor character later on in section.
- 3. Third Section
- o Sad details, contrasting to happy details.
- o Depression, abuse, disorder.
- o Event happens. Reference that Mary has stood up, make her seem right
- o Kid leaves orphanage, describe it as a self-made choice, yet ominous.
- o Explain how that with the absence of the main bully, kids like Mary are happier.
- o Transition over a few more years, very few children are adopted, and Mary is back to her cheery self.
- 4. Fourth Section
- o Add more creepy detail by this point, kids leaving without consent, and not coming back.
- o The truth about the sad and violent world the children (now mid/late teens) live in, snuffing out childhood innocence.
- o Describe the wars, the rebellions, with the fire in the streets.
- o Give an air of safety and defense to the Orphanage.
- o A feeling of safety and distance from the violence, but still close enough to linger worry.
- o Describe sleepless nights during the summer, as there is no proper Air Conditioning
- o Make transition at night, paint it hopefully, two old friends trying to patch up their friendship.
- 5. Fifth Section
- o Lots of description, with a bit of dialogue. Small talk
- o Heavy description settings, moonlight bathing the rocks, the canyons.
- o The betrayal happens, describe the suddenness and longevity, use powerful words.
- o Describe grace through death, using contrasts, and allusions to the beginning.
- o End on a soft cliff-hanger, nobody knows exactly what happens to Mary after the incident.
- o Have the moral be revealed through re-reading and comprehension, the true deeper meanings of the narrative.
- 6. End with the last repetition, slower.
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