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The underlying message the author is trying to convey.

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Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

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When a writer describes something that refers to our sense of smell, sight, taste, touch, or hearing.

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A reason behind a character's specific action or behavior.

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When readers are aware of something that the characters in the story are not aware of.

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Is when the exact opposite of what is meant to happen, happens.

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The time and place in which the story takes place.

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The events that make up a story, or the main part of a story.

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The perspective the story is told from.

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An incidental mention of something that is well known, either directly or by implication.

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The mental or moral qualities distinctive to an individual.

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Something or someone that is meant to represent something or someone else in a story.

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The feeling/emotion a writer conveys to a reader.

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Intense feeling that readers go through while waiting for the outcome of certain events.

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Hints that set the stage for a story to unfold and give the reader an idea of something that is going to happen without revealing the full story.

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The painted door symbolizes
Ann's desire for control and excitement in her life. Ann wishes that she could live a more exciting life, but she feels unable to do anything to make that happen. So paints the bedroom door to show that she can do stuff to make her life more exciting.

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"Diana took the car up to ninety, but the car wouldn't be shaken off. She pushed her foot further down on the accelerator and touched a hundred"

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Leo Auffman's motivation to create the happiness machine is when he experiences the perfect morning and wants to recreate that moment for everyone else to experience.

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"Billy caught sight of a printed notice propped up against the glass in one of the upper panes. It said BED AND BREAKFAST. There was a vase of yellow chrysanthemums, tall and beautiful, standing just underneath the notice"

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Readers expect that the car chasing Diana is the murderers car but actually it is revealed that it is someone trying to warn Diana that the murderer is in the back of her car.

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The story mostly takes in the evening at a hotel.

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The landlady is told from third person perspective.

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John is described as a hard working, loyal individual who devotes his life to attempting to make Ann happy.

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When Billy Weaver remembers the two names, Gregory Temple and Christopher Mulholland from the news and how they went missing it hints to the readers that the Landlady is not the person she appears to be.

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"When she drove out into the street the stream of twilight traffic was just about keeping pace with the pinstriped pedestrians who, like worker ants, were hurrying toward the nearest hole in the ground."

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The way the landlady acts creates a strange and eerie atmosphere that readers can identify.

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In my opinion the underlying message in "The Happiness Machine" is that artificial happiness created by a machine that lies to you does not last as long as true happiness gained from real experiences.

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The plot of The Happiness machine is that Leo Auffman makes a machine that brings people happiness but it does not turn out like he wants it to.

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The double wheel around the moon is an allusion to the severity of the impending snow storm.

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The red and white of the Canadian flag symbolizes peace, honesty, bravery, strength and valor.

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The man ran as fast as lightning

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The Tortoise And The Hare is a story most people know with the theme "slow and steady wins the race"

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This is a photo from the movie "Star Wars". The shadow that resembles Darth Vader foreshadows who Anakin will grow up to be.

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While writers can convey feelings and emotion through words, painters can do the same thing with colors. Below is a painting that gives off a pleasant and peaceful atmosphere.

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Napoleon Bonaparte is described as a confident, brilliant general who's manipulative qualities helped him gain control of France and conquer most of Europe.

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Inserting past events to provide background or context to current events of a story.

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Diana has a flashback and remembers the details of a murder that took place on the same road that she was on a few months ago.

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This diagram shows the plot line of most stories

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Leo Auffman as he is inspired by a perfect morning and is motivated to recreate the experience.