Modern Literature

"..., and she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory.

"When the doctors came they said she died of heart disease - of the joy that kills."

"But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds..."

The words crash, bang, buzz are examples of this literary device.

"She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability."

An object that stands for something such as an apple for education.

The universal message the author wants the reader to take from the work.

"Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble..." Short story opening

Lord of the Flies and Animal Farm are examples. The characters have multiple meanings.

"..., she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory."

"When the storm of grief had spent itself..."

Modern Literature is only literature written in the past 20 years.

A play on words - a nightmare (a female horse who brings bad dreams)

Fiction, Fable, Science Fiction, Fairy Tale, Play, etc.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.