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Look for Literary Devices. `shaquille, smathers.
A literary analysis essay.
In "A Response-Based Approach to Reading Literature", Judith A. Langer of the State University of New York, describes "literary orientation" as when reading literature that is outside of the reader's personal experience, describes the reader "living through the experience" by exploring a horizon of possibilities. The reader can explore the characters' actions from a psychological, or a political, or a sociological point of view.The literary orientation is the perspective through which you view what you are reading. I think that's what she's saying; use the link below to check it out for yourself.
The literary device being used in this situation is irony. Irony involves a discrepancy between what is expected and what actually occurs, creating a sense of contrast or incongruity in the narrative.
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Jackie Gleason was fascinated by UFO's and devoted much of his spare time to reading about them.
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