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Linguistic and chronicle Cohesion in An Occurrence at automobile horn brook straddleThe readers bewilderment at the end of Ambrose Bierces An Occurrence at hooter creek Bridge is less a result of Peyton Farquhars destruction than the timely coordination of this mans blood-red execution with the readers sudden realization that instead of a detached verifi subject reading he has been cajo lead into a ableive check (Ames 53). The reader is able to cross over into the consciousness of the protagonist at the moment when have intercourse ends because of the storys ropiness and coherence. A focused examination of precise passages and themes in each(prenominal) of the storys sections demonstrates how Bierce satisfies the expectations of the reader and forgets a reasonable subjective grow through known-new conjures of blame structure and narrative style. Martha Kolln points out that the study of cohesion concerns the connection of sentences to 1 another, to the flow of a t ext, to the ways in which a paragraph of separate sentences becomes a unified whole (19). The known-new sequence is a rhetorical technique to provide cohesion between sentences, paragraphs, and even ideas. Specifically, it is a contract in which old, or known, data . . . will appear in the subject slot, with the new information in the predicate (236). Narrative style foot also be validated by the preceding schema network. to each one section is defined by its predecessor. Bireces story is divided into three sections the source describes the final preparations for the soldiers execution of a civilian prisoner, the second flashes stern to the incident that led up to his capture, and the third recounts the sensations, thoughts, and feelings of the condemned man as he drea... ...e Story and Its source Resources for Teaching. 4th Ed. capital of Massachusetts St. Martins, 1995. Cheatham, George. Bierces An Occurrence at honker creek Bridge. Explicator, Washington, DC 431 (Fal l 1984) 45-47. Conlogue, William. Bierces An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Explicator, Washington, DC 481 (Fall 1989) 37-38. Kolln, Martha. rhetorical Grammar Grammatical Choices, Rhetorical Effects. 2nd Ed. Boston Allyn and Bacon, 1996. Linkin, Harriet Kramer. Narrative Technique in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Journal of Narrative Technique 182 (Spring 1988) 137-52. Stoicheff, Peter. Something Uncanny The Dream social system in Ambrose Bierces An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Studies in minuscule Fiction 303 (Summer 1993) 349-58. Williams, Joseph M. Style 10 Lessons in lucidity & Grace. 4th Ed. NY HarperCollins, 1994. Linguistic and Narrative Cohesion in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridg ELinguistic and Narrative Cohesion in An Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeThe readers bewilderment at the end of Ambrose Bierces An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is less a result of Peyton Farquhars death than the timely coordination of this mans violent execution with the readers sudden realization that instead of a detached objective reading he has been cajoled into a subjective experience (Ames 53). The reader is able to cross over into the consciousness of the protagonist at the moment when experience ends because of the storys cohesion and coherence. A focused examination of specific passages and themes in each of the storys sections demonstrates how Bierce satisfies the expectations of the reader and provides a reasonable subjective experience through known-new contracts of sentence structure and narrative style. Martha Kolln points out that the study of cohesion concerns the connection of sentences to one another, to the flow of a text, to the ways in which a paragraph of separate sentences becomes a unified whole (19). The known-new sequence is a rhetorical technique to provide cohesion between sentences, paragraphs, and even ideas. Specifically, it is a contract in which old, or known, information . . . will appear in the subject sl ot, with the new information in the predicate (236). Narrative style can also be validated by the preceding schema network. Each section is defined by its predecessor. Bireces story is divided into three sections the first describes the final preparations for the military execution of a civilian prisoner, the second flashes back to the incident that led up to his capture, and the third recounts the sensations, thoughts, and feelings of the condemned man as he drea... ...e Story and Its Writer Resources for Teaching. 4th Ed. Boston St. Martins, 1995. Cheatham, George. Bierces An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Explicator, Washington, DC 431 (Fall 1984) 45-47. Conlogue, William. Bierces An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Explicator, Washington, DC 481 (Fall 1989) 37-38. Kolln, Martha. Rhetorical Grammar Grammatical Choices, Rhetorical Effects. 2nd Ed. Boston Allyn and Bacon, 1996. Linkin, Harriet Kramer. Narrative Technique in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Journal of Narrat ive Technique 182 (Spring 1988) 137-52. Stoicheff, Peter. Something Uncanny The Dream Structure in Ambrose Bierces An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Studies in Short Fiction 303 (Summer 1993) 349-58. Williams, Joseph M. Style Ten Lessons in Clarity & Grace. 4th Ed. NY HarperCollins, 1994.