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(a.)The writers whom Barry Lopez mentioned in the first paragraph have in common is the kind of writing they do, recently referred to as <em>"nature or landscape writing".</em> It is a type of writing that takes into account the impact that nature and place have on culture.
(b). By mentioning a range of old and new writers, Barry Lopez tried to make a point that although people believed the type of nature writing is new, there have been several and widely known nature writers in the past in American Literature who have written about impact of nature and place on culture, or nature/landscape writing. He tried to emphasize that the old names would readily come to mind before remembering the new writers on the block.
The necklace is ironic in the fact that when the necklace is borrowed it is believed to be a real diamond necklace. When she loses the "diamond necklace" she works very long to repay the person she borrowed from because she thinks the necklace she lost was worth much money. When she gives the money to the person she borrowed from and confesses that she lost it she was told that the necklace was a fake and that she worried and worked for many years over nothing. This is an example of situational irony. She thought the necklace was worth very much money when it was really only worth very little
on most Gothic works, you would most likely find a scary and horrifying setting that makes the readers mood of fright or sadness. For example, the book, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" uses acts of fear and is considered a Gothic work. It was based on a nightmare.Also they have to look scary to the reader. for example zombies are copse who have rotten flesh and don't die. They also have to do smomething scary that might frighten the reader. For example Dracula he sucks blood out of people at night