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ambiguity When something is unclear to the audience, being intentionally vague in order to raise questions amongst the audience. (Anderson 3) I kept quiet, with my ears cocked, about fifteen minutes, I reckon. I was floating along, of course, four or five an hour; but you don't ever think of that. No, you FEEL like you are laying dead still on the and if a little glimpse of a snag slips by you don't think to yourself how fast YOU'RE going, but you catch your breath and think, my! how that snag's tearing along. If you think it ain't dismal and lone- some out in a fog that way by yourself in the night, you try it once -- you'll see.(Huckleberry Finn) In Christopher film "Inception" the protagonist uses a top to distinguish whether or not he is in a dream. If the top eventually falls over he is awake, while if he is dreaming the top will spin on indefinitely. At the end of the movie the protagonist returns home after years separated from his children and spins the top to confirm he is awake, but when he looks upon his children's faces he walks away from the top to embrace them. The movie ends with the viewers looking at the still spinning top, and cutting short without knowing whether or not the top falls over, leaving the viewer to wonder whether or not the protagonist is awake. amplification When a sentence is too simple and doesn't convey a certain message, amplification is used to enhance the information by giving the overall form of the sentence more meaning. (Farnell 2) "Elizabeth listened in silence, but was not convinced; their behaviour at the assembly had not been calculated to please in general; and with more quickness of observation and less In the movie Memento,the main character Leonard Shelby is an investigator you cannot create any new memories. The last thing he does remember is the murder