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    Gce English Literature

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    Guidance GCE English Literature OCR Advanced GCE in English Literature H471 Unit F664 Texts in Time This Coursework Guidance is designed to accompany the OCR Advanced GCE specification in English Literature for teaching from September 2008. © OCR 2007 Content 1 2 3 4 5 6 Introduction Summary of Unit Content Coursework Guidance Assessment Criteria Unit F664 Texts in Time Administration/Regulations FAQs 3 4 6 16 20 24 2 GCE English Literature 1 Introduction The new structure

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    Hard work pays off eventually. We all have different struggles‚ but if you work hard it pays off. The short story "upon the water" by: Joanne Greenberg and poem "Debts" by: Karen Hesse shows readers that everyone needs help sometimes. Both authors develop the theme of hard work pays off. Hard work pays off eventually. In the short story Upon the water the main character Cephas has hard ship. So he goes to the welfare center to get some food‚ because he couldn’t afford to himself. He planned

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    Medieval English Literature (ca 700-1485) Those Who Pray‚ Work‚ and Fight |It is well known that in this world |and defend our land against an invading army. | |there are three orders‚ set in unity: |Now the farmer works to provide our food‚ | |these are laboratores‚ oratores‚ bellatores. |And the worldly warrior must fight against our foes‚ | |Laboratores are those who labor for our living;

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    Introduction to democracy. Assignment: “Democracy is not only a system of Government; it is a way of life.” Written by: Amna Ashraf Chohan Semester I B. English “Democracy is not only a system of governments‚ it is a complete way of life.” What is Democracy? Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines Democracy as a. a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting b. a country ruled

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    Annotation for the poems: How do you annotate the poem "The Harp of India" by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio?   Why hang’st thou lonely on yon withered bough? Unstrung for ever‚ must thou there remain; Thy music once was sweet - who hears it now? Although the above post gives some interesting suggestions about labeling meter‚ there are other focuses for annotating a poem.  For example‚ you can annotate for figurative language and the meaning it grants the poem.  The title “The Harp of India”

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    Symbolism in Literature ENG125: Introduction to Literature Instructor: Jonathan Wilson October 28‚ 2013 Frost and Rhys: Symbolism in Literature “Our journey had advanced—our feet were almost come to that odd Fork in Being’s road—Eternity—by Term”‚ (Dickinson‚ 1890). Life is a journey. In Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” (1916)‚ a man comes up to a fork in the road‚ and he must make a choice as to which direction to take. In Jean Rhys’ short story “Used to Live

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    The Short Story

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    The short story Narrative genres‚ such as the novel or the short story‚ are born out of the very powerful human need to tell stories‚ out of our fundamental desire to give shape to experience in order to understand it and share it with the community. Through story telling early communities made sense of natural phenomena‚ unexpected events‚ and personal experience. Storytelling enabled them to pass on valuable information and to keep the memory of their ancestors alive down the generations. Storytelling

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    A short story is a brief work of literature‚ usually written in narrative prose.[1] Emerging from earlier oral storytelling traditions in the 17th century‚ the short story has grown to encompass a body of work so diverse as to defy easy characterization. At its most prototypical the short story features a small cast of named characters‚ and focuses on a self-contained incident with the intent of evoking a "single effect" or mood.[2] In so doing‚ short stories make use of plot‚ resonance‚ and other

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    Modern English Literature

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    CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE * Formal/Stylistic characteristics Juxtaposition‚ irony‚ comparisons‚ and satire are important elements found in modernist writing. Modernist authors use impressionism and other devices to emphasize the subjectivity of reality‚ and they see omniscient narration and fixed narrative points of view as providing a false sense of objectivity. They also employ discontinuous narratives and fragmented plot structures.]Modernist works are also often reflexive

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    he walks down the path. Seth leaps from behind the bush and tackles Heath. A severe beating ensues‚ while Heath’s girlfriend screams. INT. MRS. CRAMER’S 7TH GRADE EVILOLOGY CLASS. DAY SETH And this is how I ended up in Necromancy School. The class applauds in a polite fashion. Seth takes a bow and his seat. EXT. UNDER A TREE - AFTERNOON 8 YEARS LATER Seth sleeps under a tree when the peep of a frog wakes him. He flips onto his belly and green smoke emerges from his hands and changes it into a zombie

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