Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) is the art of written work. The word literature literally means: "things made from letters". Literature is commonly classified as having two major forms—fiction and non-fiction—and two major techniques—poetry and prose. Literature may consist of texts based on factual information (journalistic or non-fiction)‚ a category that may also include polemical works‚ biographies‚ and reflective essays‚ or it may consist of texts based on imagination (such
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Literature and Time "What lasts is what is written. We look to literature to find the essence of an age" --- Peter Brodie What the quote above is saying is that literature is left within the time that it was written. So when one reads a piece of literature‚ they read about more than just what the author writes. They also may learn what kind of person the author is‚ or when the author lived. Literature gives readers insight as to what life was like around a certain time period. This can be seen
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What is Literature? What is literature? Nowadays‚ literature seems to be slowly depleting. Much of this generation’s youth are what we now call‚ illiterate. The advancements of technologies gradually helped the adolescents to become lazier. For example‚ text messaging. I know text messaging is a fun and easy way to communicate with your friends‚ but the amount of laziness teenagers put into it is completely ridicule. Spelling “u” instead of “you” is one example. Another example--by far is the
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to be the cleanest and fastest elections in the Philippines since the restoration of elite democracy after the dark Martial Law years of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. This is despite the controversies looming on the automated elections‚ the system glitches during the elections‚ the failure of elections in some towns‚ the reported massive vote buying‚ the reported pre-shading of ballots‚ the millions of disenfranchised voters‚ most of them first time voters‚ among others. These irregularities
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Environments play a major role in literature because they give setting and context. The environment or setting gives background in a piece of literature‚ and often certain aspects of the story derive directly from the environment or context. This is true with everything that humans do as well: one thing is a direct result of another‚ and because our environment constantly surrounds us‚ everything we do is a direct reflection of that. Our environment shapes us to the extent that we would be completely
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Leadership Structure for Church Ministry The local church has not exhibited consistent patterns of lay leadership. Most denominations articulate the Reformation principle of a universal priesthood‚ while vacillating with changing times and pressures. At both the local and denominational levels organizations have expanded the role of lay persons which may or may not require them to be educated clergy. Organization structure of the local church whether modern or traditional empowers themselves
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to setup Local Area Connection in Windows 7 As you know Windows 7 is the newer version of windows and contains remarkable effect on every sector of operation. It works very smoothly. Now peoples are converting from Window Xp to Windows 7 or Vista to Windows 7. That’s why they need to setup all the features they used in their older version of operating system. From this features Local Area Connection is one important setup. This article will help you to find how to setup Local Area Connection
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exemplifies the characteristics of a local color writing in several different ways‚ through the use of narration‚ dialect‚ local customs‚ and characters. Mark Twain’s use of several different dialects and local customs really helps the reader gain a just perspective on the people‚ places‚ and events that took place in the story as wells helps demonstrate the characteristics of a local color writing. The use of a narrator in Huckleberry Finn‚ as in most local color writings‚ usually uses an educated
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CLASSIFICATIONs OF LITERATURE I. Divisions of Literature Literature Prose Poetry Fiction Nonfiction Dramatic Narrative Lyric Drama Short Story Novel Tale Fable Myth Legends Folktales Essay Biography Autobiography Diary History Chronicle News Anecdote Tragedy Comedy Opera Operetta Ballad Epic Metrical Tale Metrical Romance Ode Sonnet Song Elegy POINT OF COMPARISON | PROSE | POETRY | Form | Paragraph | Verse | Language | Words and rhythms of ordinary and everyday language | Metrical‚
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INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS 9 ISBN 17-253-3313Sb -2 11 1 111 90000 ol 2 336 69 Chinese Literature‚ Ancient and Classical by Andre Levy translated by William H. Nienhauser‚ Jr. Indiana University Press Bloomington and Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington‚ Indiana 47404-3797 USA www.indiana.edu/–iupress Telephone orders 800 842 6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e mail iuporder@indiana.edu - 2000
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