LITERARY THEORY Misconceptions about theory: 1. Theory is difficult What is difficult however is the language because most of the theorists are French 2. theory is meaningless‚ pretentious jargon 3. that we are intellectually incapable of coping with it(i.e we are at fault) 4. We take everything as gospel truth; We should question What is literary theory? Theory is a coherent set of conceptual hypothetical and pragmatic principles forming the general frame of reference for a discipline
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Terms & Definitions for Famous Speeches Repetition: Repeating a word or phrase‚ either to draw extra attention or to emphasise the importance of it. Analogy: A comparison of two things‚ based on the similarities between them; in this case‚ telling a story with a similar sort of message in order to make a related point clear. Rhetorical Questioning: Questions that the speaker might ask‚ but which do not actually require an answer. Rhetorical questions are used to make the audience think a little
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Hephaestus‚ the Greek god of fire‚ is most revered for his master craftsmanship. In works of art he is usually depicted as a middle-aged smith working in his forge‚ often making a thunderbolt for Zeus. Born of Hera alone‚ he was cast down as a baby from Olympus by his mother for his defective ugliness and fell for a whole day before he hit the ground. Nine years after he was thrown from the heavens‚ he returned to Olympus and became one of the twelve Olympian Gods. With Zeus’s favor‚ he was able
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Peggy Hettrick‚ I hold ultimate authority. I must responsible for assuring the rights of Tim Masters‚ and the interest of the public. I have to determine rather or not the evidence in the brought against Tim Masters was obtained lawfully and that the prosecution did not violate any of Tim’s rights in the process. It is also my job to determine rather or not the prosecutor has established that Tim masters is guilty under the code of the law. Prosecuting Attorney As the prosecuting attorney‚ or the
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Rhetorical Devices Schemes Term Definition Example Alliteration頭韻 the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August. Anadiplosis反覆法 repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause The crime was common‚ common be the pain. Anaphora首語(句)重複法 regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses We shall fight in the trenches
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Master Production Schedule (MPS) : A Master Production Schedule is a Schedule of the completions of the end items and these completions are very much planned in nature. Master production schedule acts as a very distinct and important linkage between the planning processes. With the help of this schedule‚ one can know the requirements for the individual end items by date and quantity. In companies‚ MPS are generally produced in order to know the number of each product that is to be made over some
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Dramatic Literacy Devices Allegory A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning. Allegory often takes the form of a story in which the characters represent moral qualities. The most famous example in English is John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress‚ in which the name of the central character‚ Pilgrim‚ epitomizes the book’s allegorical nature. Kay Boyle’s story "Astronomer’s Wife" and Christina Rossetti’s poem "Up-Hill" both contain allegorical elements. Catastrophe The
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Master Patient Index i Master Patient Index Master Patient Index 1 Master Patient Index (MPI) and the Primary Key are important parts of a health care organizations database. They help in the retrieval and organization of data in an organizations data base. The Master Patient Index (MPI) is an electronic medical database that holds information on every patient registered at a health care organization (TechTarget‚ 2011). The information that is contained in the patient record is things
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Introduction For this assignment I have chosen to write about Michel Roux Snr and Guillaume Tirel. My reasons for choosing to write about these culinary masters of the past is because while carrying out my research I discovered interesting facts about both chefs which I found enjoyable to read and write about. Michel Roux Snr Michel Roux Snr born 19 April 1941 in Charolles‚ Saône-et-Loire ‚ a French-born chef and restaurateur working in Britain. Following his brother Albert becoming a pastry chef
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Master status is a status which an individual has that profoundly impacts how others label and interact with him or her. These definitions and exchangers are influenced by stereotypes which are us the qualities that are attributed to people of a particular group or social status. These stereotypes teach people how individuals from a specific group are expected to behave. In addition these preconceptions are derived from multiple sources‚ including socialization and the media. A result of the weight
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