foregrounding language – lit is a speech act of textual event that elictics certain hinds of attention Functions – mimetic (imitation)‚ aesthetic‚ didactic‚ entertaining‚ social‚ ideological… Genre – refers to 1 of the 3 classical lit. forms of: fiction/prose/prose fiction‚ drama‚ poerty first novel: Crusoe Text type – refers to written document: instruction manual‚ sermons‚ obituaries‚ ad texts‚ catalogues‚ scientific/scholar writing Discourse – learned discussion‚ spoken or written‚ on a philosophical
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modern age. Like fiction‚ it may not have plots‚ setting‚ etc‚ yet it has a structured method of writing. Prose writing can of course take beautiful form; but less by virtue of the formal features of words (rhymes‚ alliteration‚ metre) but rather by style‚ placement‚ or inclusion of graphics. Poetry expresses a strong emotion or a lofty thought in a compressed and intense utterance. Prose is generally concerned with the presentation of an idea‚ concept or point of view in a more ordinary and leisurely
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this is achieved in your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing. The prescribed texts are listed on the next page. Question 1 continues on page 3 STD –2– Question 1 (continued) The prescribed texts are: • Prose Fiction – Marele Day‚ The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender • Drama – George Bernard Shaw‚ Pygmalion • Poetry – Joanne Burns‚ on a clear day The prescribed poems are: * * * * * on a clear day public places echo australia
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Anglo-Saxon Essay The Anglo-Saxon period began in 449 and lasted for over 600 years. Born of warfare‚ Anglo-Saxon England remained forever a military society. Though like most great societies it met its end in battle. However the Anglo-Saxons help to lay a great foundation for English history. In order for a society to exist and prosper‚ there must be those that create it‚ which include the Celts and the Romans‚ the early settlers of the Britain. Britain was inhabited by many Celtic tribes that
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Voluntary Vaccination Program Is Everyone’s Protection Sung Eun (Grace) Grande Prairie Regional College PO 1030 June-011-12 Should vaccination programs be mandatory? Immunization or vaccination is “an essential component of disease prevention” (Potter & Perry‚ 2010‚ p. 649). However‚ there are many argumentative voices on whether vaccine program should be mandatory. It is true that in democratic countries‚ individuals have the rights to refuse and the freedom of choice to acquire vaccination
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Mary Shelley and Samuel Taylor Coleridge are two established writers of the Romantic era. Works by both writers are unique in many ways. The profound influence of Coleridge’s " The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere" is reflected in Shelly’s "Frankenstein" in terms of narrative structure‚ themes and literary techniques. This essay will compare and contrast the "Frankenstein" extract and the poem‚ "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere" in three aspects‚ namely the narrating voice‚ the themes and the literary
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reminder that “the novel‚ oh dear yes‚ the novel tells a story”‚ and perhaps this had something to do with the decline in her popularity. Am I alone in finding her unnecessarily “difficult” to read? Aldington tells his story in direct‚ straightforward prose‚ and I use the word “story” deliberately since there is that unfashionable combination of elements: a beginning‚ a middle and an end (almost literally since the book is divided into three sequential sections). Lawrence was concerned‚ at least partly
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characters Berry and Justine’s admirer are categorized as somewhat ‘good- for nothing’ because they are black. In “Berry”‚ readers see that Berry is given less pay than the white person who previously held his position as seen on page 161 in A World of Prose “well pay the darkie eight”. Like in “Shabine”‚ Justine’s mother does not want her to talk to the admirer (who is black). Justine’s mother believes that white man are better than black‚ even though she herself is black. Evidence of this is seen
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The Prophet Summary The Prophet‚ Gibran’s most famous work‚ has sold more copies and been translated into more languages than any of his other writings. Its popularity has been attributed to its simple style‚ metrical beauty‚ and words of wisdom. It focuses on human relationships—with others‚ with nature‚ and with God. Almustafa‚ a young prophet‚ has lived in Orphalese for twelve years and is waiting for the ship that will take him home. The townspeople beg him to stay‚ but Almustafa remains firm
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propose a computational algorithm that converts prose given as E-text into poetry in accordance with the metrical rules of Sanskrit prosody‚ simultaneously taking care to ensure that sandhi or euphonic conjunction‚ which is compulsory in verse‚ is handled. The algorithm is considerably speeded up by a novel method of reducing the target search database. The algorithm further gives suggestions to the poet in case what he/she has given as the input prose is impossible to fit into any allowed metrical
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