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    This story is very interesting but a bit rare. The view point of this story is very different from what some may think. While reading this story I noticed three literary devices being used. This story may contain more than three literary terms but the three I noticed being used were an allegory, allusion, and irony. The first literary device I noticed being used was an allegory. An allegory is a story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a…

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    Double sidedness is human nature. Therefore, novels of a variety of genres cover the subject of double sidedness. What is important is that the detective genre also covers this subject. As an example, this essay will analyze two detective series. The first is the well-known Sherlock Holmes and the other is Gojeonbu(A classic club) which centers around a club that studies classics. More precisely, two characters of each series will be analyzed in terms of the double sidedness concept. Detective…

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    The Western Canon is a collection of texts deemed to be the very best of their kind. These classics are benchmarks of literary style – a time period or a genre. They explore universal themes that make them much more poignant than traditional novels, such as providing insight into a particular event or aspect of the human condition. Indeed, classics can even aim to anticipate the future or serve as cautionary tales for future societies. Two such classics are George Orwell’s novel ‘Animal Farm’…

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    branch of literature that deals with human responses to the levels of science, technology, and artificial intelligence is known as Science Fiction. Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut are two well-known authors whose stories commonly revolve around this literary genre. Simply stated, all science fiction stories contain elements that imply a warning or message for its reader. Within all three of the science fiction related texts, “The Pedestrian,” Fahrenheit 451, and “The Big Trip Up Yonder,” the…

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    Primary Genre for the Church Worship Team Introduction Understanding the genre of the worship team email is critical to diagnosing the forms of communication used in the discourse community of the church worship team. Without a firm conceptualization of this intercommunication methodology, it is nearly impossible to see how members converse in this community. Consequently, the understanding of email is crucial to healthy correspondence within church worship teams. Earlier studies in genre…

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    Throughout major films there are numerous different genres that each distinct film can be classified in. Many times films have a cross-genre. Cross-genre films are formed when two genres are mixed together in one film. The possibilities are endless as to what genres can be crossed. The 1982 film Blade Runner is a prime example of a cross-genre film, containing aspects from both the film noir genre to the sub-genre called cyberpunk. Blade Runner takes many of its conventions from film noir, such…

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    How can literature and life be a parallel some may ask, it can be a parallel in ways that people may not think about on a regular basis. Parallels between the genres that we have covered in class and real life are very prominent. The poetry unit in class shows how life is like poetry in the way that everyone sees and feels things in a different manner. Reading A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream, demonstrates how life is like a play,even if it is misled one, also it shows how life is like a triangle of…

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    Four Genres Of Literature

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    1. Compare at least 4 of the following genres: The four genres I chose to compare are: Nonfiction – You can read nonfiction stories in just about anything. This can be reading a magazine, a book, articles in a newspaper, or reading something on the internet. Nonfiction is written about topics that are real and are based on actual facts and information. Biography- A biography is a true and detailed description about someone’s life and is usually written by someone else. It includes an…

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    Dialectical Contradictions

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    Russell, and Arturo Yañez called, “’Big Picture People Rarely Become Historians’: Activity Theory and the Contradictions of General Education.” Their paper is an abstract concerning a linguistics theory known as activity theory (AT), as well as genre theory or genre systems theory. Their piece centers on the contradictions students face regarding their time spent in general education courses. The authors frame their observations of the student’s concerns around these theories. This allows them…

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    Hammurabi Code Analysis

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    1) Culture is a group of community, who shares common belief and experiences which shape the world of their understanding, including political belief, race, religion, national, origin, and gender. Understanding of culture is important, because it can give person to analyze things from different prospective. It also provides opportunity to better understand each other and way of life, which will bring two together. 2) With the invention of writing, there was no need of memory, speech, and rely on…

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