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    DECLAMATION PIECE A declamation piece is recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric. A Glass of Cold water By:Venus Balitoby This declamation piece is about a beautiful young girl who was busy preparing herself for a party. When her mother asked for a glass of water‚ she ignored her mother and went to a party. When she went back home‚ she saw her mother lying down the floor‚ dead.  Regret always comes in the end. Everybody

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    MINING FOR MEANING: A STUDY OF MINIMALISM IN AMERICAN LITERATURE by JEREMY ROBERT BAILEY‚ B.A.‚ M.A. A DISSERTATION IN ENGLISH Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Approved Wendell Aycock Chair of the Committee Sara Spurgeon Scott Baugh Ralph Ferguson Dean of the Graduate School December 2010 Copyright 2010 Jeremy Robert Bailey Texas Tech University‚ Jeremy Robert Bailey‚ December 2010

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    “The Rime of Ancient Mariner” was the most powerful romantic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ a leader of the British Romantic movement‚ was born on October 21‚ 1772. He was a most romantic England poet who wrote his poems in romantism period. This essay will discuss the story which Ancient Mariner told the wedding guest and some of the moral implications through the study of “The Rime of Ancient Mariner’’. The story which the Ancient Mariner told the wedding guest was

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    ORAL TRADITION OR SPOKEN WORD The oral tradition constitutes the main element of transmission and coverage of the oral literature and history‚ music and dancing. This tradition begins with the internal context of the group and the communication through interaction which brings fourth a folkloric process. The Afro-Caribbean folklore of the Archipelago is a mixture of the African‚ the British‚ and the Creole aspects distributed through a cultural continuum of variations. The members of the elite develop

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    Native-American Literature‚ c.20‚000B.C.E.-present Characteristics The literature is as diverse as the cultures that created it‚ but there are often common elements such as stories explaining creation or natural forces. Major Writers or Works Oral narratives: Myths; legends; songs; creation stories from groups such as the Zuni‚ Aztec‚ Navajo‚ Lakota‚ Seneca‚ Tlingit‚ Cherokee‚ Blackfoot‚ Cree‚ Inuit‚ and many more. Exploration Period‚ 1492-1607 Characteristics The first European writings

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    The history of Africa and the Mali kingdoms is passed on to us through the oral accounts of the African griots and also through the written history of the Arab historians. Comparing the different approaches and views of the Arab historians to the African traditionalist of Sundiata‚ we see there are many similarities and differences between the two. With respect to the political‚ economic‚ and social aspects of the kingdoms‚ the epic of Sundiata portrays the Mali kingdoms through a story of a rising

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    the Americas Fall 2010 Oral History Essay & Analysis On New York State Nurses’ Association (NYSNA) Professor Nicole Burrows In the late 1800s‚ oral history was the only way to pass stories down in order to preserve cultures and traditions. According to Encarta Word Dictionary‚ oral history is a written work of history based on interviews with or recordings of participants. It is one of the most traditional ways of retelling and learning history. For my oral history project‚ I interviewed

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    Literature Songs Killing An Arab by The Cure History Composer Robert Smith has said that the song "was a short poetic attempt at condensing my impression of the key moments in L’Étranger (The Stranger) by Albert Camus". The lyrics describe a shooting on a beach‚ in which the Arab of the title is killed by the song’s narrator; in Camus’ story the protagonist‚ Meursault‚ shoots an Arab on a beach‚ overwhelmed by his surroundings. Meursault is condemned for his honesty about his feelings. He is

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    The Use of Animal Figures in Oral Narratives Animals can be personified in a way that will convey messages to others through the use of stories or narratives. During one’s childhood‚ parents share stories that include animals to teach us different lessons. The Tortoise and the Hare is a common and popular story that most children often hear. The main plot of the story is centered on a race between the Tortoise and the Hare. Once the race begins‚ the Hare pulls far ahead of the Tortoise. He becomes

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    Testing Oral Proficiency: Difficulties and Methods Introduction: Although testing language has traditionally taken the form of testing knowledge about language‚ the idea of testing communicative competence is becoming recognized as being of great importance in second language learning. In testing communicative competence‚ speaking and listening tasks are commonly used. Those require tasks such as the completion of an information gap and role play (Kitao & Kitao‚ 1996). As language

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