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    Definition of Literature

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    Literature is an outlet of escape from reality. At the end of the day‚ I open a book and allow the story to take me to a world where my own fades into a distant memory. With every turn of a page‚ my imagination is free to reinvent a narrative that is better than the reality I live. Literature can be non-fiction and based on facts surrounding real events‚ people‚ and places. Examples include history books‚ memoirs‚ biographies‚ newspapers‚ self-help‚ devotionals‚ and textbooks. Literature can

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    Philippine Literature

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    x1.)October 2009 Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Beach in Cebu Province‚ Philippines‚ April 23‚ 2006. [© AP Images] PROFILE OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of the Philippines Geography Area: 300‚000 sq. km. (117‚187 sq. mi.). Major cities (2007 estimate): Capital--Manila (pop. 11.55 million in metropolitan area); other cities--Davao City (1.36 million); Cebu City (0.80 million). Terrain: Islands‚ 65% mountainous‚ with narrow coastal lowlands. Climate: Tropical‚ astride typhoon belt

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    circle‚ hoping they land on a certain number that will be drawn so they can take home the prized dessert. Who knew this pleasing game had such a murky and complicated past that demonstrated how African Americans opposed their oppressors? Although the exact year and origin is still undetermined‚ ex-slave oral histories assert that the cakewalk began in slave quarters of Southern plantations. The cakewalk was a grand-promenade type of dance‚ where couples would take turns performing. The couple with

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    African Savanna

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    The African Savanna is a tropical grassland. African Savannas get lots of rainfall. In the beginning of May is when the rainy seasons start. It ends in November‚ and they usually get about fifteen to twentyfive feet of rain a month. In the dry season they only get about four inches of rain. In the Northern hemisphere the dry season is from April to September. But in the the Southern hemisphere its from October to March. The African savanna comes in a wet-dry tropical climate. One way

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    African American

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    Chapter 4 Rising Expectations: African Americans and the Struggle For Independence‚ 1763- 1783 The Rising Expectation of the African Americans and the struggle for Independence was a great thing for blacks they started rise up over slavery‚ they made a big impact in the wars‚ and they got the Declaration of Independence from Thomas Jefferson. I. The Crisis of the British Empire 1) The Great struggle. 2) The two empires Great Britain and France. 3) The independence movement and the

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    Literature Review

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     Academic Search Premier. Web. 29 Oct. 2012. * Richter‚ Duncan. Why be good? Oxford‚ New York: Oxford University Press‚ 2008 * Comment‚ Kristin M. "Charles Brockden Brown’s "Ormond" And Lesbian Possibility In The Early Republic." Early American Literature 40.1 (2005): 57-78. Academic Search Premier. Web. 29 Oct. 2012. * Hewitt‚ Jay‚ and Mushubab A. Alqahtani. "Differences Between Saudi And U.S. Students In Reaction To Same- And Mixed-Sex Intimacy Shown By Others." Journal Of Social Psychology 143

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    ORAL PRESENTATION 1) INTRO -age(Tweens =Preadolescence‚ the stage between middle childhood and adolescence) ++ explain what we will see next. Kids represent an important demographic to marketers because they have their own purchasing power‚ they influence their parents ’ buying decisions and they ’re the adult consumers of the future. Television still the focus of attention: most exposed! 2) HOW ADVERTISERS ARE TARGETTING KIDS ( techniques) -psychology and kidsmarketing To

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    Literature Analysis

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    Power‚ self‚ and other: the absurd in ’Boesman and Lena.’ Athol Fugard Issue Twentieth Century Literature‚ Winter 1993‚ by Craig W. McLuckie. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0403/is_n4_v39/ai_16087648/pg_5/?tag=content;col1 [Accessed: 2011/02/21. As the substantive body of criticism about Samuel Beckett’s theatre attests‚ it is difficult not to impose a variety of contexts onto his work.(1) Athol Fugard’s theatre‚ alternatively‚ restricts and focuses one’s perceptions so that it is difficult

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    NT2799 NSA Capstone Project Dr. Gordon Plorin‚ PMP ITT Technical Institute Unit 06: Oral Assessment Review 1 2 NT2799 NSA Capstone Project Dr. Gordon Plorin‚ PMP ITT Technical Institute Unit 06: Oral Assessment Review 3 Oral Assessments Skills Assessment Interview • 15% of the course total The questionnaire consists of • 15 sets of questions • 3 questions in each set Most Challenging questions = 10 points each. Medium Challenging questions= 8 points each. Least Challenging questions =

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    Literature Timeline

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    LITERATURE TIMELINE Date | Literary Period | Authors/Works | 800-400 BC | This period was dominated by Homer and other Greek tragedians | The Iliad and The Odyssey by HomerOedipus the King by SophoclesMedea by Euripedes  | 250 BC - AD 150 | Writers of the Roman Empire are most noted in this time period |  Famous authors from this period: Virgil‚ Horace‚ and Ovid  | 450-1066  | Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Period |  Beowulf   The rise of haiku poetry       Tale of Genji by Japanese writer Murasaki

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