A STUDENT’S GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS Accumulation: The enumeration of words (attributes) having a similar meaning. ”The process is wasteful‚ dangerous‚ messy‚ and sometimes tragic.” Acronym: A single word‚ formed from the initial letters of other words (NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Act: The act is the major division of a drama/play‚ often divided further into scenes. Acting time: The acting time is the time from the beginning to the end of an episode or episodes in a fictional
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Book I Reading Log · The · In Orwell’s novel Ninteen Twenty- four‚ Winston Smith the protagonist who lives in a totalatarian government works as an officer in Victory Mansions in The minis located in Oceanian. In book I of Orwell’s novel the setting of this totalatarian government is characterized as harsh and opressive where the past is constantly being made up and accepted as the truth. The story is told in third person omniscent and begins by telling of the past; one significant event the
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complexity of a character and the effects of setting‚ which is commonly portrayed in Art cinema‚ or focusing on the realistic daily struggles of a person‚ which is commonly portrayed in Neorealist cinema. Rocky I however combines these three traditions in order to make an engaging‚ lifelike film. Rocky I exemplifies an engaging‚ goal oriented character‚ a realistic setting‚ as the entire film is shot on site in the city of Philadelphia‚ and a genuine display of real world hardships. This film uniquely combines
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I want to be a pilot “I want to be a pilot when I grow up… because it’s a fun job and easy to do. That’s why there are so many pilots flying today. Pilots don’t need much school‚ they must learn numbers so they can read instruments. Pilots should be brave so that they won’t be scared if it’s foggy and they can’t see‚ or if a wing or motor falls off they should stay calm so they’ll know what to do. Pilots have to have good eyes to see through clouds and they can’t be afraid of lightning or thunder
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In part 2 of I And Thou‚ Martin Buber examines‚ and begins to criticize‚ society’s debilitating inability to provide purpose and meaning to an individual’s life. According to Buber‚ “It is the obstacle; for the development of the ability to experience and use comes about mostly through the decrease of man’s power to enter into relation…”(Buber 48). In a short translation‚ there is an inverse relationship between the development of society (and scientific progress) and a sense of fellowship and spiritual
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In the play The Crucible there was a character that was afraid to admit they were wrong. In this particular case‚ Governor Danforth was afraid to admit he was wrong when accusing people of witchcraft. In the play‚ Danforth was the judge that determined who was a witch in Salem and who was not. If someone was accused of being a witch and they admitted to it they got to live. However if someone was accused of being a witch and denied it they were hung or killed. In the play‚ Danforth had already made
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i Robot Science fiction has come a very long way in the last few years. With the development of new technology‚ science fiction becomes more and more believable and realistic. Many sci-fi books have been made into movies. This is the case with i Robot which was first a book by Isaac Asimov. This movie is very realistic and answers many “what if” questions. The movie begins giving background information on Del Spooner‚ a detective that is suspicious of the robots that have taken over everyday
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aboard the H.M.S Beagle. In the article‚ Quammen talks about theory and explains what it is. He states that Darwinism was just a theory. In the article he talks about how “45% of responding U.S. adults agreed that God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last ten thousand years” (Quammen‚ 1). Quammen then begins to present the evidence that Darwin was correct in some of his theories but not all of them. He does this by stating what Darwin based most of his beliefs
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9/17/2014 “I‚ Pencil” and “I‚ Lipstick” Part 1: Leonard E. Read’s essay‚ “I‚ Pencil” is a short essay that explains important economic lessons through the point of view of a pencil. This essay teaches two important economic lessons about trade-offs and specialization. These two economic ideas are seen throughout Read’s entire essay. The lesson of trade offs is seen in this quote: “Each of these millions sees that he can thus exchange his tiny know-how for the goods and services he needs or wants. I may
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