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    Fictional writing is any type of writing that is not factual. Fictional writing most often takes the form of a story meant to convey an authors point in view or simply to entertain. The outcome of this may be a short story‚ novel‚ or drama. Fiction has different types of characteristics that make up the fictional writing‚ like character‚ plot‚ and setting. These characteristics are what make the imagery of fictional writing so astonishing and magical. Character is a figure in the story that can

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    Pulp Fiction

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    Pulp Fiction is like boot camp for the Marines. You come into it from your civilized life‚ they subject you to violent language until you’re numb‚ they abuse you verbally and physically until all of your normal feelings and values are reduced to dust. Leaving you aware that you have changed‚ and able to describe the change‚ you find yourself questioning the person you were previously. First thing you know you’re saluting. This story is a cleverly disorienting journey through a landscape of danger

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     that readers approach the work in ways that can be viewed as aesthetic or efferent. The question is why the reader is reading and what the reader aims to get out of the reading. Is the site established primarily to help readers gain information with as little reading possible‚ or is the site established in order to create an aesthetic experience?  * Efferent readingreading to "take away" particular bits of information.  Here‚ the reader is not interested in the rhythms of the language or the

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    Notes for reading : Deface your books. Have fun writing in them. Indulge yourself as you never could with your grade school books. The purpose of making marks in a text is to call out important concepts or information that you will need to review later. Be aware‚ though‚ that underlining a text with a pen can make underlined sections—the important parts—harder to read. As an alternative‚ many students underline in pencil or use colored highlighters to flag key words and sentences. Using a highlighter

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    Accounting 381 Reading Assignment 1: Accounting and Professionalism Due: Tuesday‚ January 12‚ 2010 (at beginning of class). Please be prepared to discuss the questions and your responses in class on this date. Required: Answer the following questions based on your examination of the readings listed below. This should be completed on an individual basis. Your discussion should be no more than 2 pages in length‚ single-spaced. You do not need to use a particular format to prepare your

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    Fiction Analysis

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    Fiction Analysis There are many ways to supplement a story in order to add lucidity. It is done through literary devices and Tim O’Brien’s "The Things They Carried" is no different. "The Things They Carried" is a narrative about a soldier at war in Vietnam. However‚ this story provides multiple layers of meaning through O’Brien’s tone and style that help the reader further understand it. Both of these literary devices are embedded in the story and gradually help define it. To begin with‚ O’Brien

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    Government Wastes

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    Government Waste References Linda M. Smith Oklahoma Wesleyan University May 3‚ 2010 References Barro‚ R. (2009‚ January 22). Government spending is no free lunch. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com Conway‚ K. (1997). Labor supply‚ taxes‚ and government spending: A microeconometric analysis. Review of Economics and Statistics‚ 79(1)‚ 50-67. Retrieved from http://www.icpsr.umich

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    Fiction and Work

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    1970. Choose a character from a novel or play of recognized literary merit and write an essay in which you (a) briefly describe the standards of the fictional society in which the character exists and (b) show how the character is affected by and responds to those standards. In your essay do not merely summarize the plot. 1970 Also. Choose a work of recognized literary merit in which a specific inanimate object (e.g.‚ a seashell‚ a handkerchief‚ a painting) is important‚ and write an essay in which

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    Rhetoric of Fiction

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    The Rhetoric of Fiction Outline I. The author begins by pointing out that one of the obvious artificial devices has a method of going to the action and figure out what the writer meant. A. Throughout life‚ humans do not know the other person without reliable internal signs from a point of view. B. Points of view are always in books such as the Bible‚ using the word “he”. C. The next minor point below the major point II. The author insists that attitudes can change the voice of the reader

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    Fiction Story

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    I awoke in a dark‚ stale room. The only light was coming from where a strip of cardboard had been torn from the board that covered the window. I saw trees outside‚ so I guessed that I probably wasn’t in my little desert hometown. The next thing I noticed was the fact that one of my hands was chained to a horrible excuse for a bed‚ but I guess that could have been expected‚ considering the circumstances. I exhaled sharply and closed my eyes; the sparse sunlight suddenly felt too bright to my already

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