STUDY GUIDE FOR 3Sc & 3-B ENGLISH SEMESTER I+ 1. Review Test I for questions on Genres of Writing. Be prepared to answer questions by giving examples. Genres are types of writing. Each genre has a specific purpose. Forms are subcategories of genres. Nonfiction Narratives: Diaries and journal entries‚ blogs‚ biography‚ personal narratives and eyewitness accounts‚ Memoirs‚ Reflective Essays E.g. Sandra Cisneros’ Straw into Gold Fiction Narratives: Realistic Fiction‚ Fantasy Story‚ Historical
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GOTHIC LITERATURE The gothic novel was invented almost single-handedly by Horace Walpole‚ whose The Castle of Otranto (1764) contains essentially all the elements that constitute the genre. Walpole’s novel was imitated not only in the eighteenth century and not only in the novel form‚ but it has influenced writing‚ poetry‚ and even film making up to the present day. It introduced the term "gothic romance" to the literary world. Due to its inherently supernatural‚ surreal and sublime elements
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When I was younger listening to music always made me feel weird. It was just something about it that made me feel uneasy. As I got older I started to understand that music was suppose to make me feel that way. I can say that music has played many different roles in my life. The three major roles that music have played in my life are focus‚ motivation‚ and understanding. I found music to be a good tool to help me focus. Cool jazz is a type of music that I listen to that clears
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This thing whether we realize it or not does help shape how we grow and who we end up being‚ or at the very least‚ it did in my case. This is the story of the event that started my life in music and how music made me who I am today. In November of 2009 I had just had my very first recital in The Music School of Ryan Cayabyab. It was a recital for instrumentalists‚ in my case it was the guitar. Typically students would just play their instrument‚ whereas my teacher requested that I sing while
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Pop Music 73% of teens in America listen to popular music‚ which is also known as ‘pop’ music (Murray). There are so many different music genres in the world and it’s amazing how pop music can capture 73 percent of the teen’s attention. Pop music offers an endless variety of styles and meanings to the listening audience. Although I listen to many other music genres‚ I listen to pop music a lot more often. And there are reasons why 73 percent of other teens do too. Pop music is such a diverse genre
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In The essay‚ "Social Implications in the Hollywood Genres"‚ Jean-Loup Bourget discusses what is implied about social groups in movies. In the last paragraph of the essay‚ Bourget asks "Must American society be like this? Must the Hollywood system function like this?" (57). Bourget actually answers these questions within his essay and I agree with his interpretation of the complexity of films‚ especially in regards to context meaning and the meanings implied by techniques. Bourget describes several
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Quadasia West-Lee English 132 Prof C Johnson Argumentative Essay Healing Power of Music Music Therapy is an established health care profession which uses evidence based music interventions for physical‚ emotional‚ cognitive‚ social‚ and spiritual rehabilitation. Several unique approaches are used to reach individually set goals of many different types of patients as well as healthy individuals. Music Therapy can be helpful in many situations including alleviating pain‚ counteracting depression
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Artist Management Sometimes thought of as the single most important person in career of artiste. A good manager can expand an artiste’s career to its maximum potential - a bad one can rocket an artist to oblivion. What they generally do is most of the things the artist either can’t be bothered to do or doesn’t know how to do - they do these things usually in exchange for a percentage of the artist’s earnings‚ this is called commission. A few of the roles of the typical manager include...Helping
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Music in my Life While walking today as I normally do‚ I turned around and your face came into my view. I could only imagine what was wrong with her. But at the end I understood what was wrong with her‚ it was music. This is what music does to people and I love it for that. Music makes people feel good inside so much that it might even hurt. Throughout my life‚ music has always been a major influence. It has the power to change my mood when I ’m feeling down. Music is a cure for when I’m down and
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Cited: Dick‚ Bernard F. The Star Spangled Screen: The American World War II Film. Lexington: Kentucky ‚ 1985. Hantke‚ Steffen. “The Military Horror film: Speculations on a Hybrid Genre”. The Jounal of Popular Culture 4 Nov. 2010: 701-719. Kaes‚ Anton. Shell Shock Cinema: Weimar Culture and the Wounds of War. Princeton: New Jersey‚ 2009. Whillock‚ David E. “Defining the Fictive American Vietnam War Film.” American Film Journal 18
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