Assignment: Analyzing Seminal Texts Prewrite (25 points) Instructions: Use this organizer to plan an essay comparing Abraham Lincoln’s "Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg" to "Pericles’s Funeral Oration" by Thucydides. Purpose (Why are you writing the essay?) I am writing this essay to point out/ discover the differences and similarities of Lincolns Gettysburg Address and Pericles Funeral Oration. Audience (Who will read it and from whose point of view?) The audience
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Madelyn Martinez English Comp II 1302-1005 February 28‚ 2013 “The Story of an Hour” as a Feminist Text The narrator introduces Louise Mallard as a wife with some type of heart problem. Her sister Josephine and Richards take great care when telling her that her husband has died in a train accident. Despite the sad news she receives‚ she is unable to contain her feelings of liberation and is elated with thoughts of a long life free of her spouse. Unfortunately for Mrs. Mallard‚ her husband soon
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importance of point of view in literature and‚ more specifically‚ in the short story. Choose one short story from the course text about which you have not yet written‚ and analyze it in terms of point of view. When writing your post‚ consider the following questions * How would you categorize the point of view [e.g.‚ first-person‚ second-person (i.e.‚ “you”)‚ third-person limited‚ third-person omniscient]? Choice the short story called “ the necklace” by Guy de Maupassant (1884). The story
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A short story concentrates on creating a single dynamic effect and is limited in character and situation. It is a language of maximum yet economical effect. Every word must do a job‚ sometimes several jobs. Short stories are filled with numerous language and sound devices. These language and sound devices create a stronger image of the scenario or the characters within the text‚ which contribute to the overall pre-designed effect.As it is shown in the metaphor ’lipstick bleeding gently’ in Cinnamon
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Patience Jones November 12‚ 2012 Short Story Corrections Everything Matters Everything Matters “Shay! How are you?” asked Leah. Leah and Shay were cousins‚ but they acted like sisters. Shay and Leah lived together and were both in college. Shay had just gotten back from a vacation in Cuba. Shay hugged Leah and said‚ “I’m doing okay. I feel a little down lately.” Shay frowned. “Well‚ how was your trip?” asked Leah. Shay just shrugged and waved her off then went into the house. Later
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the different text types? There are four kinds of text types: Descriptive‚ Informative‚ Instructive‚ and Persuasive texts. Descriptive Text * A descriptive text is a text that wants you to picture what is being described. * Descriptive texts usually make use of adjectives and adverbs; use comparisons to help picture the scene (something is "like" something else); employ the reader’s five senses (how something feels‚ looks‚ smells‚ sounds‚ and tastes). Informative texts * An informative
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Texts are written in a way for it to appeal to the responders. The Author uses many different techniques‚ themes and chooses a writing style so that it can appeal to the audience. This is evident in the novel ‘We All Fall Down’ in which the author‚ Robert Cormier‚ tries to appeal to the audience. This can be achieved also by making the text relatable for responders and certain concepts within the book. Cormier’s use of themes in the book is one of the things which appeals to readers. He focuses
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Part 2: Commentary Text. Commentary text should be selectable using different means. The most obvious means of selection is by the use of a designated help button. When touched this will display a help screen to provide a means for the customer to seek assistance. Additionally‚ this should also be accomplished by clicking the mouse curser on an item or text that information is desired on. All of these means should result in the same basic effect. The commentary text used in the presenting
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I wanted to let you know to never text and drive. I still want to be there for you in the car‚ and telling you not to text and drive is the best thing I can do. Hundreds to thousands of teenagers die from texting and driving yearly‚ and I would not want you to be one of the thousand teenagers. Even though it might seem silly‚ but it’s serious that teens shouldn’t text and drive because it’s dangerous‚ costly‚ and has affect on others. Teens should not text and drive. First of all‚ texting and
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1. (Extract Text from Image) Available Options There is great demand for extracting text from image files‚ and various procedures exist for such extraction. Apart from commonly available OCR software‚ there are several open source options available‚ and even free online websites. You can upload your image file to these sites‚ they extract the text and send the file back to you in your chosen format. Of course‚ you can also write your own customized OCR in programming languages such as C or Perl.
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