University of Phoenix Material Media Convergence Worksheet Write brief 250- to 300-word answers to each of the following: Questions | Answers | What is meant by the term media convergence with regard to technology‚ and how has it affected everyday life? | The term media convergence with regards to technology means the merging of different content in different media channels. An example of that would be books‚ newspapers‚ and magazines can now be found on the Internet using any laptop‚
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Zitlaly Hernandez Honors English 4 Ms. Howe Period 1 27 February 2013 Rhetorical Devices Seven score and ten years ago‚ Abraham Lincoln used his powerful words to persuade his audience to take the first step in their obligation of taking action. Uniting the people is the only way to start uniting the country for the people during the hard times of the Civil War. In Abraham Lincoln’s “The Gettysburg Address”‚ Lincoln uses rhetoric to convince his audience to come together. To effectively
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Literary Masterpieces Adrienne Johnson University of Phoenix December 09‚ 2013 A literary masterpiece is a piece of work that can withstand the test of time. What this means is that a particular piece of literary work can still be able to provoke a person’s thoughts and capture the interest of the readers all throughout the years that have passed‚ despite everything that goes on in the world around us and all of the current events that have and will take place
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Poetic Devices and Forms Line - equates a spatial measure or words or sounds‚ a fundamental conceptual unit. Stanza - a grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length‚ metrical form‚ or rhyme scheme. Figurative language - Expressions or statements that are intentionally not literally true. Metaphor - A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving deeper meaning to the second. Forms of the "to be" verb are often used; "is" or "was". All the world’s a stage And men
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English Raymond Hickey Essen University 1 Introduction For several centuries English has been well known for its many cases of conversion‚ for instance it is used very frequently by Shakespeare‚ almost as a stylistic device of his. And to this day it has remained a prominent feature of the language. The standard definition of conversion (Bauer 1988: 90-2; Spencer 1991: 20) is a change in word-class without any alteration in form‚ i.e. zero-derivation (Cruse 1986:
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In each novel there are characters that have to accomplish quests in order to reach self realization and to show the development of this particular character. In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ Zora Neale Hurston makes good uses of literary devices like personification‚ figurative language‚ and tone to help enhance the development of Janie’s character to reach self realization. In Their Eyes Were Watching God it took a while for Janie get close to self realization and she learned it after
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Poetry No terms ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 23: Word Choice‚ Word Order‚ and Tone * Formal diction—consists of a dignified‚ impersonal‚ and elevated use of language Ex: From The Convergence of the Twain by Thomas Hardy “In a solitude of the sea Deep from human vanity‚ And the Pride of Life that planned her‚ stilly couches she.” * Colloquially—a conversational manner that in this instance includes slang expressions not used by
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I have never seen The Matrix. It never really appealed to me. I’ve heard about it‚ but when my friends tried to explain the movie to me‚ I became really confused. In chapter three of Henry Jenkins’s book‚ Convergence Culture‚ Jenkins uses The Matrix movie to define transmedia storytelling and calculate its rise in America media culture. Immediately Jenkins classifies The Matrix as a cult file‚ which plays an important role in making The Matrix a transmedia film. Jenkins cites the two important characteristics
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Mark Twain was the author of many famous novels and short stories such as "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn‚" "The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer‚" "The Notorious Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County‚" and "Pudd ’nhead Wilson." Born Samuel L. Clemens‚ he was raised in a small village in Missouri. When he was twelve years old his father died‚ leaving him to take care of his family. He became an apprentice to a printer and later went to work for his brother who was a publisher. In 1861 he began to write his
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and opposites are always two sides of one specific aspect (i.e. black and white are both colors). On the other hand‚ there are sides that are not completely adverse‚ like the two ideas in Mark Twain’s "Two Views of the Mississippi". In this piece‚ Twain states two colorful views depicting the thoughts that arose before he became a crew worker on a steamboat and afterward. It is clear‚ shown by the grace of the first part of the text‚ that his view of the water before he began working is more pleasant
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