Rule of Thirds: a 18th century invention Presented as the cornerstone of photographic composition and knowledge‚ suggested by many to be a thing from the mysterious past‚ the Rule of Thirds is an invention from 1797. Religiously defended by some‚ the Rule of Thirds is often forgotten by famous photographers‚ from Ansel Adams to Edward Weston‚ or cinematographers as Stanley Kubrick or Wes Anderson. Does the rule really matter? Recently‚ I came across one article “revealing” a photographer had discovered
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Person vs. Third Person What makes an author make choose a particular point of view to tell their story from? Does it really matter? Can the point of view of a story shape the reader’s entire experience? There are three different points of views: first‚ second‚ and third. First person is told from one character’s point of view‚ which limits the facts and gives the reader just the one character’s opinion of the story. Second person treats the reader as the main character in a story. Third person is
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The Last Continent by Jean Lemire “A group of scientists studies the impact of global warming on the uninhabited continent”. A biologist by training‚ Jean Lemire has crisscrossed the world’s ocean for the past several decades. Mr. Jean has been contributing to the raising awareness and supporting the importance of biodiversity and becoming involved in action to preserve life on Earth by taking advantage of his unique background as both biologist and filmmaker. In 1987‚ he started a parallel
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Lost Continent as an Epic What makes a story an epic? In the book‚ The Lost Continent written by Bill Bryson‚ Bill travels across the continent of North America starting in his hometown of Des Moines‚ Iowa. Bill Bryson explores each region of the North American continent from north to south and east to west. While traveling Bill Bryson is in search of a perfect small town. The Lost Continent is a journey traveling across North America with Bill Bryson as the hero and New England as the underworld
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is unique in compare to the third participant. According to the Badiozaman’s modified paraphrasing taxonomy originated from Keck‚ both participants’ paraphrasing outputs are categorized as moderate revision. The only difference is the way of re-delivering the ideas in fourth participant’s paraphrasing in particular to the retained keywords in the paraphrasing attempt. This participant mostly discards unnecessary word in the paraphrasing result. In contrast‚ the third participant retains most of the
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Introduction. Atlantis was a continent of the Atlantic Ocean where‚ according to Plato‚ an advanced civilization developed some 11‚600 years ago. Plato affirms that‚ as the result of a huge volcanic cataclysm of worldwide extent‚ this continent sunk away underseas‚ disappearing forever. Official Science - the one you learn at school - rejects the actual existence of Atlantis‚ as it has so far been unable to find any traces of its reality. But the reason for that is simple to explain. Everybody
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of The Origin of Continents and Oceans‚ a book outlining the Continental Drift theory of Alfred Lothar Wegener‚ a German meteorologist‚ was published; expanded editions were published in 1920‚ 1922‚ and 1929. About 300 million years ago‚ claimed Wegener‚ the continents had formed a single mass‚ called Pangaea (from the Greek for "all the Earth"). Pangaea had split‚ and its pieces had been moving away from each other ever since. Wegener was not the first to suggest that the continents had once been connected
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Trice Riddle Mrs. Jennifer Sikes English 1020 11 February 2009 The Unknown Continent Many people know about it and have seen it on maps before but they still do not pay attention to detail or really care. People still say today that it is a country but it is a continent made up of countries. Many people describe it as the “dark continent” because it has not developed enough to be like an Asia or the Americas. Its hard to really discover what Africa is and how to define it. The land is rich
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her summer doing something interesting‚ has overcome difficulties‚ has an unusual job or hobby‚ goes out of his way to help others‚ won a prestigious award‚ etc.). Write about the person without stating any of your own opinions in the story. Use third person (he said‚ she did)‚ with accurate quotes in the person’s own words. Try to capture a sense of the individual’s personality and mood. Quote at least two other people who know the subject of your story well. Get an action photo of your subject
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Africa Zebbra Hickson MGMT290 American InterContinental University Abstract The late 19th century Africa we will look to see the validation of illiteracy in the African continent and what educational system and religious practices shaped the culture of West Africa. This paper will investigate what was the African Culture prior to the nineteenth century.
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