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    Simpsons

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    Level 1 Maths Skills Unit 310 Number: Positive and Negative numbers Name: Simon Ashley The contents of this worksheet‚ when correctly completed cover all criteria attached to unit 310. Date of completion: (dd/mm/yyyy format) 21/09/2012 This worksheet has been compiled using resources provided by learndirect‚ City and Guilds‚ Pearson PLC. 17 September 2012 v1.1 Maths Skills Unit 310: Positive and Negative numbers Task 1 1. Rearrange these numbers in order of size‚ starting

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    Verbal Humour

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    behavior. Verbal humor often requires the use of thinking. When a character says something‚ or even a comedian‚ the audience has to make sense of what is said. This differs largely from visual humor‚ where an audience really isn’t required to think about what they are seeing. It happens right before their eyes‚ there is nothing to question‚ although‚ there can be scenes where visual humor is drawn out‚ but there is always an aha moment. In categorizing humor‚ we separate visual and verbal humor‚ though

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    Hugvísindadeild Postmodernism and The Simpsons Intertextuality‚ Hyperreality and Critique of Metanarratives Ritgerð til B.A.-prófs Björn Erlingur Flóki Björnsson bjornfloki@gmail.com Kt. 110982-5779 Maí 2006 Abstract This essay offers a postmodernist reading of the popular television program The Simpsons‚ with special regard to the postmodern theories of intertexuality‚ hyperreality‚ and metanarratives. Before delving into The Simpsons‚ some major theoretical aspects of postmodernism in aesthetic

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    Irony

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    Irony moving the story forward To keep a reader intrigued and interested in what you are writing is a secret. That secret to success is not much of a secret at all‚ its all about keeping the story consistent and flowing naturally with transitions. You don’t want a long boring ol story making your audience sleep‚ a humours‚ suspenseful‚ full of ironic scenes would be sure to keep a reader on there feet wanting to see what will happen next. Authors use a box full of tools which contain literally

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    Lorna Simpson

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    EGITIMATE SOURCES.      1. NAME OF PHOTOGRAPHER:  Lorna Simpson     ​ "Biography ­ Lorna Simpson Studio." 2008. 21 Mar. 2014 ​ <​ http://lsimpsonstudio.com/biography.html​ >    2. DATE OF BIRTH:August 13‚ 1960 DATE OF DEATH: ­     ​ "Biography ­ Lorna Simpson Studio." 2008. 21 Mar. 2014 ​ <​ http://lsimpsonstudio.com/biography.html​ >    3. COUNTRY OF BIRTH: Brooklyn‚ New York‚ USA.  COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE: US     "Biography ­ Lorna Simpson Studio." 2008. 21 Mar. 2014 ​ <​ http://lsimpsonstudio.com/biography

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    where he became one of six vice presidents‚ and was one of three possible people to take the President’s chair. Within the essay “The Company Man” written by Goodman‚ demonstrates a critically detached attitude towards Phil using repetition‚ and situational irony. While the story progresses the author makes it very clear that the protagonist had a choice through the repetitive use of certain phrases explaining the narrator’s attitude. The beginning started with the phrase‚

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    actions were not god like. She is using the chance to reveal the true nature of the gods‚ because if have spoken illy of the gods she would have faced severe punishment. In the Penelopiad‚ Atwood uses judgemental diction to create a sense of situational irony. In a small section of the novella‚ Penelope criticises the

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    Simpsons and Philosophy

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    On Nietzsche and the Virtues of Being Bad‚ Mark T. Conard shows us why people believe Bart Simpson is similar to a philosophical theorist named Friedrich Nietzsche. Bart being the bad boy of the Simpson’s and Nietzsche being the bad boy of Philosophy. Conard says that Bart does not take on the chaos like Nietzsche says but he is just an empty being of bad actions. This argument is ridiculous; Bart Simpson is as creative as creative gets. In this chapter‚ Conard is first shows us how people consider

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    The Simpsons Satire

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    The Simpsons are one of the longest running and most popular television shows. This popularity exists because "the Simpsons [have] always operated on two levels. On one level appealing to children as a fast paced cartoon and then for the older audiences for its wit and [satire]" (Batscha). Satire is the common thread with binds all of The Simpsons episodes. The writers show the absurdity in ordinary everyday situations including religion‚ politics and other social issues. This has been the leading

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    Jorge Pasada Desiree’s Baby In Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin the author uses situational irony to convey the deformed consciences of the time period. In the story the reader believes Desiree leaves L’Abri plantation because she is part African American and therefore cannot be married to Armand. Even though Armand dearly loves Desiree‚ “The passion that awoke in him that day…swept…like anything that drives headlong over all obstacles” he forces her to leave anyway. This action shows the strength

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