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 Fiction‚ Mystery Stories‚ Myth and
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Fantasy football is a thing that my dad and I do to know eachother better at knowing the players or just the rules in football‚ but my dad wanted to take it to the next level. So we went on a trip to see the Pittsburgh Steelers in real life. My best day ever was when I took a trip to the Hall Of Fame‚ a Pittsburgh game‚ and just spending time with my family. My family and I went on a trip. It was me‚ Danesa is my youngest sister‚ Todd is my dad‚ and Renee is my dad’s girlfriend. First we went to
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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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An Afternoon with Colonialism An Essay on “White Fantasy-Black Fact” ! Europe ’s necessity to expand its reign of influence and create more room for its growing population marks the start of settler colonialism. In Jack Davisʼs “White-Fantasy-Black Fact” we follow an Australian aboriginal family who faces the harsh realities of persecution created by colonialism. From racial discrimination‚ economic discrimination and ethnocide we see the depth of this issue unfold in one afternoon on the highway
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Definition LSD is a drug‚ that when consumed‚ causes people to hallucinate into a fantasy world that doesn’t exist. • Who? - Albert Hofmann synthesized LSD. Mr. Hofmann didn’t realize the hallucinogenic properties of LSD‚ until an experiment he performed in 1943. - Timothy Leary popularized LSD in America‚ he also encourage American students “turn on‚ tune in‚ and drop out.” • What? - LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide)‚ Lysergic acid is a type of Alkaloid metal (ergot fungus)‚ which is
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In 1802‚ French painter Hubert Robert created a work of art that is now known as “Architectural Fantasy.” The work of art was done with oil on canvas and it is nearly 6 feet long by 4 feet wide. It is a very intriguing work of art that is unified and balanced throughout. The main feature of the painting is the large‚ architecturally sound building‚ and that building has an arched bridge that connects it to town over a source of water that appears to be an aqueduct. The painting comes together as
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The reaction to Harry Bailey’s disapproval of pilgrim Chaucer’s ‘romantic’ tale is may be an unconscious desire causing him to have a homoerotic fantasy. Even though Sir Thopas’ gender identity is unclear in the tale‚ it appears as though Harry Bailey is looking for something else‚ possibly more erotic than what pilgrim Chaucer is giving him. For example‚ Harry Bailey was promised a story about romance‚ “For oother tale certes kan I noon‚ / But of a rym I lerned longe agoon” (Chaucer 708-709) yet
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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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Vertigo – Hitchcock Defying Genre “…alternatively‚ a film can revise or reject the conventions associated with its genre” - Bordwell Based on the French novel D’Entre les Morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac‚ Vertigo is arguably one of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpieces and the “strangest‚ yet most hauntingly beautiful film he had ever made” (Adair‚ 2002). At the time‚ its far-fetched plot drew a mixed response from critics – Time magazine called the movie a “Hitchcock and bull story” – but
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I like fantasy football. The Medtronic‚ Inc. - SWOT Analysis company profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. Medtronic‚ Inc. - SWOT Analysis examines the company’s key business structure and operations‚ history and products‚ and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy. Medtronic is a medical technology company engaged in manufacturing a range of medical devices and therapies. The company operates its business through seven segments that
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