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    English 102 Class Reflection

    an argumentative essay. Argumentative essays should not only include a position on the topic, but it should also use emotional and logical appeals directed toward countering the opposing argument. Since originally submitting the paper I’ve made stylistic revisions including, not posing rhetorical questions that I leave unanswered which suggest a different style of writing such as a magazine or something less formal than an academic

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    Cinematic Techniques in Citizen Kane

    distinctive stylistic counterpoint. It is against the counterpoint that the themes unfold within the structure of a mystery story. Its theme is told from several perspectives by several different characters and is thought provoking. Techniques such as single source lighting, creative use of shadows, montage, obscure camera angles, and deep focus photography make the film more enthralling visually, but also contributed to the narrative and many of the themes. The most defining stylistic element of

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    Dangerous Corner Analysis

    Aysen Alekseev, 511 Analysis of ''The Dangerous Corner'' Analysis of the fragments of the play “Dangerous corner” by John Boynton Pristley. John Boynton Priestley (1894 - 1984) is one of the outstanding English authors of today. His early books (1922-26) were of a critical nature. It was the success of his novel "The Good Companions" (1929) which brought him world fame. In early thirties Priestley began his work as a dramatist. "Dangerous Corner" (1932) — one of the series of Seven Time Plays

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    Labyrinth

    In The Garden of Forking Paths, Jorge Luis Borges introduces the motif of a physical labyrinth while simultaneously constructing a story plot within a labyrinthine text. Protagonists Dr. Yu Tsun and Dr. Stephen Albert describe Ts'ui Pện’s labyrinth – which is not only a tangible labyrinth but also a book – as “a labyrinth of symbols” and “an invisible labyrinth of time” (Borges 493). Borges turns the characteristically abstract concept of time into a concrete idea, as actions and reactions bounce

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    Irony

    general meaning * mockery as the major goal of irony Irony is… * (from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (eirōneía) meaning “dissimulation, feigned ignorance”) a trope based on direct opposition of the meaning to the sense. (J.M. Skrebnev) * a stylistic device in which the contextual evaluative meaning of a word is directly opposite to its dictionary meaning. (V.A. Kuharenko) * a way to express mockery by means of using the word in the meaning that is directly opposite to its principal meaning

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    Analysis.to Kill a Mockingbird.

    I’d like to analyze the extract from a book which is entitled “To kill a mockingbird”. The author is Harper Lee, an American author known for her 1960-Pulitzer-Prize-winning and who is considered now by many to be a literary icon. Harper Lee was born in 1926 in the state of Alabama. In 1945-1949 she studied law at the University of Alabama. Her novel ‘To kill a mockingbird’ which deals with the issues of racism that were observed by the author as a child in her hometown was awarded the Pulitzer Prize

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    Baroque Art

    be found in bis-roca.[7] In informal usage, the word baroque can simply mean that something is "elaborate", with many details, without reference to the Baroque styles of the 17th and 18th centuries. The word "Baroque", like most periodic or stylistic

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    William Faulkner Research Paper

    be. Often Faulkner's description of an object will be followed by a description of character, where all this follows his sentence structure. William Faulkner’s writing element is stylistic technique, which is the use of any variety or any auxiliary meaning or idea of feeling. Faulkner always has a purpose at which stylistic technique he is going to use at any point in his novels. I would definitely agree with padgett. Most of Faulkner's greatness comes from his style and the way he adjusts his writing

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    Hal Hartley Biography

    This form of self-authoring style of filmmaking that crosses many differing genres. Hartley’s films tend to include the crime genre, thriller/suspense genre, comedy, and other important aspects of filmmaking that are not confined to any specific stylistic. In this independent type of filmmaking, Hartley is also known to writing scripts, directing, and scoring the music. This dynamic multi-genre

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    Comparison and Contrast of Two Gothic Cathedrals

    This paper is going to comparing and contrasting the two Gothic Cathedrals Art Works from different times so as to lay out the key differences in their styles, time, societies and characteristics. Difference and similarities of the two artists’ stylistic will also be highlighting with their ideas, thought patterns and relativity according to the society which they belong. Thesis Statement This paper aims to explain various differences between the three designers and the painters the two Gothic

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