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- 1141: How To Write An Essay
- Writing an essay may seem like a huge obstacle to overcome, but with a plan of attack and a little organization, it can be easily completed. All it takes is seven easy steps. The first step in your writing process is to just sit and think. If your essay is on an assigned topic, sit and think about what approach you will have to the subject, if it’s possible to take a position ... ideas better, paying attention to any grammatical kind of errors is not a very big deal, as you will pick these up later after revising. You will want to follow some form of basic structure writing each of your paragraphs, which will make it much easier and clearer for the reader to understand. To start each paragraph, it is best to write the main idea of the paragraph, and then ...
- 1142: Canterbury Tales: Who is the Narrator?
- ... word transcript of the pilgrimage, to "reherce as ny as evere he kan Everich a word" (1), would be a difficult promise to keep if he hadn't been taking notes the whole journey and writing up the stories to be read later. Perhaps the promise to produce a perfect copy is just hyperbole. What isn't hyperbole, however, is his caution before the Miller's Tale. He acknowledges that his ... do as a writer is to read out loud. Medieval writers were not only just writers ,but also performance artists. Modern authors are rarely adept at communicating their works vocally, but to the Medieval author, writing a manuscript was only half the job; the other half was reciting it(3). The narrator is like Chaucer in that Chaucer may have introduced The Canterbury Tales to the world by reading them out ... the entertainers made their livings off that fact(3). A significant difference between modern writers and Medieval ones is that Medieval authors made no money with their pens(3). Only scriveners (copyists) made money from writing. For authors, there was no market and no reading public, because the number of people able to read was relatively small. And even if a writer could have captured the imagination of every reader ...
- 1143: Leadership The Human Vessel To
- ... to stand for something and to have the courage of their beliefs. It is also equally as important for the leader to know that his or her credibility is not being challenged. Leaders believe their personal credibility is more important than their formal position of power. Credibility is what they think enables them to inspire confidence among the people they must influence to take initiative and personal risk. The best leaders show their personal credibility both in what they have accomplished and in what they know about the change task at hand. Courage is another primary attribute of a successful leader. One of the greatest challenges for leaders ...
- 1144: Ethics In Business
- ... now clarified, the reasons for being ethical arise. Why do/should businessmen act ethically? Based on Ray Baumhart s 1998survey of 1,031 businessmen, the most influential incentive for being ethical was a man s personal code of behavior. Most people are ethical because of what they believe to be right. Most people want to take the credit for doing the right thing when they will be recognized or even rewarded ... are a good person if they are known as being ethically good. On the other hand, the human reluctance to blame oneself for ethical failings helps to explain why our respondents [to the survey] rank personal financial needs as least important of the five factors influencing unethical behavior (Baumhart 46). (See chart on page 10) In some instances, people believe good business is good ethics (Lewis 48). Of those Baumhart surveyed ... most businessmen will do anything, honest or not, for a buck (Wong 17). An overwhelming 77% regarded business as a dog-eat-dog proposition. The sources of this popular image of businessmen are, of course, personal experience, but also, the stereotype is produced by communications media (television, radio, daily newspapers, and weekly magazines), plays, movies, and political speeches. Unfortunately for businessmen, their wrongdoings and shortcomings are what most often make ...
- 1145: Shel Silverstein
- Few writers of the twentieth century have made nearly the same impact on the literary society than Sheldon Allan Silverstein. His writing encompasses a broad range of styles, from adult to children’s, comical to unusual. One of his most common styles was that of fantasy: actions and events that cannot logically happen. This style was evident ... attempt at dissuading children from continuing a bad habit, while at the same time amusing his readers. During the 1960’s, Silverstein was living around Chicago's Gate of Horn and New York's Bitterend, writing and performing folk music. Although that road did lead to some success in that several major recording artists used his work, he decided to make writing his focal point. In Sely Friday’s biography reference, Silverstein said, “By the time I got to where I was attracting girls, I was already into work, and it was more important to me. ...
- 1146: Standardization of the English Language
- ... it was not until 1413 that English became the official language of the courts everywhere. Thirteen years later in 1423, Parliament records start being written in English. 1400 marks date that English is used in writing wills, a seemingly small step, but one that impacted many people and began a legacy of record keeping in English. In 1450 English became the language used in writing town laws and finally 1489 saw all statutes written in English. But it was not until 1649 that English became the language of legal documents in place of Latin. The formal rules intended to keep ... of local dialects there emerged toward the end of the fourteenth century a written language that in course of the fifteenth century won general recognition and has since become the recognized standard in speech and writing. The part of England that contributed most to the formation of this standard was the East Midland type of English that became itst basis, particularly the dialect of the metropolis, London. East Midland district ...
- 1147: Langston Hughes
- ... of Charles Henry Langston. His brother was John Mercer Langston, who was the the first Black American to be elected to public office in 1855. Hughes attended Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio, but began writing poetry in the eighth grade, and was selected as Class Poet. His father didn't think he would be able to make a living as a writer. His father paid his tuition to Columbia University for him to study engineering. After a short time, Langston dropped out of the program with a B+ average, all the while he continued writing poetry. His first published poem was also one of his most famous, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", and it appeared in Brownie's Book. Later, his poems, short plays, essays, and short stories appeared in ... and later to Italy and France, Russia and Spain. One of his favorite pastimes whether abroad or in Washington, D.C. or Harlem, New York was sitting in the clubs listening to blues, jazz and writing poetry. Through these experiences a new rhythm emerged in his writing, and a series of poems such as "The Weary Blues" were penned. He returned to Harlem, in 1924, the period known as the ...
- 1148: Comparison And Contrast Of Washington Irving And Edgar Allan
- The Romantic era writers, Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe, had many similarities but even more differences, in both writing theme and style. This is very evident in their works, Rip Van Winkle , by Irving, and The Fall of the House of Usher , by Poe. Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe were both writers who exemplified the writing style of the Romantic era. Both writers used their great talents to take the reader into the story. For example, Irving, in Rip Van Winkle , starts the story by saying, Whoever has made a courage ... haste? Have I not heard her footstep on the stair? Do I not distinguish that heavy and horrible beating of her heart? MADMAN! This clearly demonstrates the morbidity and obscurity of Edgar Allan Poe s writing style. These examples of the writing styles and emphasis show the differences of Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe. The writing styles of Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe are very similar in their ...
- 1149: Huck Fin 2
- ... his books. His father died when he was 12. After his father died, he went to work as a printer¹s apprentice and eventually as a printer in Missouri, St. Louis, and New York often writing a few works himself for periodicals. He worked as a printer and a reporter selling much of his work to newspapers. He continually moved from town to town. In 1857, he decided to move to ... diction is typical of the southern speech of a young boy during that time and area. The diction is very informal. This makes the diction simple and easy to understand with humorous differences between this writing style and other more formal ones. Much of the descriptions and imagery is humorous in this way. Twain also uses a lot of irony. Twain¹s also pays close attention to the diction of the speech of the various people from the various areas down the river. The writing style in this book is not flowery or poetic, but simply the speech of a young boy. Passage 1: ³By and by he rolled out and jumped up to his feet looking wild, and ...
- 1150: Film Score Music
- ... us of past experiences, making us smile and feel exhilaration and sometimes even making us cry. It is this power that music has over us that film score composers take advantage of when they are writing the music to accompany the movies. As listeners we often do not appreciate that the music that is scored for films or played in films is put there on purpose to create a certain feeling, emphasize a point, give more life to a character or sometimes to simply add humour. What the average moviegoer does not usually realize is that a great deal of time and thought goes into writing the score for a film and choosing the background music for a scene. None of the music is arbitrary; themes and sub themes have been created with specific ideas in mind and have been put ... pay astute attention to the music that is being used in a film, however, if it were to not be there the films would seem empty and as if something was missing. The actors, the writing and the direction is what is primarily noticed in a film but the music is the inconspicuous supporter of all of these elements. To create a film that will be effective it is essential ...
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