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"This reader-friendly resource provides specific models and examples that break down the process into easily understood components with clear directions, from beginning to end. Major topics include: laying the groundwork for the thesis or dissertation; organizing and scheduling your work; collaborating with peers; using technology; solving problems throughout the dissertation process."--
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Among the many "how-to" playwriting books that have appeared over the years, there have been few that attempt to analyze the mysteries of play construction. Lajos Egri's classic, The Art of Dramatic Writing, does just that, with instruction that can be applied equally well to a short story, novel, or screenplay. Examining a play from the inside out, Egri starts with the heart of any drama: its characters. All good dramatic writing hinges on people...
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"Ever since an accident three years ago, Holly has been part of a lonely-hearts letter writing club for the holidays. The tradition is something she has come to treasure: Each December, she writes to a stranger who is also spending Christmas alone and receives a letter from another lonely person. Usually, the letters go unanswered. That's the point--the letters are anonymous, and the sender writes whatever is in their heart. But this year, the letter...
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The award-winning novelist takes us on some of his most memorable journeys in this revelatory collection of travel essays. Now in his mid-seventies, Russell Banks has indulged his wanderlust for more than half a century. In this compelling anthology, he writes that since childhood he has "longed for escape, for rejuvenation, for wealth untold, for erotic and narcotic and sybaritic fresh starts, for high romance, mystery and intrigue." The longing...
65) In other words
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"A series of reflections on the author's experiences learning a new language and living abroad, in a dual-language edition"--
66) Handwriting Tips
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This engaging clip provides clear and precise instructions to students who wish to develop fluency and neatness in their handwriting. A difficult skill to master, handwriting requires practice of simple, repeatable exercises such as those presented in this program. Left-handed writing is also addressed, with useful tips accompanied by detailed demonstrations.
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This program explores essential literary terms such as metaphor, simile, allusion, personification, and hyperbole while analyzing classic works of literature. These terms are covered in depth with detailed graphics, engaging examples, and exciting video. On-screen multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
68) Getting Started
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This clip explains how to plan and research using the 5 Es: engage, explore, explain, elaborate, evaluate.
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Students need to understand the power of poetry, the way it can crack issues wide open and start discussions or help a writer address personal problems that can be reflected in a universal way, so they not only help themselves, their poetry may actually help others as well.That’s the power of poetry: to give voice to the voiceless, to give power to the pen, and to allow students to write freely. But this takes bravery both from the student writers...
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The Standard Deviants go back to the beginning—the beginning of your paper. Learn how to knock your reader's socks off with cool openers that grab them from the very first line! Check out the subtle connecting power of transitions! We'll wrap it up with a discussion of the necessities of revising and rewriting.
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This program explores essential literary terms while analyzing classic works of literature. What is a narrative? What are its most common parts? What does plot refer to in a story? What is tone and mood? How does a writer use them to affect the story and the reader? How does setting work in a narrative?What is a character in a story? What are some of the ways we have to understand them? The answers to all of this are covered in depth with detailed...
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More than 50 people were shot during the holiday weekend in Chicago. Often, when we talk about the city—and its school system—we hear about too much violence and too little money. Jeffrey Brown talks to poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera about his new project, which gives Chicago students the opportunity to create meaningful works about their lives and the challenges they face.
73) Basic Literary Terms, Volume 7: Understanding Poetry—Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Free Verse
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This program continues to explore both the history and the essential components of poetry introduced in Volume 6. After viewing, students will understand alliteration, assonance, and consonance in connection to rhythm/meter and rhyme as they discover free verse as an artistic reaction against the poetry forms covered previously and as the dominant poetic form of our time. Classic works of poetry are presented along with detailed graphics, engaging...
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This program explores essential literary terms such as symbolism, allegory, onomatopoeia, paradox ,and pun while analyzing classic works of literature. These terms are covered in depth with detailed graphics, engaging examples, and exciting video. On-screen multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
75) Free-Writing
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The Standard Deviants show you how to get started on your paper with two simple steps: defining the task and clarifying the assignment. Learn to free-write your topics, wow your audience, and get the feedback you need to write a grade-A paper.
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Go to the library, search cyberspace, and conduct surveys as the Standard Deviants gather the information needed to write a top-notch paper. Then we'll build the backbone of your ideas: the outline. These steps will lead you to your next challenge, the part that separates the writers from the scribblers: the rough draft.
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This program explores both the history and the essential components of poetry. After viewing, students will understand how poets utilize rhythm/meter and rhyme in various forms to achieve the desired effect. Classic works of poetry are presented along with detailed graphics, engaging examples, and exciting video.On-screen multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
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This program explores essential literary terms while analyzing classic works of literature. What are first-, second-, and third-person points of view?What are omniscience and limited omniscience?What is alternating point of view? The answers to all of this are covered in depth with detailed graphics, engaging examples, and exciting video. On-screen multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun....
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This program explores essential literary terms such as theme, atmosphere, foreshadowing, diction, and anaphora while analyzing classic works of literature. These terms are covered in depth with detailed graphics, engaging examples, and exciting video.On-screen multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
80) Enter the Writer
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Get ready to witness bold ideas, extreme penmanship, and some handy-dandy advice on how to write the perfect English paper as the Standard Deviants start you off on the writing process.