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    defines multi-genre. This is achieved through how the game tries to evolve in its genre, as an action role-playing game. While keeping a coherent flow in gameplay, allowing for smooth progression and a greater understanding of events, scale, and mechanics. The term “revolutionary” is thrown around a lot with regards to video-game marketing, but what does “revolutionary” mean in the context of a video game. Dominic Arsenault believes that for a game to be truly revolutionary in its genre, it must strive

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    make people experience their thoughts of imaginations in the real world. What are the most interesting things about these film genres, which could establish a fantasy world for their fans to escape to their imaginations and live with it? Participating in suspense, adventure, mysteries, and discovery amuse audiences every time they watch films. There is specific film genres that have

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    kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there 's some kind of unity in hip-hop. We all found something that 's really important to us, and music is all we 've really got” – Missy Elliot. Hip-Hop is a cultural movement and popular genre of music that emerged during the early 1970 's by working class Black youths in New York City. The cultural movement has rapidly expanded across different countries and ethnicities over the years, becoming one of the few markers that define a generation

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    Genre And The Genre

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    for ‘genre’ and discussed the impact that it has on the purpose of discourse. This essay will compare and contrast three given definitions of ‘genre’ as well as their complexity. This will be done to consider the implication of each definition on a critical reading and analysis of a text. Upon analysis of the three definitions certain similarities present themselves. The most prevalent of these similarities is the consensus reached by the authors regarding the significance of purpose to genre. Carter

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    Each genre has their conventional way of displaying themselves in movie titles. The sub-genre not often talked about, inspirational teacher/drama has this exact same flow, it has various key elements that make up their story and become part of that sub-genre. “Given the importance of storytelling as an organizational knowledge transfer mechanism, there is a need to develop a comprehensive and well-grounded framework for analyzing organizational stories to identify their salient characteristics, types

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    Over many years, genre has become an important role in everyone’s life. Scholarly authors such as Winsor, Pare, Berkenkotter, and Huckin, have noticed this trend and how it is important for people to understand this concept in order to understand writing. Some of these trends are noticeable in social groups such as businesses, educational settings, and other discourse communities in which they all were simplified to a specific standard within their group. These genres will facilitate activities,

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    The Godfather: A Genre

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    Often a film is made to fit a genre but it is rare that a film defines the criterion of a genre. 'The Godfather' is one such gem of a movie that defined another genre of its time, 'gangster movies'. The film was released in 1972 and bagged ten Academy Award nominations and was named the 'Best Picture'. Since that time, all gangster movies has been compared with this one, an unfair comparison as it may seem to be. If 'The Godfather' was just about carrying a gun and shooting people around, it would

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    Spy Genre

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    The iconography or characteristics of a spy genre film are very unique compared to other films that are similar to its genre. First, the genre adds a mixture of science fiction to the film with advanced technology. Within every spy genre the protagonist is always given copious amounts of gadgets that can be either lethal or non-lethal to enemies. Some of the best gadgets seen within in the spy genre would be the ejecting chair, vehicle that can shoot, or even the simple everyday object that can be

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    Rap Genres

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    Music is all around you no matter where you go, you are surrounded by music. There are so many different genres of music such as rock, hip-hop, country, dubstep. With so many genres of music there is always something new or different in the music industry, good music will always be around and there will always be new sounds to keep you entertained. With so many different types of music out there, there is most likely something for everybody to enjoy. Most of the music that I listen to is either

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    The Gothic Genre

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    The Gothic genre has been embraced by our society. It can be found in movies, books, and other entertainment such as The Woman in Black and Batman: The Dark Knight. Through books, movies, and other gothic examples, we can see how the gothic genre has changed from just being original in style to being truly suspenseful by increasing the complexity of the suspense and adding focus on the characters and their struggles. 19th Century gothic literature falls within the category of romantic literature

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