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    Analysis of Scott McCloud’s “Show and Tell” Scott McCloud’s “Show and Tell” is a fantastic essay regarding the usage of images and language in literature. McCloud utilizes symbolism and categorization to enforce his point that images and language should be used cohesively. All of McCloud’s words and images in the essay have a very specific function. Throughout the duration of his essay, McCloud emphasizes that the simultaneous use of pictures and words deepens the meaning of a work as it visualizes

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    actions, voices and silences of the characters. Language acts as a synecdoche, thus voice, its intonation and accents has also significance in creation of characters. Voice and silence work paradoxically as metonymy. Both are mandatory in the world of literature, themes of plays, novels and poetry become significant with these two devices of language; where voice leaves its words, silence shows meaning. It may sound illogical to discuss voice and silence within the written text

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    Homewood life and its representation in the form of traditional black culture. The main protagonist of Sent for You Yesterday, Doot, is again a black intellectual, who hears the black folk stories and forms his own subjective opinion on the music and literature of the black community. Moreover, Doot tries to relate to the black culture, and make himself an inseparable

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    cleaning the tongue during oral hygiene care. There are advantages and disadvantages to using this product and there are also special conditions where this product is essential in the oral hygiene routine. There is much debate about if it is necessary to include tongue cleaning into everyday oral hygiene habits. In eastern countries, tongue cleaning has a regular part in oral hygiene, adversely, in western countries; tongue cleaning has not regularly been included in oral hygiene (1). Typically

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    How Poe Influenced Modern Literature Vastly regarded as father of the short story and founder of genres including macabre, science fiction, and detective fiction, Edgar Allan Poe influenced many, including those alive during his lifetime of 1809-1894 and those beyond. Poe most famously wrote in such a style and genre that individuals amidst his time were unfamiliar with, as said techniques had not yet developed noticeable popularity anywhere, hence causing a greater popularity to surge. Some consider

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    in the Culture Theory Research Unit, under the academic auspices of prof. dr. hab. Jerzy Jastrzębski; from the second academic year – in the Literary Theory Research Unit. 2002 – PhD (doktor) in the humanities, based on the thesis: Gnosis and Literature. Motifs, threads, interpretative models. Doctoral supervisor: prof. dr. hab. Bohdan Pięczka, University of Wrocław. 3. The previous employment in scientific units 2002-2003 – assistant lecturer in the Literary Theory Research Unit, Institute of

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    Brief Survey of American Literature 1. Beginnings to 1700 Great mixing of peoples from the whole Atlantic basin Bloody conflicts between Native Americans (or American Indians) and European explorers and settlers who had both religious and territorial aspirations - Native American oral literature / oral tradition - European explorers’ letters, diaries, reports, etc., such as Christopher Columbus’s letters about his voyage to the “New world”. - Anglo (New England) settlers’ books, sermons

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    must go into the situation equipped with your own interpretation as to what constitutes literature. The definition of literature isn’t very concise. Like art the definition of literature can vary from one individual to another and before studying these subjects the audience should establish their own definition so that they can look for themes and symbols in the piece. In my opinion I believe that literature should be defined as any fictitious work that implements symbols, and other literary devices

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    that form a binary. This binary has the potential to limit the extent readers can connect to the story, suggesting the presence of a barrier. Barriers hinder the readers' lack of understanding or relatability to either Indigenous or Modern works of literature. This paper will serve to analyze how Richard Van Camp deconstructs the binary by having the sides work together rather than against one another. Furthermore, this paper will discuss how by breaking down the binary, Richard Van Camp is allowing

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    Oral Health Promotion Healthy People initiatives are compilations of health topics and interventions for healthcare professionals to promote and improve quality of health nationally. These initiatives are science based and expand throughout 10 years. Healthy People 2020 is the current initiative and was initiated in December of 2010. This paper will discuss oral health promotion. Healthy People Objective The human body is intrinsically designed with its own system of checks and balances. Included

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