...DESCRIPTION is one of four rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse), along with exposition, argumentation, and narration. Each of the rhetorical modes is present in a variety of forms and each has its own purpose and conventions. Description is also the fiction-writing mode for transmitting a mental image of the particulars of a story. Description as a fiction-writing mode Fiction is a form of narrative, one of the four rhetorical modes of discourse. Fiction-writing also has distinct forms of expression, or modes, each with its own purposes and conventions. Agent and author Evan Marshall (agent) identifies five fiction-writing modes: action, summary, dialogue, feelings/thoughts, and background (Marshall 1988, pp. 143–165). Author and writing-instructor Jessica Page Morrell lists six delivery modes for fiction-writing: action, exposition, description, dialogue, summary, and transition (Morrell 2006, p. 127). Author Peter Selgin refers to methods, including action, dialogue, thoughts, summary, scene, and description (Selgin 2007, p. 38). Currently, there is no consensus within the writing community regarding the number and composition of fiction-writing modes and their uses. Description is the fiction-writing mode for transmitting a mental image of the particulars of a story. Together with dialogue, narration, exposition, and summarization, description is one of the most widely recognized of the fiction-writing modes. As stated in Writing from A to Z, edited by Kirk...
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...be honest and never misleading. I found the structure for Persuasion writing is to; Have an Introduction, the controversial issue will need to be introduced, you may want to give two side to the controversies, give your opinion on the ideas, and set up your thesis statement. Go on to the body and make at least two paragraphs, take each of your ideas and put down in separate paragraphs why you like these ideas, give statistics, or get someone who is an expert in the field to give you something to go on to support you words. In the conclusion include your thesis statement. You can back up your statements and ideas and propose the readers take some action. Then add in some sense of closer with a strong ending. I found Exposition or Expository writing are used to help explain, analyze, and make sense of the writing. Informative writing a type of expository writing, give readers facts on subjects, like how something works. There are comparison and contrast papers that are two side of the same coin, when you contrast them to show the different. When you contrast them, it will show you the differences. There are different types of organizational arrangement, to...
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...Humanities Department Course Prefix and Number: ENGL 111 Course Title: English Composition I Number of: Credit Hours 3 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours 0 Catalog Description: Expository writing to practice traditional rhetorical modes and strategies, to increase analytical clarity, and to achieve precise expression. Grade of C or higher required. Prerequisite: Grade of C or higher in ENGL 107, or placement by ACT English Score or by SAT Writing Score: students whose ACT English Score is from 18 to 29 or whose SAT Writing Score is from 430 to 650 will be placed in ENGL 111. Offered Fall and Spring. Prerequisite(s) / Corequisite(s): Grade of C or higher in ENGL 107, or placement by ACT English Score or by SAT Writing Score: students whose ACT English Score is from 18 to 29 or whose SAT Writing Score is from 430 to 650 will be placed in ENGL 111. Course Rotation for Day Program: Offered Fall and Spring. Text(s): Most current editions of the following: Many English Composition texts are available. The recommended choices listed below are numerous, so please read the complete listings carefully. Required texts must include: • A handbook (choose from texts 1-4 below); • A rhetoric (choose from texts 5-10 below); and, • An anthology of expository writing. Combinations of these are also available (texts 11-16 below). Note: For locations where it is necessary to continue in ENGL 112 with at least one text used in ENGL 111, texts 14-16...
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...Exposition: Macbeth takes place in Scotland in the middle ages, Macbeth has a Wife- lady Macbeth- the king is Duncan. Other characters: Malcom, Donaldbain, Banquo, Fience, Three Witches, Macduff, and Ross Act 1 Rising Action: The witches begin to get into Macbeths mind. Man vs. Self Macbeth finds out he is Thane of Cawdor Malcom becomes heir to the throne Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to be strong and cruel Lady Macbeth reveals she wants to kill Duncan She comes up with a plan and he goes along with it Act 2 Climax: Macbeth imagines a dagger Lady Macbeth gets the guards drunk Macbeth kills Duncan Act 2 Falling action: Macbeth becomes king of Scotland Banquo becomes suspicious of him Banquo’s ghost haunts him after Macbeth has killed him Fience escapes Macbeth goes to the witches and gets more prophecies Macduff flees Lady Macbeth goes crazy ...
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...An Exposition Into Hitler’s Mindset Adolf Hitler is considered one of the world’s worst men to ever walk the planet, he was a vicious dictator who lead and entire country of people into its largest war for his own gain. One of the most interesting parts about Hitler, though, is his own personal history. I am going to outline three areas of Hitler’s life, his issues from his past, specifically his childhood, his rise to power and what lead to his hatred for the Jews, and what the widely accepted beliefs are about his psychological state. It is clear that Hitler had a horrific past, he was beaten by his father, and he was left on the streets after the art school he had wanted to go to for years denied him, it is understandable that Hitler...
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...uncivilized Louisiana Purchase 1904 idea of amusement zone in fair control by the same corporation social practice etc. People want to be not just educated but also make it fun Midway was kind of confused area. Music Hall, Saloon, real urban place high aspiration low quality Louisiana 1889 PARIS 3 out 4 Chicago world fAIR WORLD COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION 1889 Saint Louis world fair in 1889 nationalism how did it start. PHILLIPINE RESERVATION World Fair Chicago Columbian Exposition...
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...Claire Milton General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the inventor of the Ferris Wheel, George Washington Ferris, and how his invention influenced the demand for powerful steel technologies and a desire for technology based amusement. I. Attention-Getter: June 21st, 1893 marked the date for the completion of an icon we all consider when talking about amusement parks. Rising 264 feet from the ground up, the World’s very first Ferris Wheel weighed more than 2.6 million pounds and was able to hold 2, 160 passengers at maximum capacity. (Adams) II. Credibility Statement: As a consumer and frequent visitor of amusement parks, I can say that I am always in search of the newest and more advanced attractions to fulfill my thrill seeking needs. Therefore, engineers are continuing to enhance their technologies in order to achieve this desire for their consumers. III. Relevance Statement: Within the last decade, I’m sure most of you have noticed that the amusement park industry continues to advance in their businesses with bigger and better rides and attractions. IV. Thesis Statement: George Washington Ferris’s invention of the Ferris Wheel made what was once an idea considered impossible into an achievable icon that has influenced the demand for powerful steel technologies and a desire for technology based amusement. Transition: Let me first explain Ferris’s background and what influenced the spark for this invention. ...
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...sophisticated New York, until the World's Fair in 1893. In The Devil In The White City, Erik Larson follows the 1893 World's Fair from the stress of preparing the exhibits, its global effects. Larson uses imagery, personification, structure, and irony to display the fair as a sanctuary in contrast to the filth of Chicago. Larson inserts tragedies of the outside world within pages that describe the luxury of the fair to contrast the economy and work environment of the exposition with that of Chicago. When hiring architects to construct the midway, executives were not concerned with overspending. When hiring for the midway, Sol Bloom asked for an...
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...illustrates the time period surrounding the building of the World’s Columbian Exposition, or also known as the Chicago World’s fair in 1893. The Fair was considered to honor and memorize the arrival of Christopher Columbus to America. The book is divided into four parts; the first three parts of the book take place between the years of 1890 till 1893 in Chicago, while the last part of the book takes place in Philadelphia in the year of 1895. The novel recreates the lives of two separate, yet very connected men during the Chicago World’s fair. The first character we are introduced to is Daniel Burnham, who is the architect that built the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. The story explains how he overcame many obstacles and struggles that he faced during the construction of the fair. The second character is H.H. Holmes AKA Herman Webster Mudgett, the serial killer who bring fear and terror to the fair, and haunts the fair in search of his victims. With the novel explaining how a great event the World’s Columbian Exposition is, and the mention of the story of H.H. Holmes, there is no doubt that the era from 1890 till 1893 was a great time as well as an evil time for the united states. With many events that has influenced and effected the novel The Devil in the White City, the mention of the story of H.H. Holmes has affected the novel the most. My nigga SWASIVE called the World’s Columbian Exposition the greatest thing that happened in the history of the United States since the...
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...America was a prideful place and was aware of its growing strength. The fair was to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the new world, it fair ran for 6 months and had 30 million visitors, it was also the 15th world’s fair to date and Americas second world’s fair. The fair had an effect on the architecture, Chicago’s self-image and the American industrial optimism. The goal of the world’s fair in Chicago was to beat the one in France when the revealed the Eiffel Tower. There were many errors along the way due to the cost of more money and the poor planning. The fairs influence on American culture included products and inventions that were then introduced in a festive atmosphere, it also was a success to American...
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...The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson is a historical non-fiction book in a novelistic style. It is a very famous and recognized novel in U.S history. This book takes place in the city of Chicago in 1893, and it is based on real life characters and events. This novel is based on the years surrounding the building of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. It also known as The World’s Columbian Exposition, this was a world’s fair in Chicago designed to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival to the New World in the year of 1492. This novel was divided into four parts, the first three parts of the novel are taking place in Chicago between the 1890-1893. Where as the fourth part of the novel takes us to Philadelphia circa in 1895. In the novel the author recreates the two loves of two men to reinvent Chicago during the World’s Columbian Exposition. the lives of two real men and to reinvent Chicago during the World's Columbian Exposition....
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...In the year of 1893, the United States, specifically Chicago, hosted The World’s Columbian Exposition in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Columbus reaching the New World. The event grounds were stressfully designed by a large assembly of architects, designers, and city officials to achieve the final product: The White City. The White City became more of a turning point for America inspiring new structures, ideas, inventions, and cities. Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America revolve around Burnham, the head architect designing the Fair, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer whose killings took place in the planning of and during Chicago’s World Fair. The illustration of two very different men with disparate backgrounds and stories throughout the book somehow manage to give us a glimpse of the city lifestyle in...
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...History, culture, and people which were involved in the Chicago World’s fair of 1893 gave an impressive impact in the city of Chicago, its people which gave the culture, and the building that are the part of the history. This is a portion of what the non-fiction book, Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, reflects on. Erik Larson author of the non-fiction book is an American journalist and has also written many bestsellers books. He mainly references to the epoch period of 1893 Chicago world’s fair. As known in are history as the World’s Columbian Exposition. Similar to any situation there is always a good and there is always a bad situation. As used in the book there was a good and a bad, author...
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...rich, lavish and heavily ornamented classical style taught at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris in the 19th century The term "Beaux Arts" is the approximate English equivalent of "Fine Arts." The style was popularized during the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. One outgrowth of the Expo was the reform movement advocated by Daniel Burnham, the City Beautiful Movement. Very influential in the US in that many of the leading late 19th century architects had been trained at Ecole des Beaux Arts, e.g., Richard Morris Hunt (the first American to study there) , H. H. Richardson (the second American to study there, but who chose to develop his own style, "Richardsonian Romanesque") and Charles McKim, More than any other style (except perhaps the Chateauesque), the Beaux Arts expressed the taste and values of America's industrial barons at the turn of the century. In those pre-income tax days, great fortunes were proudly displayed in increasingly ornate and expensive houses. Broadly speaking, the term "Beaux Arts" refers to the American Renaissance period from about 1890 to 1920 and encompasses the French Renaissance, Italian Renaissance, and Neoclassical Revivals. In Buffalo, the movement was featured at the Pan-American Exposition in 1901. Features: * Symmetrical facade * Roofs: flat, low-pitched; mansard if modeled after French Renaissance Revival * Wall surfaces with decorative garlands, floral patterns, or cartouches dripping with sculptural ornament ...
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...Chicago was looked down upon by many of the eastern cities, New York City and Washington D.C.. They believed that Chicago would fail in being able to produce a fair to top the great World Fair of Paris. The committee in charge of the exposition chose Daniel Burnham to design the the fair. Chicago before the 1893 Worlds fair was a dangerous and dirty place at the time. There were the Union stock yards killing thousands of pigs, and there was H. H. Holmes hotel killing hundreds of women. Chicago was in for a challenge to produce a fair that would top the Paris worlds. The country would have to come together in order to achieve producing a fair of such magnitude. The worlds fair would not have been so grand if it were not for one man Daniel Burnham. Burnham was able to bring together an amazing team of architects from throughout the United States, lead by John Root and Frederick Olmsted. With so many different people working on a project of this grandeur there are bound to be many challenges to face. The first challenge faced on this project was finding a suitable location to host the fair. It took nearly ten months to find a location for the fair and finally in December 1890 they settled on Jackson Park. Tragedy hit early in the development of the exposition, John Root passed away in early January 1891. The death of root had an effect on Burnham “Burnham kept silent. He considered quitting the fair. To forces warred within him: grief, and a desire to cry out (108).” Burnham is now...
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