Commentaire de texte : The Oval Portrait‚ Edgar Allan Poe From Selected Tales‚ Penguin‚ Popular Classics The Oval Portrait‚ a short story from Edgar Allan Poe‚ lies in the fact that art and life are deadly linked. The passion for art and painting is described as causing death since the painter’s determination to make a portrait of his wife will cause her death. As in most of Poe’s short stories‚ the setting takes an important place in the story. We could say that it has even an influence on
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Transitions and Organizational Patterns Part 1 Writers don’t let their thoughts wander aimlessly. They think logically. They organize details in patterns. In the written language these patterns help you follow ideas more easily and‚ therefore‚ improve your understanding of the text. Authors use transition words and phrases to create patterns within their writing. The following are common patterns of organization and transitions used in writing. Time Order/Process Pattern Ideas or events are presented
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As a team we came up with the concept of the watch design. As a design team we had to make sure that we incorporated in main components of the watch such as the card reader‚ map‚ timer‚ real location cheekier‚ place name‚ and the DNA checker. After many months of brainstorming our ideas and suggestions of what we think the watch should look like and make sure it was compatible with all the major components. After separating and breaking down all of the ideas into two groups we had to break down
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CASE STUDY “Trouble with the Terrorist Watch List Database” 1. Please read the case study that starts on the next page. 2. Answer all 5 questions below. 1. What Information Systems concepts are illustrated in this case? 2. Why was the consolidated terror watch list created? What are the communication benefits of the list? (Comm) 3. Describe some of the weaknesses of the watch list. What management‚ organization‚ and technology factors are responsible for these weaknesses? 4. What steps would
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The idea of the neighborhood watch is one which has been proven to be one of the most effective ways to decrease crime within a neighborhood community. The basic idea of the neighborhood watch centers around neighborhood residents paying attention and identifying suspicious happenings and alerting and reporting crimes to police department. Through Neighborhood Watch groups and standardized surveillance techniques‚ residents and neighbors can assist and help the law enforcement authorities catch kidnappers
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Early on in "Eat‚ Pray‚ Love‚" her travelogue of spiritual seeking‚ the novelist and journalist Elizabeth Gilbert gives a characteristically frank rundown of her traveling skills: tall and blond‚ she doesn’t blend well physically in most places; she’s lazy about research and prone to digestive woes. "But my one mighty travel talent is that I can make friends with anybody‚" she writes. "I can make friends with the dead. . . . If there isn’t anyone else around to talk to‚ I could probably make friends
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Nicholas is approaching his t=sroom-based center by the time he turns 3. Transition Team: The transition team will consist of several therapists‚ speech‚ adaptive‚ and behavioral. Each therapist will give a report on how Nicholas has improved‚ where he needs more help‚ and what they feel best suits Nicholas’s education. This evaluation will incorporate the year of education Nicholas has been receiving in home. This transition will take 3 weeks to complete. Nicholas will need each of his specialized
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Human consciousness in Isabel Archer Isabel Archer‚ the heroine of the novel ‘The Portrait of a lady’‚ is a young American woman who must choose between her independent spirit and the demands of mid-nineteenth century European social conventions. She unexpectedly inherits a fortune‚ which in the beginning of the novel‚ seems to have freed her from the need to marry. After propagating her quest for independence‚ she rejects two suitors‚ Casper Goodwood and Lord Warburton
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TRANSITIONS Transitions serve as a bridge between ideas. They provide connections between words‚ sentences‚ and paragraphs. There are many examples of transitions in your textbook. Also‚ notice how professional writers use them to improve their style and to add emphasis. Below are a few examples of transitions (some of these words/phrases could be placed in more than one category). Add to these lists as you think of other transitions. To give examples for example‚ for instance‚ to illustrate‚ in
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Analysis As one of the shortest of Poe’s stories‚ "The Oval Portrait" consists of a brief one-paragraph story framed within a larger vignette whose main purpose is to establish the romantic Gothic mood in which the story occurs. The setting and basis of the plot are shrouded in mystery; the narrator does not explain how or where he is wounded‚ and with his servant‚ he enters an abandoned‚ decaying chateau that offers no more answers than the narrator. The dark gloom of a deserted house is a classic
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