How many years ago was the Iliad written? How old was Langston Hughes when he wrote I Too? How old was Cormac McCarthy when he wrote The Road? How old was H.P. Lovecraft when he wrote his first story? How old was Mark Twain when he started writing?
There are many different types of wordplay out there. We’ve looked at14 different types of wordplay before, but not all varieties of wordplay even have names. Often, a poet does something entirely new and witty with words that has never been done before. That is the fun of wordplay—you...
When I take a look at a textbook, I decide in advance how many pieces of information I want to retain from it.This is what the Magnetic Memory Method calls the “principle of predetermination.” It’s not an arbitrary or random decision. Instead, you will consider the length of the ...
Hemingway, for example, had a personal code that he imbued into many of his characters. He said that his code was about “following the ideals of honor, courage and endurance in a world that is sometimes chaotic, often stressful, and always painful.” What is your code? 2. Next, create...
Throughout history, there have been so many stories of individuals who have struggled through hardship to find themselves. But of what importance are they toourpath? Essentially,these hero/ines symbolize ourspiritual journeys, that is, leaving everything familiar behind, entering the unknown, encount...
How long was the blackout in The City of Ember? How long did it take Beowulf to reach the bottom of the lake? How long was Agatha Christie missing? How many chapters are in The Call of the Wild? How long is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?
As a privacy and security-focused company, Apple has moved to release more resources to help users become safer online. These documents, in the support pages, outline many of the ways that users can do something to prevent bad things from happening to their accounts. ...
New York's toothless right to repair bill not only includes concessions to the demands of Big Tech firms, but text written by them. In December 2022, New York became the first US state to pass a Right to Repair bill, but one whichAppleInsiderdescribed as"functionally toothless." Now...
Yes, the terms and conditions can be set out in a manner that will send you to sleep faster than a bottle of Valium and we are well aware that many providers do their best to hide sneaky get-out clauses in language more arcane than Beowulf, but if you want to make a complaint yo...
I wish I was big. I want that girl (or guy). Some paradigms call this the inciting incident. Set-up(pages 1-10) – At this point we need to have an idea of the conflict set up that will guide us through the film. Many readers won’t proceed after page 10, ...