Creative nonfiction is pretty broad: it applies to anything that does not claim to be fictional (although the rise of autofiction has definitely blurred the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction). It encompasses everything from personal essays and memoirs to humor writing, and they range in len...
What is the point of view in The Storyteller? What type of novel is No Longer at Ease? What is Biblical typology? What are the characteristics of the mystery genre? Define narrative nonfiction What kind of tone is often used with magical realism?
Perhaps not surprisingly, several independent traditions ascribe a divine or at least a supernatural origin to language or to the language of a particularcommunity. The biblical account, representing ancientJewishbeliefs, ofAdam’s naming the creatures of the earth under God’s guidance is one such...
There are some who say it is the material urges of survival, others say anger and hate. However, love of country, love of family, even love of self can rally people to powerful action, even if that love is misplaced. The Bible says that mankind is made in the image of God,...
“apply” or I transfer”. Great writers and thinkers rely on a good metaphor to resonate and make a mark on a reader’s mind. English literature is full of examples of different types of metaphors. From Emily Dickinson’s writing, “hope is the thing with feathers” to Romeo and Juliet...
types of languagesthe biblical languagethe religious oratorical languagethe theological languageThe purpose of this article is to investigate the specific languages of religious style, including the common and the newer ones. The religious style is the first special manifestation of the Romanian literary...
T.S. Eliot dabbled in this style, and his later poetry includes a lot of Biblical and liturgical subjects. Some scholars consider aspects of hymn writing to be poetic composition. Working within that framework, the tradition of African-American hymns known as spirituals largely assembled in the...
accurate, short and crisp. The lead should reflect the mood of the story. A routine lead is a short summary of an event. But if the story is interesting, a wide varieties of lead can be tried out. This chapter cites several examples from The Professional Journalist and The AP Writing ...
One of the commonest types of early Christian art produced during the Middle Ages was the illustrated religious text. These illuminated manuscripts, created inside Irish, British and Continental monastery scriptoria, were hand-written in Latin on animal skins, then ornamented with Biblical art, includ...
In biblical times, there were three different tithes, each with a very specific purpose. These types of tithes together create a concept of giving to God first, then one's own needs, and provided a way to care for the needs of the less fortunate such as the orphans and widows....