The proverb , “ Brevity is the soul of wit , " applies with special aptness to a
narrative . A story spun out beyond reasonable limits becomes wearisome . The
power of successful story - telling is a rare but charming gift . The dry chronicles
of the ...
Author: David Jayne Hill
Publisher:
ISBN: UCAL:$B307960
Category: English language
Page: 270
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Pictures may be made the basis of little stories , the pupil being encouraged to
use the imagination freely . These stories may be suggested by questions . 3 .
Writing stories told or read by the teacher . This exercise is similar to the last in
the ...
Author: Emerson Elbridge White
Publisher:
ISBN: UCAL:$B300745
Category: Educational psychology
Page: 336
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... the country cannot afford to be ignorant of . . . . The writer has managed with
extraordinary skill to infuse into his narrative the constant element of personal
interest , so that the whole story is transtụsed with the spirit of a fascinating
romance ...
Author: Winthrop More Daniels
Publisher:
ISBN: UOM:39015064412615
Category: Finance
Page: 383
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He shows us how rocks are composed of certain other substances , which he
calls elements , and the elements are substances which he cannot decompose
into anything else . He will also tell us how the air is composed of two elementary
...
Author: sir Robert Stawell Ball
Publisher:
ISBN: UVA:X001009937
Category: Astronomy
Page: 556
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He shows us how rocks are composed of certain other substances, which he
calls elements, and the elements are substances which he cannot decompose
into anything else. He will also tell us how the air is composed of two elementary
...
Author: Robert Stawell Ball
Publisher:
ISBN: STANFORD:36105040416831
Category: Astronomy
Page: 551
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Thus , the students continue until their story is completed . During this time , the
teacher can circulate among the students to see whether they are utilizing the
elements appropriately . If an impasse occurs in solving the conflict , the teacher ...
Author: National Institute of Education (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN: UIUC:30112119938832
Category: Education
Page:
View: 338
It might be contended that the existence of the element in gaseous form disclosed
a temperature so high that it would be impossible for the same element to exist in
a cloudy state . The case of our atmosphere is here very much to the point .
Author: Robert Stawell Ball
Publisher:
ISBN: NYPL:33433066417183
Category: Sun
Page: 376
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They should mean , if they were accurate in terms , the vast crowd of
Appearances assumed by the Elements , — or rather , the mass of mosks with
which the Elements at once show themselves to , and hide themselves from , our
senses .
Author: Aston Leigh
Publisher:
ISBN: WISC:89094323201
Category: Philosophers
Page: 210
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The three years ' course comprises mathematics , the elements of physics and
chemistry , of botany and zoölogy , of social economy , of bookkeeping ,
geograpby , history , the Dutch , French , English , German languages ,
penmanship ...
Author: United States. Commission to the Paris exposition, 1878
Publisher:
ISBN: UOM:39015067183692
Category: Exposition universelle de 1878
Page:
View: 798
Through Trial to Triumph , By Fire and Sword : A Story Orthographic and
Isometrical Projection . Strong to Suffer . of the Huguenots . NO . XIII . , or , the
Story of Building Construction , The Elements of . Adam Hepburn's Vow . the Lost
Vestal .
Author: Robert Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: UIUC:30112114021139
Category: Physical geography
Page:
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That is the natural interment of man , of man whose Thought at least has been
among the immortals ; interment in the elements . Burial is not enough , it does
not give sufficient solution into the elements speedily ; a furnace is confined .
Author: Richard Jefferies
Publisher:
ISBN: OXFORD:590536633
Category:
Page: 158
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( 46 ) My informant A heard his story from B , who would certainly tell it as
originally told to him ; B heard it from C , who would probably tell it accurately ; C
from D , who would also probably tell it accurately ; D from E , who , I have no
reason to ...
Author: Thomas Fowler
Publisher:
ISBN: OXFORD:600068301
Category: Logic
Page: 149
View: 547
The “ seme " is a content ( rather than expression ) element , and to a certain
extent , I suppose , that which is " meant " by a trait in narrative is a component of
the unique referent of the proper name ( which Barthes discusses fruitfully — see
...
Author: Seymour Chatman
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9781501741616
Category: Literary Criticism
Page: 288
View: 690
Expert thriller author and writing instructor James Scott Bell shows you how to craft scenes, create characters, and develop storylines that harness conflict and suspense to carry your story from the first word to the last.
Author: James Scott Bell
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781599632759
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines
Page: 272
View: 392
Certainly , because the included angles B A C and EDF are equal . You
remember these angles were given equal , and we took pains , in drawing the
triangle , to make them so . We will pause here to introduce a story . There is
often a great ...
Author: Stephen Thomas Hawtrey
Publisher:
ISBN: OXFORD:590470859
Category:
Page: 155
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THE STORY OF THE CAMPAIGN . A Complete Narrative of the War in Southern
Russia . Written in a Tent in the Crimea . By Major E. BRUCE HAMLEY , Author of
“ Lady Lee's Widowhood . ” 12mo . Thick . Printed Paper Covers . 371 Cents .
Author: Justin Rudolph Loomis
Publisher:
ISBN: HARVARD:32044097024749
Category: Geology
Page: 198
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425 The huts are two - story mud and stick houses . One story is above the water ,
and has a comfortable nest for each family of occupants . Usually two of these
families occupy one hut . The story beneath the water is used to store food , and ...
Author: Ransom Dexter
Publisher:
ISBN: CHI:086749983
Category: Dummies (Bookselling)
Page: 515
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