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- How Alliteration Enhances Poetry, Prose, And Memory (Medical News Today)
From nursery rhymes to Shakespearian sonnets, alliterations have always been an important aspect of poetry whether as an interesting aesthetic touch or just as something fun to read. But a recent study suggests that this literary technique is useful not only for poetry but also for memory. In several experiments, researchers R. Brooke Lea of Macalester College, David N.
- Pupils have the answers, no matter the questions - Times Online
A-level examiners might have been impressed with the bright teenagers who gave insightful and lengthy answers to questions on Shakespeare's Hamlet in this year's English literature exam paper, had it not been for one small thing. Many of the answers ...
- West Island community notes! - West Island Chronicle
West Island community notes!West Island Chronicle, Canada - 39 minutes agoFor more information call 450-458-2296. Montreal Public Poetry Festival Sept. 26-28 is now accepting applications. The deadline is Aug. 29. ...
- Donald Joseph Benning - Herald And Journal
Donald Joseph Benning (Donny, Don, DJ, Dad, Gump) died Thursday, June 12, 2008, at the age of 71, while taking his morning walk at his home in Corsicana, Texas. The Mass of the Resurrection will take place at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Winsted ...
- The Latitude festival - The Sunday Times review - Times Online
The Latitude festival - The Sunday Times reviewTimes Online, UK - 3 hours ago... child-friendly facilities and activities and some often brilliant and transforming live music. Add in theatre, ballet, comedy, poetry and pretty much ...
- Inanimate Alice Integrates Narrative Form of a Book with Digital Art to Tell a Story (Art Daily)
Inanimate Alice, a sophisticated but user-friendly digital story that incorporates text, dynamic sound and visuals, music, and interactivity. LONDON.-
- Foster kids tell their stories through art in local exhibit (The Arizona Republic)
The West Valley Art Museum features a traveling exhibit depicting life in the foster care system as seen through the artistic eyes of the children it affects.
- Hempstead High freshmen get poetic about their dreams - Newsday
Hempstead High freshmen get poetic about their dreamsNewsday, NY - Jul 27, 2008"Lyrics are a form of poetry," Sampson explained to her resistant students. "I told them Biggie had to do the same thing you did." It took almost an entire ...
- Celebration and questioning - Tonight South Africa
When one speaks of poetic heritage in this country, Lesego Rampolokeng is up there with the greats. Controversy follows him around, because he calls a spade a spade. His poetry strikes a chord, because it reflects what's happening in this country ...
- Joseph Arthur Is Damned, But Optimistic - ChartAttack
ChartAttackJoseph Arthur Is Damned, But OptimisticChartAttack, Canada - 12 minutes agoThat perspective prompted him to create Bag Is Hot, a blog of sorts that he's using to release music, poetry, photography and artwork for free at a sporadic ...
- German Scholars Reject Claim of Goethe's Secret Romance - Deutsche Welle
Allegations of a secret love affair between a dowager duchess and Germany's greatest writer, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, have been hotly rejected this week by German literary scholars. The claims were advanced in a 2003 book by literary sleuth Ettore ...
- Leisure news in brief (Onalaska Community Life)
Here are a selection of brief news items pertaining to arts, entertainment, culture and other fun things to do in your spare time:
- Power of women: Female artists combine visual, spoken art - Northern Virginia Daily
Northern Virginia DailyPower of women: Female artists combine visual, spoken artNorthern Virginia Daily, VA - 4 hours agoBy Jessica Coleman -- Daily Staff Writer FRONT ROYAL - Two local organizations are working together to bring visual art and literature by local women into ...
- Order award underhanded - London Free Press
Order award underhandedLondon Free Press, Canada - 49 minutes agoThen Morgentaler pulls out a slender volume of his self-published poetry and reads from the title work, The Goddess of the Golden Breast. ...
- Variety is the spice at Westmoreland Festival - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, held at Twin Lakes Park near Greensburg, features a variety of performances on four stages, including the Island Stage. From a "Making Music Tent" to graffiti artists to Pittsburgh Pirates alumni Bob Friend ...
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