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Paragraph Writing What is a paragraph? It is a group of sentences that introduces, presents and develops one main idea about the topic. And it can be divided into three major parts. A. The Topic Sentence It is normally the first sentence of the paragraph. It conveys the overall point of the paragraph. It helps the writer focus on the idea written about. It helps the reader know about what the paragraph is all about. B. The Supporting Details They are sentences used to support the main idea stated in the topic sentence. They give more information about the main idea through examples. They say in details what the topic sentence says in general. They should be clear evidence that what the topic sentence says is trustworthy. They should be strong convincing points on which the topic sentence can rely upon. C. The Concluding Sentence It is a reflection of the main idea pronounced in the topic sentence. It sums...

PLAY ARMS AND THE MAN BY BERNARD SHAW FULL ANALYSIS

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हियर इस थे विडियो ऑफ़ थे PLAY ACTWISE ANALYSIS OF THE PLAY Act 1: In reading a Shavian play, one should pay attention to Shaw's staging directions at the beginning of the act. The stage directions here call for the scenery to convey the impression of cheap Viennese pretentious aristocracy incongruously combined with good, solid Bulgarian commonplace items. Likewise, since Raina will ultimately be seen as a person who will often assume a pose for dramatic effect, the act opens with her being (in Shaw's words) "intensely conscious of the romantic beauty of the night and of the fact that her own youth and beauty are part of it." As we find out later, she even listens at doors and waits until the proper moment to make the most effective, dramatic entrance. The title of this play is ironic since it comes from the opening line of (a Roman poet) Virgil's  Aeneid  ("Of arms and the man I sing. . . .") written in 19 BC. It is an epic which g...

Analysis of Major Characters in "OLD MAN AND THE SEA"

Analysis of Major Characters Santiago: Santiago suffers terribly throughout   The Old Man and the Sea.   In the opening pages of the book, he has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish and has become the laughingstock of his small village. He then endures a long and grueling struggle with the marlin only to see his trophy catch destroyed by sharks. Yet, the destruction enables the old man to undergo a remarkable transformation, and he wrests triumph and renewed life from his seeming defeat. After all, Santiago is an old man whose physical existence is almost over, but the reader is assured that Santiago will persist through Manolin, who, like a disciple, awaits the old man’s teachings and will make use of those lessons long after his teacher has died. Thus, Santiago manages, perhaps, the most miraculous feat of all: he finds a way to prolong his life after death. Santiago’s commitment to sailing out farther than any fisherman has before, to where the big fish promise ...