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Beethoven's darker side is contrasted with his sense of humor in the development of Movement 4 of his String Quartet Opus 18, No. 3 in D Major. In the final episode of his musical education series, Maestro George Marriner Maull revisits a number of previously presented musical devices, such as sequence, that are found in the work. He explains the sonata form's ternary components - exposition, development, and recapitulation - and analyzes components...
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Music and acting…there was a time when they were inseparable. But today we have divided these two great art forms and we only put them together in the opera and the musical. How does the music influence an Actor’s work? Does the word lead the music or does the music lead the word? Just how does an Actor work through a song?
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As the famous acting teacher Robert Lewis said, “The problem with acting is that the better you do it, the more everyone thinks they can do what you do.” Never has this been clearer than in film acting. Film acting is not like operatic singing or ballet dancing, which easily proves to the audience that the performers can do things that the viewer cannot. On the contrary, film acting is based on creating people that seem real, just like you and...
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As much as 80 percent of the English vocabulary has been borrowed from other languages. Words enter the language when English speakers interact with people—through exploration, trade, empire building, education, the arts, and technology—who speak other languages. This program investigates the wealth of English words and phrases stemming from Indian, Greek, Latin, and Japanese origins, as well as the influence of English on other languages. Packed...
10) Getting Started
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This clip explains how to plan and research using the 5 Es: engage, explore, explain, elaborate, evaluate.
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This program explores essential literary terms such as metaphor, simile, allusion, personification, and hyperbole while analyzing classic works of literature. These terms are covered in depth with detailed graphics, engaging examples, and exciting video. On-screen multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
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This video presents vocal exercises that have been modified for use in a more traditional classroom setting. Vocal coach Susan Leigh teaches public speakers and actors to use clearer speech and dynamic vocal skills. This is a popular workout for speech, diction, debate and high school theatre classes where floor space is limited.
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Go to the library, search cyberspace, and conduct surveys as the Standard Deviants gather the information needed to write a top-notch paper. Then we'll build the backbone of your ideas: the outline. These steps will lead you to your next challenge, the part that separates the writers from the scribblers: the rough draft.
14) Basic Literary Terms, Volume 7: Understanding Poetry—Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Free Verse
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This program continues to explore both the history and the essential components of poetry introduced in Volume 6. After viewing, students will understand alliteration, assonance, and consonance in connection to rhythm/meter and rhyme as they discover free verse as an artistic reaction against the poetry forms covered previously and as the dominant poetic form of our time. Classic works of poetry are presented along with detailed graphics, engaging...
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This program explores essential literary terms such as theme, atmosphere, foreshadowing, diction, and anaphora while analyzing classic works of literature. These terms are covered in depth with detailed graphics, engaging examples, and exciting video.On-screen multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
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This program explores essential literary terms while analyzing classic works of literature. What are first-, second-, and third-person points of view?What are omniscience and limited omniscience?What is alternating point of view? The answers to all of this are covered in depth with detailed graphics, engaging examples, and exciting video. On-screen multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun....
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The Standard Deviants go back to the beginning—the beginning of your paper. Learn how to knock your reader's socks off with cool openers that grab them from the very first line! Check out the subtle connecting power of transitions! We'll wrap it up with a discussion of the necessities of revising and rewriting.
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This program explores essential literary terms while analyzing classic works of literature. What is a narrative? What are its most common parts? What does plot refer to in a story? What is tone and mood? How does a writer use them to affect the story and the reader? How does setting work in a narrative?What is a character in a story? What are some of the ways we have to understand them? The answers to all of this are covered in depth with detailed...
19) Playing Period
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Where do the eyes look? How are the feet placed? Director Roger Held presents detailed instruction for playing roles in a variety of theatrical styles. Each section in the series contains lavish costumes and props to help teach movement, manners, and use of period properties.
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This program explores essential literary terms such as symbolism, allegory, onomatopoeia, paradox ,and pun while analyzing classic works of literature. These terms are covered in depth with detailed graphics, engaging examples, and exciting video. On-screen multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.