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  2. Belles-lettres - Wikipedia

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    Literally, belles-lettres is a French phrase meaning 'beautiful' or 'fine' writing. In this sense, therefore, it includes all literary works—especially fiction, poetry, drama, or essays—valued for their aesthetic qualities and originality of style and tone. The term thus can be used to refer to literature generally.

  3. List of writing genres - Wikipedia

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    Literature review: a summary and careful comparison of previous academic work published on a specific topic; Research article or research paper; Scientific: scholarly publication reporting original empirical and theoretical work in the natural or social sciences. Technical report; Textbook: authoritative and detailed factual description of a thing

  4. Writing style - Wikipedia

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    In literature, writing style is the manner of expressing thought in language characteristic of an individual, period, school, or nation. [1] As Bryan Ray notes, however, style is a broader concern, one that can describe "readers' relationships with, texts, the grammatical choices writers make, the importance of adhering to norms in certain contexts and deviating from them in others, the ...

  5. Gwendolyn B. Bennett - Wikipedia

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    Bennett was a prominent figure and best known for the poetry and writing she produced that had a direct influential impact on the motives and essence of the Harlem Renaissance. Some ideologies that her works brought into perspective include the emphasis of Racial pride and the reminiscence of African values, such as music and dance.

  6. Literature - Wikipedia

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    A value judgment definition of literature considers it as consisting solely of high quality writing that forms part of the belles-lettres ("fine writing") tradition. [14] An example of this is in the 1910–1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which classified literature as "the best expression of the best thought reduced to writing". [15]

  7. 16 Balance Quotes You Need if You’re Feeling Stressed - AOL

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    Balance isn’t just something that happens by accident, while you’re doing other things. It takes intentional work to find it and maintain it. (Here are the balance exercises you should try.)

  8. Parallelism (rhetoric) - Wikipedia

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    The following sentences and verses possess "similarity in structure" in words and phrases: She tried to make the law clear, precise and equitable. [2] In the quote above, the compounded adjectives serve as parallel elements and support the noun "law". Her purpose was to impress the ignorant, to perplex the dubious, and to confound the ...

  9. The Challenge—and Joy—of Defining and Setting ... - AOL

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    What boundaries do I need to set to achieve the goal of having a better work-life balance? What do I need to start doing at 4 p.m. if I want to leave work at 5 p.m.?