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  2. English orthography - Wikipedia

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    English orthography comprises the set of rules used when writing the English language, [1] [2] allowing readers and writers to associate written graphemes with the sounds of spoken English, as well as other features of the language. [3] English's orthography includes norms for spelling, hyphenation, capitalisation, word breaks, emphasis, and ...

  3. John Jenkins (penmanship) - Wikipedia

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    John Jenkins (1755–1822) was an American schoolteacher who wrote the first entirely American book on penmanship, The Art of Writing, Reduced to a Plain and Easy System, first printed in 1791 by Isaiah Thomas. [1] It consisted of 32 pages of text, four plates of engraved writing samples and a frontispiece. [2]

  4. Consolatio - Wikipedia

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    The consolatio or consolatory oration is a type of ceremonial oratory, typically used rhetorically to comfort mourners at funerals. It was one of the most popular classical rhetoric topics, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and received new impetus under Renaissance humanism .

  5. List of writing systems - Wikipedia

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    Writing systems are used to record human language, and may be classified according to certain common features.. The usual name of the script is given first; the name of the languages in which the script is written follows (in brackets), particularly in the case where the language name differs from the script name.

  6. Writing system - Wikipedia

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    For broader coverage of this topic, see Writing. A writing system comprises a set of symbols, called a script, as well as the rules by which the script represents a particular language. The earliest writing was invented during the late 4th millennium BC. Throughout history, each writing system invented without prior knowledge of writing gradually evolved from a system of proto-writing that ...

  7. Portal:Writing - Wikipedia

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    A writing system uses a set of symbols and rules to encode aspects of spoken language, such as its lexicon and syntax. However, written language may take on characteristics distinct from those of any spoken language. Writing is a cognitive and social activity involving neuropsychological and physical processes.

  8. Writing - Wikipedia

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    A writing system uses a set of symbols and rules to encode aspects of spoken language, such as its lexicon and syntax. However, written language may take on characteristics distinct from those of any spoken language. [1] Writing is a cognitive and social activity involving neuropsychological and physical processes.

  9. Pericles's Funeral Oration - Wikipedia

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    "Pericles's Funeral Oration" (Ancient Greek: Περικλέους Επιτάφιος) is a famous speech from Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War. [2] The speech was supposed to have been delivered by Pericles , an eminent Athenian politician, at the end of the first year of the Peloponnesian War (BC 431–404) as a part of the annual ...