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IMRAD. In scientific writing, IMRAD or IMRaD ( / ˈɪmræd /) ( Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion) [ 1] is a common organizational structure (a document format). IMRaD is the most prominent norm for the structure of a scientific journal article of the original research type. [ 2]
A literature review is an overview of the previously published works on a topic. The term can refer to a full scholarly paper or a section of a scholarly work such as a book, or an article. Either way, a literature review is supposed to provide the researcher /author and the audiences with a general image of the existing knowledge on the topic ...
An article by Frederick Douglass that was titled "The Color Line" [ 1] was published in the North American Review in 1881. The phrase gained fame after W. E. B. Du Bois ' repeated use of it in his 1903 book The Souls of Black Folk . The phrase sees current usage as a reference to modern racial discrimination in the United States and legalized ...
Writing style. 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 ...
Color symbolism. Color symbolism in art, literature, and anthropology refers to the use of color as a symbol in various cultures and in storytelling. There is great diversity in the use of colors and their associations between cultures [ 1] and even within the same culture in different time periods. [ 2] The same color may have very different ...
Color theory, or more specifically traditional color theory, is the historical body of knowledge describing the behavior of colors, namely in color mixing, color contrast effects, color harmony, color schemes and color symbolism. [ 1] Modern color theory is generally referred to as Color science. While there is no clear distinction in scope ...
African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives.
Literary theory is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for literary analysis. [ 1] Since the 19th century, literary scholarship includes literary theory and considerations of intellectual history, moral philosophy, social philosophy, and interdisciplinary themes relevant to how people interpret meaning. [ 1]