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  2. Carnivalesque - Wikipedia

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    The primary act of carnival is the mock crowning and subsequent de-crowning of a carnival king. It is a "dualistic ambivalent ritual" that typifies the inside-out world of carnival and the "joyful relativity of all structure and order". [3] The act sanctifies ambivalence toward that which is normally considered absolute, single, or monolithic.

  3. Schaffer method - Wikipedia

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    The Jane Schaffer method is a formula for essay writing that is taught in some U.S. middle schools and high schools.Developed by a San Diego teacher named Jane Schaffer, who started offering training and a 45-day curriculum in 1995, it is intended to help students who struggle with structuring essays by providing a framework.

  4. Outline (list) - Wikipedia

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    Outlines can be presented as a work's table of contents, but they can also be used as the body of a work. The Outline of Knowledge from the 15th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica is an example of this. Wikipedia includes outlines that summarize subjects (for example, see Outline of chess, Outline of Mars, and Outline of knowledge).

  5. Faschingsschwank aus Wien - Wikipedia

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    Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Carnival Scenes from Vienna or Carnival Jest from Vienna), Op. 26, is a solo piano work by Robert Schumann. He began composition of the work in 1839 in Vienna . He wrote the first four movements in Vienna, and the last on his return to Leipzig .

  6. Jingle-jangle fallacies - Wikipedia

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    An example of the jangle fallacy can be found in tests designed to assess emotional intelligence. Some of these tests measure merely personality or regular IQ -tests. [ 7 ] An example of the jingle fallacy is that personality and values are sometimes conflated and treated as the same construct. [ 8 ]

  7. Rhetorical modes - Wikipedia

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    Examples are the satiric mode, the ironic, the comic, the pastoral, and the didactic. [ 2 ] Frederick Crews uses the term to mean a type of essay and categorizes essays as falling into four types, corresponding to four basic functions of prose: narration , or telling; description , or picturing; exposition , or explaining; and argument , or ...

  8. Barranquilla Carnival - Wikipedia

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    These are examples of many styles of Colombian music. It is a party that gathers up tradition based on the creativity of the Colombian people, being expressed by a lot of forms of dancing, music, and by donning different costumes. This diversity gives it a character of unique, unrivalled party, in which the people are the main protagonists.

  9. Büttenrede - Wikipedia

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    Structurally, the traditional rhymed Büttenrede is known to use a very consistent metre, for example iambic pentameter. It is often divided into multiple stanzas, that, like a refrain, end in the same, reoccurring punch line. The preferred rhyme scheme is a couplet (AA BB). [2]