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  2. Literature review - Wikipedia

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    A literature review is an overview of previously published works on a particular topic. The term can refer to a full scholarly paper or a section of a scholarly work such as books or articles. Either way, a literature review provides the researcher /author and the audiences with general information of an existing knowledge of a particular topic.

  3. First contact (science fiction) - Wikipedia

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    A scene of a first contact between aliens and humans in Robert Sheckley's 1952 short story "Warrior Race". First contact is a common theme in science fiction about the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrial life, or of any sentient species' first encounter with another one, given they are from different planets or natural satellites.

  4. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  5. BLUF (communication) - Wikipedia

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    In a Harvard Business Review article, Kabir Sehgal enumerated three main ways to format emails with military precision: (1) Subject with key words – Key words specify the nature in email (e.g. Action, Sign, Info, Decision, etc.); (2) Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) – Emails should be short that basically answers the 5W's: who, what, when, where ...

  6. Roget's Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Conceiving that such a compilation might help to supply my own deficiencies, I had, in the year 1805, completed a classed catalogue of words on a small scale, but on the same principle, and nearly in the same form, as the Thesaurus now published. [4] Roget's Thesaurus is composed of six primary classes. [5]

  7. Touchpoint - Wikipedia

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    The pre-purchase stage is where consumers first come into contact with a brand, either consciously (like seeing an ad) or subconsciously (like noticing a logo). This is the crucial first impression where marketing plays a vital role in introducing a brand and planting a seed of interest.

  8. Reader-response criticism - Wikipedia

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    The first is the role of the reader, who is active, not passive, in the production of textual meaning. The reader fills in the "gaps" or areas of "indeterminacy" of the text. Although the "text" is written by the author, its "realization" ( Konkritisation ) as a "work" is fulfilled by the reader, according to Iser.

  9. First contact - Wikipedia

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    First contact may refer to: First contact (astronomy), the moment in astronomical transit when the apparent positions of the two bodies first touch; First contact (anthropology), the first meeting of two cultures previously unaware of one another; First contact (science fiction), a common science fiction theme about the first meeting between ...