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  2. Review: Well-intentioned 'Rob Peace' flattens out the ... - AOL

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    Statistics about the social mobility of Black lives don’t always do justice to what it looks like up close for one person. That’s where movies come in handy as vessels of understanding and, in ...

  3. The Seven Basic Plots - Wikipedia

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    809/.924. LC Class. PN3378 .B65 2004. Preceded by. The Great Deception. Followed by. Scared to Death: From BSE to Global Warming. The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories is a 2004 book by Christopher Booker containing a Jung -influenced analysis of stories and their psychological meaning. Booker worked on the book for 34 years.

  4. Film criticism - Wikipedia

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    Chicago critic Roger Ebert (right) with director Russ Meyer. Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: Academic criticism by film scholars, who study the composition of film theory and publish their findings and essays in books and journals, and general journalistic criticism that appears regularly ...

  5. List of genres - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of genres of literature and entertainment (film, television, music, and video games), excluding genres in the visual arts.. Genre is the term for any category of creative work, which includes literature and other forms of art or entertainment (e.g. music)—whether written or spoken, audio or visual—based on some set of stylistic criteria.

  6. Book review - Wikipedia

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    A book review is a form of literary criticism in which a book is merely described (summary review) or analyzed based on content, style, and merit. [ 1] A book review may be a primary source, an opinion piece, a summary review, or a scholarly view. [ 2] Books can be reviewed for printed periodicals, magazines, and newspapers, as school work, or ...

  7. Book report - Wikipedia

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    Book report. A book report is an essay discussing the contents of a book, written as part of a class assignment issued to students in schools. There is a difference between a book report and a book review. A report includes a larger outline, and a review stays on the topic of the book. Teachers frequently give students a list of books from ...

  8. Luka and the Fire of Life - Wikipedia

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    Luka Khalifa, the protagonist of the book, is a twelve-year-old left-handed boy, who goes on a quest to save his dying father. He shows courage throughout the book and has the ability to curse his enemies, such as cursing Captain Aag, which causes his animals to revolt and his tents to burn down. Bear, the singing dog, a chocolate Labrador ...

  9. Comparison of e-book formats - Wikipedia

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    The EPUB format is the most widely supported e-book format, supported by most e-book readers except Amazon Kindle [a] devices. Most e-book readers also support the PDF and plain text formats. E-book software can be used to convert e-books from one format to another, as well as to create, edit and publish e-books.