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  Playwriting 101 - A Quick Guide...

  HowExpert, Marsh Cassady

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  To write for the theatre you need to know about theatre. Ideas are easy to come by. Examine your background, interest, and beliefs. Examine the world around you. Exercises can help you come up with ideas. Choose the audience you want to reach and write to that audience. To learn to write dialogue listen to and record everyday conversations. Dialogue should sound like ordinary conversations but has more direction. 
  Know as much as you can about your central characters. Do a character analysis. Choose the character traits to emphasize. A character should come across as both typical and individual. Most plays have a plot, which involves conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist. The parts of a plot are: inciting incident, rising action, turning point, climax, and falling action. Other types of organization for a play are circular and thematic. 
  Before starting to write, you need to develop a central idea. Plays exist for a number of reasons—entertainment, to bring attention to something, and to teach. You need to decide what you want to accomplish. It’s easier to gain an audience’s interest if you start with a theme they agree with. 
  A play needs a sense of universality. A play should be unified, but it also needs contrast. Since theatre is a collaborative art, the director, actor, and designers may see the different facets differently than you do. It’s not difficult to have a well-written produced. Possible markets are schools, organizations, and professional theatre. Finished plays have to follow a particular format. 
  About the Expert 
  Marsh Cassady has had thirty-eight plays published and/or produced—including Off-Broadway. A former theatre professor with a Ph.D. degree, he started a playwriting program at Montclair State in New Jersey that included beginning and advanced classes, workshops, and individual projects. 
  HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

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  The Great Dictionary Dutch -...

  Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer

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  This dictionary contains around 70,000 Dutch terms with their English translations, making it one of the most comprehensive books of its kind. It offers a wide vocabulary from all areas as well as numerous idioms. The terms are translated from Dutch to English. If you need translations from English to Dutch, then the companion volume "The Great Dictionary English - Dutch" is recommended.

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  The Chicago Guide to Grammar...

  Bryan A. Garner

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  The authoritative guide to using the English language effectively, from “the greatest writer on grammar and usage that this country has ever produced” (David Yerkes, Columbia University).   The author of The Chicago Manual of Style’s popular “Grammar and Usage” chapter, Bryan A. Garner is renowned for explaining the vagaries of English with absolute precision and utmost clarity. With The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation, he has written the definitive guide for writers who want their prose to be both memorable and correct. Garner describes standard literary English—the forms that mark writers and speakers as educated users of the language. He also offers historical context for understanding the development of these forms. The section on grammar explains how the canonical parts of speech came to be identified, while the section on syntax covers the nuances of sentence patterns as well as both traditional sentence diagramming and transformational grammar. The usage section provides an unprecedented trove of empirical evidence in the form of Google Ngrams, diagrams that illustrate the changing prevalence of specific terms over decades and even centuries of English literature. Garner also treats punctuation and word formation, and concludes the book with an exhaustive glossary of grammatical terms and a bibliography of suggested further reading and references.The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation is a magisterial work, the culmination of Garner’s lifelong study of the English language. The result is a landmark resource that will offer clear guidelines to students, writers, and editors alike.   “[A manual] for those of us laboring to produce expository prose: nonfiction books, journalistic articles, memorandums, business letters. The conservatism of his advice pushes you to consider audience and occasion, so that you will understand when to follow convention and when you can safely break it.”—John E. McIntyre, Baltimore Sun

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  Learn Korean While Sleeping

  Innovative Language Learning

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  "Can you learn while sleeping?"  Studies say that yes you can. Listening to a language while asleep can help supercharge your vocabulary.Learn Easily with the Power of Pleasant RepetitionWith the Learn Korean While Sleeping Audiobook, you'll absorb over 430 Korean words and phrases effortlessly. You can use this Beginner-Level Audiobook toRelax while listening to Korean phrases and translationsRelieve stress. Just listen in  No confusing grammar rules Wind down before bed to help you fall asleepAnd of course learn words passively in your sleep.How does it work? Just press play... and listen to the gentle voice of a native teacher. Our teacher repeats each word and phrase multiple times...  so you'll retain them better whether you're awake or in bed. For best results, listen while awake first. Then, listen while falling asleep.What Will You Learn? You'll Master 430+ Beginner Words & Phrases IncludingBasic GreetingsNumbers in KoreanCommon Questions and AnswersWords for Introducing YourselfBasic Verbs & AdjectivesAnd much moreThe Learn Korean While Sleeping Audiobook includes13 Beginner-Level Audio Lessons 6.5 Hours of Lessons in TotalAccompanying PDF eBook with all of the words, phrases and translationsMark Alain et al. "Implicit Vocabulary Learning during Sleep is Bound to Slow-Wave Peaks." Current Biology. October 21, 2019.

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  मैं जापानी भाषा सीख रहा हूं - I...

  JM Gardner

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  The complete method. 300 essential words and phrases, 140 common expressions, the 100 most common verbs, the 1000 essential words. How to learn a language differently ? With our learning method : I listen, I repeat, I speak. We rely on pronunciation, oral rehearsal, listening, combined with words, essential phrases, and a vocabulary list. 20% of the words are used 80% of the time. The end goal is to get a sufficient level in one language to be able to hold simple conversations, to be able to understand simple exchanges, deal with with everyday life and start exploring the new culture that opens up to you.

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  Learn Greek: Greek Survival...

  Innovative Language Learning

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  Learn Greek: Greek Survival Phrases, Volume 1Start speaking Greek in minutes, and grasp the language, culture, and customs in just minutes more with Survival Phrases Greek, a completely new way to learn basic Greek fast!Are you about to travel to Greece? Do you need to know basic Greek and proper etiquette for business reasons? Do you have a Greek speaking partner, family or friends? Are you a fan of Greek films, culture, or history, and want to start learning the Greek language? Whatever your reasons are, we've designed Greek Survival Phrases, Volume 1 with you in mind, so that you will get immensely satisfying results fast. These 30 short and effective audio lessons will allow you to:- Speak Greek before the end of your first lesson - Use your newly learned Greek in everyday situations - Understand the culture, customs, and people of Greece - Order the food you want in restaurants - Master manners, etiquette, customs so you don't embarrass yourself - Shopping- And much more!Learn to ask for help and avoid danger and tourist traps- learn travel tips and the "do's" and "don'ts" from an experienced host.This is not a vocabulary builder with just words and translations. Unlike other audiobooks, we actually teach Greek and Greek culture. Each lesson is taught by a professional, bilingual teacher!Download the PDF and read along:https://bit.ly/31gEhti

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