Understanding Argumentative Texts, Advertising, and Semantic Change
Argumentative Texts
Argumentative texts aim to convince others of the ideas or opinions presented. The thesis is the central idea being defended, and the arguments are the reasons supporting it.
Types of Argumentative Texts
- Scientific Thesis: Academic texts where experts argue the results of their studies.
- Philosophical Treatise: Intellectual texts offering ideas on social, political, and economic thought.
- Essays: Literary texts presenting views on various topics.
- Opinion Articles: Found in newspapers,
Camera Fundamentals: Lenses, Focus, and Exposure
Camera Fundamentals
Basic Compact Camera
The target is fixed, the most frequent type of lens is a wide-angle. It has no focus ring and diaphragm, and has a lateral display.
Classic Reflex Camera
The aim is interchangeable and supports any type of lens. It has a ring focus and aperture, and a reflex viewfinder.
Viewfinder’s Objectives
The eye of the camera, lens, or set of lenses through which light enters the camera, allowing the formation of the image inside.
Luminosity
The usable space of a target, expressed
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Introduction
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Federico García Lorca and The House of Bernarda Alba
Biographical and Historical Context
This excerpt belongs to the first act of The House of Bernarda Alba, the last dramatic work of Federico García Lorca. Born in Granada in 1898, Lorca was a poet and playwright who lived during a time of pre-war social unrest. His anti-fascist position cost him his life; he was shot in 1936. He joined the avant-garde currents of the moment, especially Surrealism.
Lorca’s Theatrical Innovations
With respect to the
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General Characteristics of Baroque Painting
- Baroque paintings, released from the geometry of Renaissance paintings, are characterized by a radial composition in which characters and objects seem to shoot out from the center point to the diagonals, crossing indefinitely in different planes, creating the feeling that the characters will escape the frame.
- The shapes are voluptuous, exaggerated figures with expressive charge, and morbidly wrapped in cloth, hugging each other in pathetic and dramatic attitudes,
Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne: A Baroque Masterpiece
Apollo and Daphne: A Baroque Masterpiece
Apollo and Daphne is an Italian Baroque sculpture created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini between 1622 and 1625. This life-size marble sculpture is housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome. It represents the myth of Daphne, whose name in Greek means “laurel.” She was a nymph, the daughter of the river god Peneus, who flows through the region of Thessaly. The god Apollo, struck by an arrow from Eros, fell in love with her, but she did not reciprocate his feelings and
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