Vocabulary Expansion: Words and Their Meanings
Vocabulary Expansion
Unwary: Simple, innocent
Beginnings: Initial, nascent, novice
Unwavering: Irrefutable, unquestionable
Unfailing: Safe, foolproof, indispensable
Harmless: Healthy, uninjured
Induce: Lead, incite
Ineffable: Wonderful, inexplicable
Inevitable: Inevitable
Unequivocal: Undoubted, indisputable
Defenseless: Abandoned, helpless
Inexcusable: Inexcusable, forced
Inexorable: Cruel, hard, indisputable
Impregnable: Invincible, unbeatable
Infaust: Unfortunate
Intimate: Implementation, punish
Impassable:
Read MoreJournalistic Articles: Features & Language
Journalistic Articles
Introduction: The Journalistic Language
Journalism responds to the information demands of man. To meet this demand, it uses mass media or means of mass communication. There are three main functions of journalism: to inform, educate, and entertain.
Information must be reliable, firsthand, verified, directly exposed, sufficient, and objective.
Education: Daily news creates a state of opinion by providing readers with information, contrasting ideological or evaluative elements, ideas,
Read MoreLove, Death, and Fidelity in Times of Cholera
Love and Death in *El amor en los tiempos del cólera*
The story’s content deals with the passage of time and love that comes in all possible ways: bright, hopeful, troubled, dark, disappointing love. This novel is a labor of love, but also of death. The fact that the work opens with a suicide and closes with the news of another is not pure chance.
Fermina Daza: The Embodiment of Love
The real engine of the love story is Fermina Daza, who embodies love and is the object of affection for the other two
Read MoreKids’ Screen Time Limits & Concert Phone Use
Should Parents Limit Children’s Screen Time?
It is generally agreed that limiting children’s screen time is a topic of great importance in today’s society. Parents should set boundaries on their children’s screen time to ensure their overall well-being.
Health Risks of Excessive Screen Time
Excessive screen time has been linked to various health issues, including:
- Obesity
- Poor eyesight
- Disrupted sleep patterns
Children who spend too much time in front of screens are less likely to engage in physical activities,
Read MoreLiterary Analysis of Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold: Narrative Techniques
Stage where the work is written:
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981), by Gabriel García Márquez, is a short novel that blends journalistic chronicle with novelistic storytelling. It covers one hour, but refers to the children of the subjects and their incipient old age. It represents the culmination of a period of renewal (departure from the traditional form of narrative, interior monologue, jumps in space and time, irrational and dreamlike elements,
Read MoreMastering Writing Formats
Mastering Various Writing Formats
Critical Appreciation
- Introduction: Title, author, and themes.
- Summary: Main ideas, meaning, and characters.
- Analysis: Plot, characters, language, style.
- Poetic Devices: Images, poetic devices, language, mood, figures of speech (rhyme, alliteration, assonance, etc.).
- Conclusion: Message/intention of the poet, personal comments/opinions.
Article Writing
- Title
- Introduction: Provide an engaging opening to introduce the topic.
- Body:
- Divide the body into several paragraphs, each