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Electricka's Resource Shelf |
An electronic bibliography of arts-related
institutions; people; traditional and computerized reference works such as
dictionaries and encyclopedias; bibliographies of books, readers guides,
sound and video recordings, films, and much more. The Shelf also lists
arts-related institutions, people, facilities such as museums, performance
halls, theaters, and performances. Many of these resources are
reader's aids that can be used online. |
Electricka's Resource Shelf |
Works In The History Of Western Art |
A searchable and sortable table containing
the names of scores of
artists, their works, and movements in the Western fine arts tradition. |
Capsule History Of Western Art |
Movements In Western Art |
A searchable and sortable
table that identifies the most significant and prominent arts
movements that have arisen in the Western art tradition and the
periods in which each movement occurred. It briefly describes the
salient characteristics of each movement |
Capsule History Of Western Art |
Western Artists |
A searchable and sortable
table that identifies works by important or prominent artists in the
Western art tradition and identifies the main art movement each work
represents or expresses. |
Capsule History Of Western Art |
Latin Terms |
A searchable and sortable table containing hundreds
of definitions of Latin words, phrases, quotations, and abbreviations.
In addition to definitions, the table offers you information about the
origins of the terms it contains, their sources, alternate
translations and meanings, explanations, comments, and other kinds of
useful and informative items |
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Latinisms |
Animal Group Names And Descriptors |
A searchable and sortable table that may surprise or amuse you. For
example, did you know that one of the names for a group of pigeons is
a dropping? One may speak of a dropping of pigeons.
The table contains a list of the popular and common names for many
different kinds of animals (e.g., ape, baboon, ass, and bat). One or
more group names for each animal is supplied in most cases. For
example, shrewdness and troop are terms used to refer to
a group of apes—a shrewdness of apes; battery is a term
used to refer to a group of barracudas—a battery of barracudas. The table also contains a
descriptive term (genre or class name) for most of the animals. For
example, a sparrow is a member of the passerine family. |
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Animal Sex And Progeny Names |
Many animals have different
names for the male, female, and young. For example, a male alligator
is a bull; a female alligator is a cow; and a baby
alligator is a hatchling. This aid is a searchable and sortable table of such names. |
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Sailors & Sailing |
Sailing, sailing over the
bounding main... Bound with the muses as they translate nautical terms
into English; keep time with ship's bells; bone up on all sorts of
sailing miscellany, from superstition to fact, from the time of the
trireme to today's nuclear aircraft carrier. If you're reading or
writing about sailing and the sailor's life, you'll be glad you did. |
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Tell Time Like A Sailor |
Shed your landlubber status. After you read this page you'll be able to tell time like a
sailor—The Muses guarantee it. |
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Proofreaders' Marks |
Proofreaders' Marks is a multi-page list containing most of the
standard proofreader marks you are likely encounter when writing. These marks are especially useful to a writer
whose work has been edited and who needs assistance with interpreting
an editor's markups. Entries contain a description of a correction or change an editor might
request and the graphic symbols that represent the change. Examples
are included. Proofreaders' Marks is contained in a file
organized in PDF format. Proofreaders' Marks is aimed primarily at writers but is also helpful to
editors and avid readers. |
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Prizes For Literature |
Prizes treated in this feature are awarded by recognized institutions and agencies. Historically, each
institution has concentrated on a specific branch of literary endeavor and
each has adopted a characteristic name for its prize. |
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Glossary Of Literary Terms |
An
automated literary glossary containing a large number of definitions of a
variety of different kinds of literary terms. These definitions are arranged
in the form of an automated table. A visitor can conveniently search table entries for occurrences of a text string that
represents and expresses his literary interests. Look for an explanation of
the Glossary and directions for how to use it at The Muse Of Literature's
page called
Literary Terminology - Glossary Of Literary Terms:
click here. |
Literary Terminology— Glossary Of Literary
Terms |
Literary Forms |
Here, The Muse Of Literature explores authors and works that are strongly
associated with a specific form of literature. Examples of authors and works
of literature characterized by their form are novelists, short story
writers, literary dramatists, poets, essayists, and their principal works. The Muse also explores issues and questions related to the subject of
literary form. |
Technical Aspects of Literature |
Literary
Genres |
Here, The Muse
Of Literature explores authors and works strongly associated with a specific
literary genre or themes and subjects. Examples of authors and works characterized by
or associated with genres are Isaac Asimov (Science Fiction), Zane Grey
(Western Fiction), J.R.R. Tolkein (Fantasy), Agatha Christie (Mystery
Fiction), and Stephen King (horror). The Muse also explores issues
and questions related to the subject of genre in literature. |
Technical Aspects of Literature |
Literary Periods |
In these pages, The Muse Of Literature explores authors and literary
bodies of work from the point of view of the period—the
time and place—in which they are written. The authors
and works explored here are strongly associated with a specific
national or regional literary tradition. The Muse also explores the idea of literary period itself, as well as literary
issues that arise because of literary periodicity and location. |
Technical Aspects of Literature |
People First-Name Equivalents |
The Muse Of Language Arts presents a table of people-first name equivalents.
With the help of this table, if you know a person's first name in one
language, you can find the equivalent name in any one of a number of other
languages. If you're an author seeking to find just the right name for a character,
you'll be able to search the table for ideas. |
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Welcome
To Expository Prose Writing |
The primary goal of this feature is to explore aspects of prose writing
that help writers understand and write expository prose. Writers who explore the general nature of expository prose are better
able to know how to write it. Polish your expository writing and reading skills and deepen your knowledge of
exposition generally. |
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Welcome To
The World Of Creative Writing |
Creative writing is the creativity exhibited by a
literary work is its originality of thought or expression. A work that is
creative results from and displays its author's originality of thought or
expression and his imagination. Explore the nature of
creative writing and discover reasons why writers of all types of
literature should seek to
write creatively. Along the way, define and examine the creative
writing process itself and improve your own creative writing. |
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Writer's Universe |
Writers' Universe is a collection of writing resources you can explore and
exploit, some of which are located at Electricka's web site and some of
which are located in or at publications, web sites, educational institutions,
books, software, bookstores, libraries, educational institutions, and
elsewhere. The Muse Of Language Arts has compiled this list of resources especially
to meet the needs and desires of writers and authors and to assist them to
expand their creative and expository writing horizons.
Many of these resources offer opportunities
for writers to improve, publish, distribute, or sell their writing or their
writing skills. Others offer education, training, or the chance to teach
what they know and love.
Writers' Universe also keeps writers abreast of what's happening in the world
that affects writers and authors—what writers,
publishers, and the public are doing, saying. or planning. It allows
writers to compare and contrast their work and their world with the work and
world of other writers.
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Writer's Discussion Group |
Keep
up with what’s happening in the world of writing. Submit your questions
about writing to authors and writers. Volunteer to help others by answering their questions.
Send in (post) your questions about writing—style,
grammar, good usage, logic, and the like—to
the Writer's Discussion Group. Expect and answer from another discussion group member
or The Muse Of Language Arts.
Share what you know with others interested in writing. Help others with their writing
or get help. Exchange tips and ideas. Discuss writing pros and cons,
experiences, issues, writing, writers, or anything related to writing that
seems relevant. Ask questions about writing, literature, and the language
arts.
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Electricka's Resource Shelf |
Electricka's Resource Shelf is a compendium of all sorts of arts-related
resources, including many of interest to writers. It's
similar to a reference desk at a library or to reference works you
might buy at a bookstore to use at home, school, or at the office. With the help of Electricka's Resource Shelf you will be
able to identify the writing resources you want to consult and then visit,
contact, or obtain them, whether they are online or at physical locations. Here's a smattering of some of the different kinds of resources listed in
the compendium: web sites, books, software, bookstores, libraries, educational institutions,
pages at
Electricka's web site. The Shelf also contains citations of places you can visit,
things you can do, and people or organizations you can contact about
writing. |
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Writing Right
User's Page |
Writing Right© is a computerized personal writing
assistant developed by ETAF that can help users write better prose. Electricka has set aside a page at her web site called the Writing Right User's
Page. Writing Right users visit this page to learn about the latest
developments in the world of writing. The Users Page is a writer's resource. |
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Technical Aspects of Literature |
The technical aspects of any written work are its properties and techniques
as seen from a literary and language perspective.
All writing incorporates
and is made up of technical elements like meter, form, sound (rhyme), and
figures of speech. Techniques and language elements like these are common to all fields of
writing; all writers use them, deliberately or subconsciously. Any
particular work can by analyzed, understood, described, and classified by
the combination of the writing elements it
incorporates.
Explore writing and writings from a technical
and design point of
view—structure, organization, tone, style,
language constructions, and
all the other technical aspects that make for coherent, expressive, and
effective writing, or its opposite.
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No-Cost Downloads Of Interest To Writers |
Electricka offers a selection of no-cost writer's aids that you download to your
computer for your personal use. Look for them at this feature. |
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Miscellaneous Additional Features |
As a writer, you may also be interested in these features:
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The People First Name Equivalents Table |
This table lists over 200 male and
female English language first names that have equivalent names in other languages.
The etymological meanings of names are provided.
If you're an author seeking to find just the right name to give
your fictional or non-fictional character, this table can be a real
help. If there's more than one equivalent name for a given language, the
additional equivalents are included and alternative spellings are
accounted for. You'll be able to use your computer to come up with all sorts
of naming ideas. |
About The People First Name & Given Name Equivalents Table |
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