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Have you ever wondered what makes metaphors, similes, and analogies different? Or do you want to know what the three types of irony in literature are? If you're analyzing prose, poetry, nonfiction, or any other piece of text, you'll need to know the literary devices highlighted in this video. I'll show you the definitions of each device and concrete examples drawn from some of my favorite books, poems, movies, and TV shows. These devices will definitely help if you are annotating text or taking the AP Lit and AP Lang exams. Stay tuned for part 2!
- Course related:
- ELC2011 Advanced English Reading and Writing Skills
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- English Language
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- English language -- Discourse analysis Figures of speech Metaphor
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Choosing color combinations for logos is an important job as color can affect emotions and behaviors. We’ve all felt uncertain at times when designing a brand and not being able to decide what to choose. This article helps you understand how to effectively use color for a logo.
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- Interactive and Digital Media and Design Elements
- Keywords:
- Color in design Signs symbols -- Design Icons (Computer graphics) Logos (Symbols) -- Design
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Do you want to learn a bit more about the history of sans serifs? The last few years have brought a lot of changes in branding. Many companies were shifting from serif fonts to sans serifs. Check out this article to learn more about the reasons behind it.
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- Typography and Design Elements
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- Type type-founding History
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There’s no shortage of fonts these days. There are so many options for every single project. Building a font collection is a smart way to organize all your favorite fonts. Check out this article to learn more about classifications and find some great inspiration.
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- Typography and Design Elements
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- Type type-founding Web sites -- Design Graphic design (Typography)
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Typography is an essential part of graphic design. When I was a beginner designer, I had trouble understanding and combining fonts for a project. In this article, you'll learn how to use this important tool with simple tips and tricks.
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- Typography and Design Elements
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- Web typography Type type-founding Graphic design (Typography)
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Display fonts are essential if you're looking to create a certain atmosphere and feeling in your design. In this article, get familiar with the history of display fonts and how they came to be so popular.
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- Typography and Design Elements
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- Type type-founding History Graphic design (Typography)
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The world of design is extensive. Learn the most important terms that you need to navigate your design career. This article touches on misused terms and explains some important typesetting terminology.
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- Typography and Design Elements
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- Type type-founding Printing Graphic design (Typography)
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This course provides an introduction to rock mechanics principles including the mechanics of rock materials, rock joints and rock masses, rock mechanics characterisation and rock mass classifications. The course is prepared for students studying civil and mining engineering, and other science and engineering disciplines concerning rocks.
The course is an on-line course, with approximately 30 hours of lectures. It covers 5 parts: (a) origin of rocks and rock masses, (b) properties and mechanics of rock materials, (c) properties and mechanics of rock joints, (d) rock mass classifications and properties, and a supplement part (e) rock mechanics testing and analysis.
The lectures are given by Professor Jian Zhao, who has been teaching rock mechanics and rock engineering since 1990, first at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, then at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne of Switzerland, and currently at Monash University in Melbourne of Australia. He is a Fellow of the International Society for Rock Mechanics since 2015.
Rock Engineering, a sequential on-line course to Rock Mechanics Principles given by the same lecturer will be made available in near future.
- Subjects:
- Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
- Keywords:
- Rock mechanics Engineering geology
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- MOOC
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The Rock Engineering Practice course was recorded by Professor Zhao Jian, an ISRM fellow, of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and contains 21 lectures divided in three parts.
Part 1. Site Investigation and Testing
Part 2. Rock Slope Engineering
Part 3. Rock Foundation Engineering
Part 4. Underground Rock Excavations
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- Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
- Keywords:
- Rock mechanics Engineering geology
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- MOOC
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This video presents an overview of the Fourier Transform, which is one of the most important transformations in all of mathematical physics and engineering. This series will introduce the analytic theory of the Fourier Transform, along with the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm for efficient computations. We will explore lots of applications in image compression, audio analysis, and solving partial differential equations.
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- EIE4413 Digital Signal Processing, EIE3331 Communication Fundamentals, and EE3312 Linear Systems
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- Mathematics and Statistics
- Keywords:
- Fourier transformations
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- Video