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2. Operation Fortitude - Wikipedia

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   March – June 1944. Operation Fortitude was a military deception operation by the Allied nations as part of Operation Bodyguard, an overall deception strategy during the buildup to the 1944 Normandy landings. Fortitude was divided into two subplans, North and South, and had the aim of misleading the German High Command as to the location of ...

3. Elocution - Wikipedia

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   Elocution. Elocution is the study of formal speaking in pronunciation, grammar, style, and tone as well as the idea and practice of effective speech and its forms. It stems from the idea that while communication is symbolic, sounds are final and compelling. [1] [2]

4. How to Read a Book - Wikipedia

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   How to Read a Book is a book by the American philosopher Mortimer J. Adler. Originally published in 1940, it was heavily revised for a 1972 edition, co-authored by Adler with editor Charles Van Doren. The 1972 revision gives guidelines for critically reading good and great books of any tradition. In addition, it deals with genres (including ...

5. Didacticism - Wikipedia

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   Didacticism. Didacticism is a philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature, art, and design. [1] [2] [3] In art, design, architecture, and landscape, didacticism is a conceptual approach that is driven by the urgent need to explain. [3]

6. Jewish Autonomous Oblast - Wikipedia

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   The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO; Russian: Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть (ЕАО), romanized: Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast; Yiddish: ייִדישע אװטאָנאָמע געגנט ‎, romanized: yidishe avtonome gegnt, IPA: [jɪdɪʃə avtɔnɔmə ɡɛɡnt]) is a federal subject of Russia in the far east of the country, bordering Khabarovsk Krai and Amur ...

7. Literature circle - Wikipedia

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   Literature circles were first implemented in 1982 by Karen Smith, an elementary school teacher in Phoenix, Arizona. Handed a box of odd-and-end novels by a fellow teacher, Karen took them and promptly forgot about them. Later that year, some of her fifth grade students expressed an interest in reading them, organized themselves loosely into ...