Sentences with phrase «about oral story»

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When I sat for oral examinations in my master's degree in English, where I concentrated in creative writing, one of the questions was about how I approach foreshadowing in my short stories.

First, it is plain that the empty tomb was not the originating factor since careful critical study of the material found at the end of all four Gospels makes it clear that the stories about the empty tomb are more in the category of Christian apologetic — however honestly believed and taught at the time when the Gospels were compiled from earlier oral tradition — than in that of historical reporting.

It used the incident, as it used everything else that was given it in the oral tradition about Jesus which preceded the setting - down in written texts the story of Jesus, as a way in which the importance of the originating event was declared.

The nature of the sayings, and their origins in an oral culture, put them in a different category from the stories about Jesus» actions.

The Gospel writers were not presenting eye - witness accounts, but simply collecting the stories already circulating about Jesus in the expanding oral tradition.

When I heard your story about tooth decay with your daughter, a light bulb went off in my head because my daughter's front teeth are always yellowish despite great oral care and an improving diet.

It came on the heels of a number of stories concerning double standards with perceptions of oral sex in films like «Blue Valentine» and «Black Swan,» and actor Ryan Gosling has certainly been vocal about his feelings on the matter.

For instance, urban place - based lessons could include oral history projects where students collect the stories of community members, or historical parks or buildings, or learning about urban agriculture and community gardening in large cities with food deserts.

Our hope was that the books and videos would bring the classroom into the home, enabling students to practice oral language at home with a familiar text and share their predictions about the story with their families.

Luckily, the Bishop Museum Press had just published Mary Kawena Pukui's bilingual collection of Hawaiian folktales, and breaking my department's copying budget, I set about using it as the basis for a semester long project on family folk stories incorporating oral, written, and visual presentations.

This story is about Wallace Bleff and his oral report on the classic topic: «How I Spent My Summer Vacation.»

AuthorImprints Services: eBook conversion, distribution, marketing on Amazon consulting About the book: Living Wisdom of the Far North: Tales and Legends from Chukotka and Alaska compiles several traditional oral stories of the aboriginal peoples of the Russian and North American Far North and includes two new literary stories created in the spirit of those traditions.

In this oral history video, she shares many fascinating stories about her family.

As part of a commissioned art project, her plan presents an oral guide to Bronx history by giving voice to the community about their connections to its ecosystem with stories by current and former residents, from beekeepers to rappers.

The weekly posts here offer an insider's perspective on oral arguments in major cases at the federal appellate level and news stories about sitting Supreme Court justices.