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Electricka
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Zoot Suit |
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Are you in the groove? Can you “dig a zoot suit with a reet pleat and a drape shape and a stuff cuff to look sharp enough to see your Sunday gal?” Want to see and hear more of this once-cool but now quaint jive talk? Explore music of WWII and the world of jive talk, zoot suits, and the Zoot Suit Riots at the Zoot Suit page of the Muse Of Music's Gone But Not Forgotten feature called Zoot Suit. |
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Language Arts
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Wrong Word Of The Day |
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Each day The Muse Of Language Arts features a word, phrase, clause, short quotation or the like that has actually been used by someone somewhere, but is nevertheless a flagrant or grotesque misuse of the English language. |
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Language Arts
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Writing Right Users Page |
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Electricka, ETAF, and The Muse Of Language Arts are pleased to welcome you to the Writing Right© User's Page, the place at Electricka's web site dedicated to serving those who use Writing Right as their personal writing assistant. |
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Electricka
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Writing Right Product Description |
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Writing Right© is ebook software for your desktop computer, laptop, mobile, or other micro-electronic device. ETAF© developed Writing Right to help you write better prose. With it, you will detect and correct all sorts of writing mistakes you might otherwise miss and at the same time improve your writing style. |
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Language Arts
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Writing Aids For Writers And Authors |
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Electricka and her muses are pleased to offer this list of aids for writers and authors. Some items on the list serve as reference works; they contain information that writers may look up to help themselves while writing. Other items are intended to help writers hone and polish their skills in between writing sessions. All are available from Electricka's muses and are located at Electricka's web site. |
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Language Arts
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Writing & Publshing Techniques & Technology |
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One primary goal of this feature is to reveal for all to see the tricks of the trade writers use when they write well, with the goal of promoting an understanding of the writing methods and techniques that produce good writing. Another goal is to explore the relationship between the field of writing and the field of publishing. |
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Language Arts
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Writer's World |
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Welcome to Writer's World, where The Muse Of Language Arts explores how to successfully produce original creative or expository written materials and why you should strive to do so. Here writers can become better writers and readers can become better readers. |
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Language Arts
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Writers' Universe |
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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 external publications, web sites, educational institutions, books, software, bookstores, libraries, educational institutions, and elsewhere.
This feature also helps writers keep abreast of what's happening in the world that affects them. |
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Music
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World Of Opera |
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The Muse of Music welcomes you to the World Of Opera. Ah, Opera, the fusion of all the arts! Where would music be without you? |
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Music
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World Of Musical Instruments |
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Join The Muse Of Music in an exploration of the instruments that produce the musical sounds that we hear, love, or hate. |
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Literature
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World Of Drama |
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Drama has a noble and ancient history. Its roots are planted firmly in religion and spirituality, reaching well back in time to periods that antedate those of the ancient Greeks. Here The Muse Of literature follows in the footsteps of that tradition. |
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Literature
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World Literature |
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Get ready for some of the finest literary output of all genres and periods produced by a wide variety of sources from around the world. |
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Music
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Works Done, Redone, And Overdone |
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Redos in the arts are bold and risky undertakings. Why attempt to rework, repeat, or outdo the work of a master? Electricka and her cohort muses offer examples of works of art that have been done, redone, and overdone. In each case, they assess how well the redo turned out and ask whether it was wise to attempt it in the first place. As a whole, are redos a good idea or just a waste of talent? |
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Language Arts
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Word Origin Of The Day |
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Each day The Muse Of Language Arts features a word, phrase, or expression whose origin is noteworthy or whose meaning and true significance may be more complex than at first meets the eye. Here you'll see what words really mean (or meant) and how they got that way. You may be in for a few surprises. |
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Language Arts
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Word Of The Day |
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Each day The Muse Of Language Arts features a word, phrase, or quotation of interest for your amusement or edification. |
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Language Arts
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Why Write? |
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People have been writing since Mesopotamia. Why? Essays published in this feature are original works created by visitors to Electricka's web site that address the question why write?
Have you or someone you know written an original essay on the subject of why write? Would you like to write one for publication at Electricka's web site? Visit this feature to find out how. |
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Literature
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Why Read? |
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Why Read? is an inquiry into the subject of why people should read. Why read? is not just an area for inquiry; it's the title of an essay written by an ETAF staff member that charts the personal adventures of a chronic reader of literature.
Have you or someone you know written an original essay on the subject of why read? Would you like to write one for publication at Electricka's web site? The Muse Of Language Arts invites you to submit your essay on this subject. Visit this feature to find out how. |
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Electricka
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What's New At Electricka's Web Site |
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The Muses introduce features that have recently been added to this web site and give you the background on what's going on—the whos, whats, whens, wheres, and whys. They present synopses of features recently added to this web site and of existing features that have recently been augmented or changed in significant ways. |
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Mythology
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What's A Nymph? |
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In ancient Greece, a nymph was any of a large class of inferior female divinities, usually associated with growing things such as plants or with water. A nymph was not an immortal, but lived a long time and was kindly disposed toward man. |
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Mythology
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What's A Muse? |
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In ancient Greece, people believed that the arts were inspired by muses—goddesses—supernatural women who haunted, lured, persuaded, or drove men to create great works of art. These muses were personifications of an inspiration that seemed magical and unearthly, guiding spirits through whose power one could create something new and wonderful.
Electricka, Muse of the WorldWide Web, and her cohort muses invite you to explore the ancient Greek muses and their 21st century counterparts. See what muses, museums, and music have in common. |
