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    In “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” a story about solving a murder case, Edgar Allan Poe presents a critique on strict logical analysis in life. Dupin struggles with accepting the logic of the police that are trying to solve the murder, which is represented by Dupin’s “special reasoning power” and how Dupin “knew what to do” when the police could not find an answer to the murders (Poe 2-4). With the changing of acts from Parts 1&2 to Part 3 Poe goes from vividly descriptive language on ingenuity to

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    Detective stories that have been published over the years all contain dramatic elements that the reader has come to expect. These conventions that Aydelotte discussed in The Dectective Story as a Historical Source are especially ever present in Edgar Allen Poe’s The Murders in the Rue Morgue and they shed light on the concerns of the people of the time. Primarily, readers read detective stories because they expect a dramatic event to happen whether that be criminal activity or more prominently,

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    “The Purloined Letter” and “The Big Sleep” are two stories that clearly defines the suspense genre. For this, it’s shown to have that mystery and twists throughout the story as it progresses. Each story had their own protagonist and criminals with a complex storyline that would shift the whole plot. As the readers would see throughout the books, they are left with this exciting and antsy feeling that makes them drop their jaws to what has happened or what happens next. The texts refined this genre

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    of the House of Usher,” “The Purloined Letter,” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” The first story I chose involved with two siblings that have something wrong with them. The brother who has a mental illness which leads to the suffering of fear and anxiety, as well as having a morbid acuteness of the senses. “The Purloined Letter” tells about how the queen got her letter stolen by Minister D, and yet Dupin stole that Minister D’s letter who replaced the stolen letter with a fake one. “The Murders

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    “Scandal in Bohemia” and “The Purloined Letter” are two different detective stories. In “Scandal in Bohemia” Irene Alder stole a picture from the King of Bohemia. The King hires Sherlock Holmes to find out where Irene was hiding the picture and get it back for him. The picture that Irene had stolen was a picture of the King and Irene and it could jeopardize the King’s marriage. In “The Purloined Letter” the Minister stole a letter from the Royal Lady that had sensitive material in it. Dupin is

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    In the short story “The purloined Letter” one major difference in how Dupin succeed when he use Inductive method of detection is the way he found the letter through his own technique. One example of Dupin using inductive detection is when he begins to observe the little details in a logical way, Dupin finds the letter by wearing green sunglasses and talking to Minister D all while observing the apartment behind the lens. Something on favor for Dupin is that the police have used too much cleverness

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    Many interesting stories were told in the Eighteen-forties. Among many, there are “The Birth-Mark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Purloined Letter” by Edgar Allan Poe. In spite of the fact that these two stories are unique diverse and in contents and background, interestingly, there are some similarities between the two stories. This essay will be explaining some differences of these two stories as well as the similarities of the two stories. This essay will first explain the similarity of how the

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    1.3. Informal writing………………………………………………...……….7 1.4. Letter writing……..……………………………………………………...9 1.5. Different types of letters……………………..…………………………11 Chapter II.Teaching writing informal letters…………………………………………13 2.1. Informal letters……..…………………………………………………..13 2.2. Writing informal letter………...……………………………………….13 2.3. Types of informal letters………………………………...……………..20 2.4. Exercises for teaching writing informal

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    Furthermore, you try to write as simply and as clearly as possible, and not to make the letter longer than necessary. Remember not to use informal language like contractions. Addresses: 1) Your Address The return address should be written in the top right-hand corner of the letter. 2) The Address of the person you are writing to The inside address should be written on the left, starting below your address. Date: Different people put

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    Question 21 .2 out of 2 points Correct The typical fax cover sheet derives its format from the Answer Selected Answer: c. memo format. Correct Answer: c. memo format. . Question 22 .2 out of 2 points Correct The business letter form your text explains can impart directness yet seem intimate is the Answer Selected Answer: b. semi-block form. Correct Answer: b. semi-block form. . Question 23 .2 out of 2 points Correct The accepted ways in which in-house

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