Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and exercises for Arts and Humanities for Primary education

THEATRE OF THE 45

A. Theatre Bourgeois

Inherited from the high comedy of Benavente and intended for the wealthy, its themes revolve around loving, marital, or family relationships and defend traditional values. The following types are distinguished:

• Comedy: Always with happy endings and reassuring.
• Drama Ideological or Thesis: This type is associated with the historic heroism of the victors within the Spanish Empire.

B. Humorous Theatre

This theatre represents intellectual continuity close to the absurd, owing much to the formal daring and spirit of the pre-war avant-garde. Its most representative work, Three Hats by Mihura (1905-1977), was written in 1932 but not submitted until 1952. It depicts a young man who spends the eve of his wedding at a...

Scripted and Unscripted TV Programmes

Scripted programmes: dramas, situation comedies, comedy shows, soap operas, documentaries, etc.

Unscripted programmes: talk shows, game shows, reality shows, news, sport and current affairs, etc., and may be either live or recorded.

Basic Camera Shot Types

• The Rule of Thirds: Dividing the frame into 9 equal sections to make the picture more appealing to the eye. It might be better used as a guideline.
• Extreme Wide Shots (EWS): Act to establish the area.
• Wide Shots (WS): Show the entire person or area. They are great for establishing the scene and allow for good action of the characters. Sometimes this is known as the long shot.
• Medium Shots (MS): Frame the subject from the waist up. This is the most common shot

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The Genre of Lyric Poetry

Lyric poetry belongs to the literary genus that refers to the world of feelings and emotions—the influence and impact of reality on the human spirit, specifically within the writer's inner world, which leads to a unique mood or emotion. Lyric poetry encompasses all works written in verse or prose that express intimate, individual, and personal feelings and emotions.

Key Elements of Lyric Poetry

• Object of the Lyric

  The circumstance or event causing a particular mood in the poet.

• Reason of the Lyric

  The underlying concept or idea in a specific poetic composition. This idea or concept represents the most important message, often being an abstract noun, such as sadness, love, loneliness, longing, or anguish. In other words,

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The following examples demonstrate complex SQL techniques using conditional logic (IF, CASE), subqueries, variable assignment, and string manipulation to analyze geographical and economic data stored in tables like Pais (Country), Ciudad (City), and LenguaPais (Country Language).

1. Independence Year Formatting for African Countries

This query retrieves the name of countries in Africa and formats their independence year (AnyIndep) to display whether it was B.C. (a.C.) or A.D. (d.C.).

SELECT Nombre,
    IF(AnyIndep > 0,
        CONCAT(AnyIndep,' d.C'),
        IF(AnyIndep < 0,
            CONCAT(ABS(AnyIndep),' a.C'),
            'N/A')) AS 'Año de Independencia'
FROM Pais
WHERE Continente = 'Africa'

2. City Population Comparison Against

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Key Concepts in Rhetoric and Public Speaking

This glossary defines fundamental terms related to persuasive communication, audience analysis, speech delivery, and logical reasoning.

Ethos

Ethical appeal, based on the speaker's credibility and character.

Pathos

Persuading the audience through emotional appeal.

Logos

An appeal that is rational and reasonable, based on evidence and logic.

Mythos

A term given when content supports a claim by reminding the audience of shared cultural values or history.

Rhetoric

The art of persuasive speech and effective communication.

Oratory

A form of eloquent public speaking.

Delayed Feedback

Audience response received after the speech is performed.

Internal Previews

Transitions that tell the audience what you will say next, helping...

Descriptive Discourse

Setting, or general environment, is very important because we must know where the place and action take place. Descriptive discourse expresses human awareness of the setting and aims to create a mental image in the mind of the reader by means of a verbal representation. We form an overall image through the description in the text.

Descriptive discourse uses words to represent appearance, nature, attributes, etc., of something. Descriptive discourse is very similar to pictorial arts; both have the same purpose: to represent an idea and to show the main purpose of the image.

We must take into consideration all descriptive techniques to describe time, place, people, etc., but we should not forget that adjectives are not always...

Do Schools Destroy Creativity?

1. Both of them feel some of the things they did were good, but not all.
2. Some clever students thought they were not good.
3. It was through her interest in the school theater.
4. She wanted a change in her career.
5. She started moving to the sound of music.
6. The number of kids who leave school between 9th and 12th grade.
7. Students should be given more standardized tests.
8. Good teachers who motivate the students' talents.

The Best Career Advice

1. Although he has quite a lot of gray hair.
2. Is based both on research and fiction.
3. It would have no literary interest.
4. Became an amateur geologist.
5. He remembers his father's words as encouragement.
6. It came after watching the Boston Marathon bombings.
7. To be able to capture the character's

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Journalistic Language (Journalese)

Journalistic language, often termed journalese, refers to the specialized language employed in mass media. This usage is often combined with iconic messages (visual or symbolic elements).

Genres of Report

The News Story

The primary goal of a news story is to report a short, recently occurring event (suceso). The following criteria determine the relevance of an event and whether it becomes news:

1. Timeliness (Actuality): News refers to very recent events. Events that happened long ago quickly lose journalistic interest. Urgency addresses issues related to whether or not an event has already occurred.
2. Proximity: The closer the news is geographically, the more concerned we are. This explains why a major global event

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Film Production Fundamentals

The Screenplay Document

The Screenplay is a document containing the planning of the film, from the start of filming until the completion of editing/post-production. It is divided into two main parts:

Literary Screenplay

A literary narrative that details both the actions seen on screen and the characters' dialogues. It also specifies the time and space of the action.

Technical Screenplay (Shooting Script)

The technical planning of the film, written with all kinds of details regarding what the viewer sees and hears. Before shooting, the storyboard (a technical illustrated screenplay) is also elaborated.

Structural Elements of the Screenplay

Scene

An action that runs in the same space and time, and involves the same characters....

My Future Starts Now

What do you think your future self will thank you for?

Good morning, I’m here today to tell you about how your choices affect your future and have a big impact on the rest of your life.

Our future is decided by the everyday choices we make or choose not to make. If you don’t want to decide yourself, you let someone else decide for you or you just don’t make the decision, [ZW3] but you don’t know what would have happened if you had made the decision yourself or if you had made a different decision. In books, movies, and TV shows, people say that you can’t change the future, but just by making different choices, your future might look way different.

The Importance of Choices

are very important, we all make at least...