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*'''Title''': Each post is given a title. This is a pitchy phrase, a pun, or even a series of symbols. | *'''Title''': Each post is given a title. This is a pitchy phrase, a pun, or even a series of symbols. | ||
*'''Time stamp and/or permalink''': The time the post is uploaded to the blog. The time stamp often is a link to a permanent page just for this post.This allows other bloggers to link to a post. | *'''Time stamp and/or permalink''': The time the post is uploaded to the blog. The time stamp often is a link to a permanent page just for this post.This allows other bloggers to link to a post. | ||
*'''Post''': A word, sentence, paragraph or essay, with links | *'''Post''': A word, sentence, paragraph or essay, with links, names and current news. ''Key words and names are often highlighted in boldface,'' which makes the post 'scannable'. | ||
*'''Author nickname''': The name or nickname of the person who wrote the post. For blogs written by one person, the author is often left off (because the author identification can be found in About page). For collaborative blogs, the author helps to differentiate contributors. The nickname can also be a link to a page of all the author's posts. | *'''Author nickname''': The name or nickname of the person who wrote the post. For blogs written by one person, the author is often left off (because the author identification can be found in About page). For collaborative blogs, the author helps to differentiate contributors. The nickname can also be a link to a page of all the author's posts. | ||
*'''Category''': Individual postings are often labeled as part of a category. | *'''Category''': Individual postings are often labeled as part of a category. | ||
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==Essay== | ==Essay== | ||
An''''' essay''''' is a short piece of writing that discusses, describes, or analyzes one topic. It can discuss a subject directly or indirectly, seriously or humorously. It can desribe personal opinions, or just report information. An essay can be written from any perspective, but essays are most commonly written in the first person (I), or third person (subjects that can be substituted with the he, she, it, or they pronouns). Traditional essay is used for formal documents or most of the time in school (English Works). | An''''' essay''''' is a short piece of writing that discusses, describes, or analyzes one topic. It can discuss a subject directly or indirectly, seriously or humorously. It can desribe personal opinions, or just report information. An essay can be written from any perspective, but essays are most commonly written in the first person (I), or third person (subjects that can be substituted with the he, she, it, or they pronouns). Traditional essay is used for formal documents or most of the time in school (English Works). | ||
Fifteen hundred and eighty is the accepted birth year of the essay ( Tanner 11). Essays of today have a greater range, variety of subject, greater length and a greater literary finish compared to essays of the previous centuries. There is also evidence of greater individuality in thoughts and directness in style. The main influence that brought about these changes was the growth of individualism in all realms of thought ( Tanner 17). | |||
===Traditional Essay=== | ===Traditional Essay=== | ||