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How to write descriptively - Nalo Hopkinson

How to write descriptively - Nalo Hopkinson

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How to build a fictional world - Kate Messner

How to build a fictional world - Kate Messner

8M viewsJan 9, 2014

How fiction can change reality - Jessica Wise

Find in video from 00:14Introduction to Fiction and Imagination

How fiction can change reality - Jessica Wise

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How to make your writing suspenseful - Victoria Smith

How to make your writing suspenseful - Victoria Smith

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What makes a hero? - Matthew Winkler

What makes a hero? - Matthew Winkler

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Why should you read Charles Dickens? - Iseult Gillespie

Find in video from 00:32Features of Dickens's Writing

Why should you read Charles Dickens? - Iseult Gillespie

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First person vs. Second person vs. Third person - Rebekah Bergman

First person vs. Second person vs. Third person - Rebekah Bergman

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Find in video from 04:09Dystopian Science Fiction

How to recognize a dystopia - Alex Gendler

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Why should you read "One Hundred Years of Solitude"? - Francisco Díez-Buzo

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Why Shakespeare loved iambic pentameter - David T. Freeman and Gregory Taylor

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Invisibility is one of the most tantalizing powers in fiction, spanning all kinds of stories. But could this fantasy ever become a reality? Dig into the technologies that could make invisibility possible: | TED-Ed

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Everything you need to know to read Homer's "Odyssey" - Jill Dash

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The tale of the Monkey King and the Buddha - Ji Hao

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History vs. Cleopatra - Alex Gendler

7.4M viewsFeb 2, 2017

Vampires: Folklore, fantasy, and fact - Michael Molina

3.9M viewsOct 29, 2013

Find in video from 01:13Limits of Future Predictions

How science fiction can help predict the future - Roey Tzezana

450.2K viewsJan 26, 2016

How do lasers actually work? And could the laser weaponry we see in science fiction ever exist? | TED-Ed

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The princess exiled from ancient Mesopotamia - Soraya Field Fiorio

902.2K viewsMar 23, 2020

The night of her son's birth, the queen was visited by three shadowy goddesses, known as the Fates. They decreed her son would live only until a burning log was reduced to embers. Terrified, she locked the log away in a chest. But the prophecy would loom over his life: | TED-Ed

233.4K views8 months ago

How memories form and how we lose them - Catharine Young

3.2M viewsSep 24, 2015

6 myths about the Middle Ages that everyone believes - Stephanie Honchell Smith

2.8M viewsMar 7, 2023

Find in video from 02:48Expansion and Medieval Warfare

How the Normans changed the history of Europe - Mark Robinson

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The myth of Hades and Persephone - Iseult Gillespie

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Do different dog breeds really have different personalities? Trace the evolution of dogs, and find out why their characteristics, behaviors, and personalities vary so widely: | TED-Ed

81K views10 months ago

Find in video from 00:30Basic Ingredients of Comedy Writing

How to make your writing funnier - Cheri Steinkellner

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How languages evolve - Alex Gendler

3.4M viewsMay 27, 2014

The wicked wit of Jane Austen - Iseult Gillespie

1.9M viewsMar 21, 2019

Find in video from 00:31Media Gatekeepers and Their Impact

How to choose your news - Damon Brown

1.7M viewsJun 5, 2014

The emergence of drama as a literary art - Mindy Ploeckelmann

275.4K viewsJun 5, 2013

Why is "The Scream" screaming? - Noah Charney

369.1K viewsApr 4, 2024

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