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    to work. Although the message surrounds ideas of strength‚ it still maintains strong undertones of femininity to reassure viewers that American woman can be both. This essay will observe and examine the different techniques and effects used within this imagery to create the ideological and conceptual state. Specifically this essay will focus on the meanings that are generated from the visual content and attempt to explain there significance to the environment the poster was produced in. With

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    Sound of a Siren In the poem by Margaret Atwood titled “Siren Song” multiple techniques are used and left out in order to create a specific and clever meaning. The poem works in a way that speaks to the reader from a siren‚ the speaker of the poem being the siren. It begins with the speaker telling the reader about a song of a siren; half women and half nymph. These sirens in Greek mythology would sing to sailors and attract them to their island. Once on the island the men would be killed or stranded

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    Sound of Waves Test Answer each of the following questions thoroughly. I will be grading on thoughtfulness and how well you explain your answer. For the factual questions‚ you just need to get it correct. This first section does not need as much explanation‚ you may give a short response. Why was Shinji’s mother angry when she first received Hiroshi’s post card? She was angry because Hiroshi had sent her an expensive post card‚ and she said "kids these days don’t know the value of money

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    Roenyl Tisoy Mr. Boyd AP Literature 27 August 2012 Title In The Sound of Waves‚ Yukio Mishima explores the contrast between the corrupt influences of western civilization versus the power of nature. Mishima idealizes Japan through descriptive language and also through the characters. Mishima presents Yasuo as the antagonist to invoke the reader’s appreciation for nature and ultimately‚ Japan. He uses characterization to associate Yasuo‚ the antagonist‚ with corrupt Western influence. Furthermore

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    Safe and Sound Take a minute to think about one thing from your childhood you still have an endless love for. How does it make you feel? Happy? Joyful? Safe? For Holden Caulfield‚ the exhibits in the Natural History museum are what make him feel safe. The museum scene in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger‚ shows how someone changes throughout life‚ but memories remain the same and stick with us forever. There are some things in life that change‚ like our hair or clothes‚ and other things

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    Sound of Waves Study Guide Name: ___________________________ Chapter 1 1. What is the name of the island where the novel takes place? 2. Which two spots does the narrator describe as the most beautiful on the island? 3. Describe the main character‚ including age‚ physical looks‚ job and name. 4. Who are the boy’s good friends? How do they help him with his struggles in school? Chapter 2 5. Who else is in Shinji’s family? 6. Who in the village

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    Kevin Durant a well-known professional basketball player‚ who use to play for the Oklahoma City Thunder‚ has been talked about because of his recent decision to transfer to the Golden State Warriors. The reason why they are talking about his recent decision is‚ because they say it is a cop out. Last year in the NBA finals Kevin Durant was on the OKC thunder and they were playing the Warriors. The Thunder had the Warriors down 3-1 out of a 7 game series. Steph curry and his team stepped up and came

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    Taylor Coleridge uses several types of sound devices to enhance the meter and rhyme of the poem written in seven main parts. In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚” Coleridge uses sound devices such as alliteration‚ onomatopoeia‚ consonants‚ assonance‚ internal rhymes‚ and end rhymes to heighten the meaning‚ mood‚ and imagery of the poem. In lines 7 through 8 of the poem‚ Coleridge uses consonance in the words “guests‚” “feast‚” and “May’st.” Repeating the “st” sound here emphasizes the images of a busy

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    In poetry‚ many poets use prosody to bring their writing to life. Prosody is the pronunciation of a poem‚ and it usually includes elements such as sound‚ rhyme‚ alliteration‚ assonance‚ onomatopoeia‚ rhythm‚ stress‚ and meter. These effects can take poetry to a completely different level‚ beyond only imagery. In the poem‚ ?The Word Plum‚? by Helen Chasin‚ examples of alliteration and onomatopoeia are used to bring her subject‚ a plum‚ to life. In the first line‚ Chasin begins with a very basic description

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    History of the Sound Card: How it Came About The very first sound card every manufactured was a Sound Blaster card. Far West was the manufacturer of the first Sound Blaster sound card. Let’s step back a little in time to take a look back at when sound cards haven’t even yet existed. "Computers were never designed to handle sound." Before sound cards were invented‚ the only sounds you would hear from a computer would be the beeps that would tell you if something was wrong with the computer

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