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    Devices: Chiasmus‚ Metaphor. Literal meaning: Literally‚ this adage means that if your life was to hand you 100 reasons to cry about what it gave you‚ you should find 1000 reasons to smile about what it gave you. Figurative meaning: Figuratively‚ this adage means that no matter how tough your life may get‚ always keep your head up and find a reason to smile. The adage “when life gives you a hundred reasons to cry‚ give life a thousand reasons to smile” to me means that no matter how tough

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    sometimes shite in Scotland‚ Northern Ireland‚ Ireland‚ Northern England and Wales) is used by English speakers‚ but it is usually avoided in formal speech. Minced oath substitutes for the word shit in English include sugar and shoot. In the word’s literal sense‚ it has a rather small range of common usages. An unspecified or collective occurrence of feces is generally shit or some shit; a single deposit of feces is sometimes a shit or a piece of shit‚ and to defecate is to shit‚ to take a shit and

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    Predominate Symbols and Their Meanings Defined Symbolism “is the practice of representing things by symbols‚ or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. A symbol is an objectaction‚ or idea that represents something other than itself‚ often of a more abstract nature.” (Wikipedia) Authors use symbolism to give their stories a deeper meaning. Symbols make you look beyond the obvious and see the deeper meaning.” Symbols have emotional and intellectual power beyond their literal importance

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    The Literal and Interpreted Meaning of “Spunk” The Literal and Interpreted Meaning of “Spunk” The word “spunk” is literally defined as a noun used to describe someone who has “informal courage or spirit” (****). The story “Spunk” by Zora Neale Hurston is about a disagreement between two men over a woman. The woman is married to a man named Joe Kanty and is adulterating with the town bully‚ Spunk. Ironically‚ Spunk’s attitude reflects the definition of the literal word. He is feared by everyone

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    Literal meaning means straightforward or factual which is the dictionary meaning of a word. Hence‚ it refers to words that do not deviate from the defined meaning. Therefore‚ it maintains a consistent meaning of the word regardless of the context of the words used in a sentence. Figurative use of language is the use of words or phrases in a manner where the literal meaning of the words is not true or does not make sense. Figurative meaning is far more interesting when it is used in a sentence. It

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    Logan Henry Mrs. Perry 9CP English 23 January 2014 Story Symbols and Their Meaning Each story contains symbols that have deeper meanings that the reader learns. “The scarlet Ibis” took place in 1918‚ and was written by James Hurst. Then in “The Golden Kite‚ the Silver Wind” the authors name is Ray Bradbury and was written during the Cold War time period. Over all “The Scarlet Ibis” was about a little boy named Doodle‚ who everyone thought would die very soon‚ but with the help of his brother

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    will right in Chinese symbols “Negotiation” you can see four symbols which divided into two groups which are “talk” and “decision”. At that “talk” is on the first place in the drawing and “decision” just after. For my point of view it is very good way to show the main principle and nature of negotiation because all conversations we start from talk to each other and without talk negotiation is not possible. As result of talk we finally should come to decision which is as well result of any negotiation

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    I’m not a big fan of action movies. What bothers me is not that the protagonist is most often chased throughout the movie‚ jumping out of (through‚ onto) moving vehicles‚ dangling from or climbing the walls‚ delivering shots or skillfully escaping various projectile weapons. It’s that once the excitement is done‚ nothing much remains. It gets tired and tiring very quickly‚ and in the end makes me feel that I would have as good of a time trying to cross a very busy Toronto intersection

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    Mice and Men uses many significant symbols to convey meanings about the human condition. Such symbols include hands to represent labour‚ cards to signify chance and taking a risk‚ and finally‚ rabbits to suggest ideas about achieving one’s hopes and dreams. Symbols are a key central device in delivering meaning‚ as they consistently repeated throughout the narrative and are typically associated with the novella’s many characters. The hand is a significant symbol that recurs throughout the novellas

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    FMLA/ADA/Affirmative Action What is the meaning of Affirmative Action? An active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities of members of minority groups and women. In the U.S.‚ the effort to improve the employment and educational opportunities of women and members of minority groups through preferential treatment in job hiring‚ college admissions‚ the awarding of government contracts‚ and the allocation of other social benefits. a. Why do we have Affirmative Action? Affirmative

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