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    Devices That Tell on You

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    1.Telecommunication BD Personal sensing devices are becoming more commonplace in everyday life. Unfortunately‚ radio transmissions from these devices can create unexpected privacy concerns if not carefully designed. We demonstrate these issues with a widely-available commercial product‚ the Nike+iPod Sport Kit‚ which contains a sensor that users put in one of their shoes and a receiver that users attach to their iPod Nanos. Students and researchers from the University of Washington found out that

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    March 18‚ 2017 3208 Phan - Part One Research Paper In the poem “Dreams‚” Langston Hughes argues that in order to confront an injustice such as racism people must continue dreaming to gain strength to fight for the greater good. Hughes uses the literary device metaphor to help reveal the theme by showing the reader how life without dreams is weak and depressing. According to the text‚ "Life is a broken-winged bird / that cannot fly (Hughes 3-4)." This puts into perspective that if dreams aren’t existing

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    Digging interpretation

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    James Kotel Mrs. McCllister Sept 22‚ 2013 English 1020 Taking Pride In Seamus Heaney’s poem‚ “Digging”‚ Heaney talks about how his father and grandfather worked in the farming fields to grow potatoes. He would watch his family work outside of his window. He also describes how‚ as a child‚ he would listen to the sounds of them working on the potatoes and how his form of work and living came from him writing with his pen. He indirectly explains he is writing poetry to make his living and he

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    Here is what I thought of the poem after reading and studying it. It is not so much an analysis of the poem‚ but an analysis of the devices used to convey the thesis of the poem. E. E. Cummings presents his views about life and how the individual is able to create more opportunities in life by pushing boundaries than if he were to conform to the demands of society by using sequential diction in an informal sentence structure through a weary tone. The weary tone gives the impression that the

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    poem which was written in the 1800s is the darkest poem I have read yet. It has good imagery‚ mood‚ tone‚ language‚ and setting. This eighteen-stanza poem talks about a man who is encountered by a raven in the middle of the night. I’m going to show you why I believe this poem is imaginary. In the beginning of the poem it says “While I nodded‚ nearly napping‚ suddenly there came a tapping”‚ then it says “Doubting‚ dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before”‚ which could mean that he

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    based on a person’s emotions. In this perspective‚ it’s Khalid’s emotion and how it affected him. He relates his emotions as a Coaster‚ always going all over the place and wanting it to stop. In the song “Coasters” by Khalid‚ he utilizes the literary devices of Imagery‚ symbolism‚ and diction to prove that having to get over someone is difficult situation that some people deal with‚ but it’s for the better for themselves. Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language. In the song Coaster

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    The Grave

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    The Grave In Katherine Ann Porter’s “the Grave”‚ she tells the story of an area of land that was once a family’s burial grounds. She tells this story through the eyes of Miranda‚ exploring deep memories from back to the tender age of nine. Miranda recalls a time when her grandmother and grandfather’s remains had been moved due to selling of the family property. The first detailed memory was the day her and her twelve year old brother‚ Paul‚ went back and were exploring the empty burial plots

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    that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning‚ sound‚ and rhythm Merriam-Webster: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poetry - literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm Oxford Dictionaries: http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/poetry?q=poetry Poet - one who is

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    Literary Devices – Poetry Allusion: An event or fact from an external context assumed to be known by the reader (e.g. historical‚ biblical‚ etc.). An allusion can increase one’s understanding of the poem in question by drawing parallels with other subjects. Anthropomorphism: The showing or treating of animals‚ gods and objects as if they are human in appearance‚ character or behaviour. Apostrophe: Something that addresses an object‚ abstract idea‚ or person who is dead as though it could

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    helped him understand that he in fact was incorrect and slowly but surely‚ he develops maturity. Moreover‚ this passage was the reason he later went on to many places such as the church where he never dreamed he would go there again. Detail: Literary devices in this passage are introduced with sarcasm which happens to include a bit of foreshadowing as well. It is clear for the reader what Thomas meant when he said “would I be here if she wasn’t?” Likewise‚ there are plenty of instances where imagery

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