FIGURE OF SPEECH : A mode of expression in which words are used out of their literal meaning or out of their ordinary use in order to add beauty or emotional intensity or to transfer the poet’s sense impressions by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning familiar to the reader. Some important figures of speech are: simile‚ metaphor‚ personification‚ hyperbole and symbol. Adjunction: Adjunction refers to a clause or a phrase‚ usually a verb‚ that is added at the beginning
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do my research on Peter Jenning. Peter was born July 29th‚ 1938 he was born in Toronto‚ Canada. He died in Manhattan‚ New York city. Jennings was a Canadian American journalist who served as the sole anchor of ABC World News Tonight from 1983 until his death in 2005. In 1983‚ Reynolds (the anchor before peter) fell ill with multiple myeloma‚ a type of blood cancer that often attacks the bones‚ and was forced to stop anchoring in April. ABC originally expected a full recovery‚ and relocated Jennings
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Integrating Constructive Feedback in Personalised E-Learning Jude T. Lubega1 and Shirley Williams2 1 Makerere University‚ Faculty of Computing and Information Technology‚ P.O. Box 7062‚ Kampala‚ Uganda‚ East Africa jlubeg@cit.mak.ac.ug 2 Department of Computer Science‚ University of Reading‚ P.O. Box 225‚ Whiteknights‚ Reading‚ Berkshire‚ RG6 6AY‚ United Kingdom shirley.williams@reading.ac.uk Abstract. When using e-learning material some students progress readily‚ others have difficulties
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Chapter 16 Marketing Ethics and Social Responsibility GENERAL CONTENT: Multiple-Choice Questions 1. The marketing concept is a philosophy of customer satisfaction and _____. a. mutual interest b. mutual gain c. innovation d. needs met e. none of the above (Answer: b; p. 495; Moderate) 2. You have just read the latest survey about consumers’ attitudes toward current marketing practices. It reveals that consumers in general hold _____ attitudes
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be absurd to suggest that one man ultimately determined the candidate who won the presidency? Absolutely not; a study in The Tipping Point‚ by Malcolm Gladwell‚ reveals how a simple gesture of one news anchor can influence millions of voters across the country. In the study‚ four top news anchors from the major television networks (NBC‚ ABC‚ FOX‚ and CBS) were carefully examined as they covered
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place the tubing perforations below the casing perforations even if it results in a tubing arrangement where the tubing has no mud anchor. A shop-made two-foot perforated joint is used. The joint is closed on bottom and has dozens of ½-inch holes drilled into it. A collar is used to screw it directly under the seating nipple. This reduces the length of the pump gas anchor to one foot or less. Companies favoring this method maintain that it gives the highest daily average production. The most typical
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David Pham Professor Robert Guffey English 100 13 November 2012 Frankenstein: Into the Depths of Allusions An allusion is a figure of speech that is a reference to a well-known person‚ place‚ event‚ or literary work. These allusions are typically used by an author who intends to make a powerful point without the need to explain it. Mary Shelley ’s Frankenstein provides many examples of allusion ’s. She connects the story of “Prometheus”‚ Coleridge ’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ and Milton ’s
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Born on March 22‚ 1948 in Augsburg‚ Germany‚ Wolf Blitzer is famous journalist and news anchor. He’s the son of Cesia‚ who works as a homemaker‚ and David‚ homebuilder. Both of his parents were Jewish refugees from Oświęcim‚ Poland. They both lived through the Holocaust‚ then had Wolf. They moved to America and raised Blitzer in Buffalo‚ New York. He would often be asked about his odd name “Wolf”; he says that it is the same name as his maternal grandfather. He has also used the name Zev Blitzer
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Hinton 1 Bridgette Hinton Professor Ouwehand English 110/120 MW 2:20 Research Paper 16 April 2012 Essay III How Plastic Pollution is Out of Control Many individuals underestimate the amount of plastic we use each day. According to the article “Plastic Bags Wars”‚ “the world consumes 1 million plastic shopping bags every minute”. Plastic bags‚ along with many other types of plastics‚ have become a leading source of pollution worldwide (Doucette). Captain Charles Moore‚ founder of the Algalita
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Broadcaster Erwin Tulfo sues Inquirer for libel Philippine Daily Inquirer 3:35 AM | Tuesday‚ March 25th‚ 2014 TV5 News anchor Erwin Tulfo on Monday filed a libel case in the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office against the Philippine Daily Inquirer‚ seeking P12 million in damages for reporting that he allegedly benefited from the diversion of congressional pork barrel funds‚ through a state agency‚ to dubious nongovernment organizations (NGOs). Named respondents were Inquirer editor-in-chief Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc
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