English Techniques Allegory Story with a double meaning: one primary (on the surface) and one secondary. The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters‚ figures/ events in narrative‚ dramatic or pictorial form. Alliteration Repetition of consonants at the start of words or in a sentence or phrase. Anaphora The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. Anecdote A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. Illustrate
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After 10 years of retirement‚ Bruce Wayne is having a hard time suppressing the inner voices that call out for Batman to return the world of fighting crime. As the Mutants rapidly consume Gotham City with violence‚ Bruce Wayne’s internal struggle to restrain Batman becomes increasingly harder. With police officers failing to protect their citizens‚ Bruce Wayne is faced with the decision of unleashing Batman to save Gotham City or letting the city become overrun by the Mutants. In both the graphic
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ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (INDEPENDENT) English Language and Literature Department Poetic Devices and their Likely Effects Alliteration Gains reader’s attention through repetition of a consonant sound‚ appeals to the sense of hearing‚ emphasizes words‚ links lines‚ unifies stanzas (or the poem as a whole)‚ and enhances flow of poem. Draws attention to particular words or lines through repetition of a vowel sound‚ appeals to the sense of hearing‚ enhances the development of the image created by the words
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“Rooster” Review by Paris Day Rooster is a dance piece choreographed by Christopher Bruce. It was originally premiered by the Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve in 1991. It is a contemporary ballet piece performed by ten dancers to eight of The Rolling Stones’ most memorable hits. Christopher Bruce based the production on the “sexual war” he witnessed growing up in the 1960’s. His intention was to celebrate the music of The Rolling Stones and use the qualities of the songs to reflect this.
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this dream has stayed the same and it is expressed in modern day blues. When it comes to struggle and this experience‚ no one person has shown that more in his music then the legendary‚ Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen lived through this experience and his lyrics convey it when looked at closely. In 1978‚ Bruce Springsteen released arguably his greatest album‚ “Darkness on the Edge of Town”. Before this time though he finally hit it big with his album “Born to Run”. He was struggling to maintain
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Poetic Sound Devices Practice “Poetry is old‚ ancient‚ goes back far. It is among the oldest of living things. So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came.” Confound the cats! All cats--away— Cats of all colors‚ black‚ white‚ gray; By night a nuisance and by day— Confound the cats! All cats‚ always. I dreamed a dream next Tuesday week‚ Beneath the apple-trees; I thought my eyes were big pork-pies‚ And my nose was Stilton cheese. Big Balloons Bounce into the
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miXing AnD mATcHinG By: William Meyer SECTION A • Poetic Devices Glossary Poetic Devices Glossary Irony: a difficult term to define can refer to a manner of expression or a quality in the thing perceived. In both cases‚ irony involves the perception of discrepancy‚ usually between apparent and real significance. It is an indirect way of communicating an attitude. Irony can vary in tone‚ from humorous to bitter. Example- Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge:
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ALLITERATION is the repetition of consonant sounds in a series of words. If the consonants are the same but the sounds are different they do not alliterate. eg. "...the grease that kisses the onions with a hiss." from WILLIAM STREET by Kenneth Slessor ALLUSION is the reference to well-known figures and/or other texts eg. "And thrice I heard the Cock crow thinking I knew it’s meaning well." from COCK CROW by Rosemary Dobson The reference here is to the denial of Jesus after his arrest by
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Marriot International and Starwood Merger Group Project We will use Bruce Tuckman’s model for team development as a filter/map for progression throughout the merger and acquisition. Tuckman’s model has four stages forming‚ storming‚ norming‚ and performing. The role of Human Resources during this merger are to identify and communicate the reasons behind the merger/acquisition; choose a leader and team to manager the process of change‚ assess the corporate culture‚ decide who stays and who goes;
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Bruce W Tuckman is a respected educational psychologist who first described the four stages of group development in 1965. While looking at the behavior of small groups in a variety of environments‚ he recognized the distinct phases they go through. He also suggested that they need to experience all four stages before they achieve maximum effectiveness. He refined and developed the model in 1977 with the addition of a fifth stage. Since then‚ others have attempted to adapt and extend the model
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