The poem “Simile‚ Willow and Ginkgo” is about how the Ginkgo tree is ugly and the Willow tree is far superior over the Ginkgo. Throughout the whole poem‚ the poet makes you believe that she favors the Willow tree more‚ until you read the last stanza where the poet says that her heart goes to the Ginkgo tree. In “Simile‚ Willow and Ginkgo”‚ Eve Merriam uses form‚ figurative language‚ and sound devices to show the reader that some things may be ugly on the outside but beautiful on the inside
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to produce sweet chocolate as a coating for his caramels. Located in Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania‚ the new enterprise was named the Hershey Chocolate Company. In 1900‚ the company began producing milk chocolate in bars‚ wafers and other shapes. With mass production‚ Hershey was able to lower the per-unit cost and make milk chocolate‚ once a luxury item for the wealthy‚ affordable to all. A company on the move. The immediate success of Hershey’s low-cost‚ high-quality milk chocolate soon caused the company’s
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According to research done by John Q. Tullius‚ Nine out of ten people love chocolate‚ and the tenth person is almost always lying. Let’s face it: chocolate is one of the biggest pleasures of our lives! Delicious‚ soft‚ incredibly gratifying and for these reasons it’s well known and loved all around the world and capable of inspiring books and films like "Chocolate Wars"or "Willy Wonka`s Chocolate Factory". The story of chocolate‚ as far back as we know it‚ begins with the discovery of America. Until
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& Contrast English 101 14 October 2010 Milk Chocolate vs. Dark Chocolate Do you find yourself favoring your chocolate to be smooth and creamy or dark and beneficial? One might argue that dark chocolate in comparison to milk chocolate is similar to a Coca Cola and a diet Coca Cola. Whichever your chocolate preference may be‚ there are millions of different mouth watering assortments ready to be eaten. I am a fan of dark chocolate and the small‚ but significant health benefits it offers
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literary devices to help portray a theme. One of the most common used literary devices is Simile. A simile is comparing two things using like or as to describe or explain a setting or action to better understand the story. Ray Bradbury uses simile numerous times in his novel Fahrenheit 451‚ which displays a dystopian society set in the distant future All things considered‚ Ray Bradbury demonstrates the use of simile many times in his novel Fahrenheit 451. This example
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The History of Chocolate Do you like chocolate? Who doesn’t like chocolate? Chocolate is a favorite food of many people‚ but only few people know about the history of chocolate. That is why I am going to ask you to explore the history of chocolate by reading this essay. The history of chocolate begins with a plant whose scientific name is theobroma cacao which means “food of the gods”. According to the historians‚ the Mayan in Central America is the first who learned to plant the cacao plants around
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Dream Deferred”) by Langston Hughes has many similes and instances of personification. The poem’s first simile is a question about what happens to a dream that is put on hold: “Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun”. This comparison suggest that just as a raisin loses its physical substance‚ so too does a dream deferred lose its meaning. The “dream” that Hughes probably has in mind here is for African Americans gaining equal rights. The poem’s third simile occurs in lines 5 and 6:“Does it stink like
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Aeneas and Mezentius Book ten of The Aeneid incorporates varied similes on the heroic figures of Aeneas and Mezentius. These similes further illustrate to its audience the character and nature of Aeneas and Mezentius. Lines 778 to 783 offers an epic simile of Aeneas‚ “Just as Aegaeon‚ who had a hundred arms and hands-they say-and fire burning from his fifty mouths and chests‚ when he clanged at Jove’s thunderbolts with his fifty shields‚ each one just like the other‚ and drew as many
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THE HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE Many people believe that chocolate originally came from Europe. However‚ chocolate‚ called the “food of the gods‚” was first made in the Americas. The first chocolate was very different from contemporary chocolate. Wild chocolate trees can grow easily in the humid Amazon rainforest. Clusters of flowers growing on these trees turn to seeds. About 20 to 60 cacao beans can be found in the seeds. Cacao beans are the ingredient needed to create sweet‚ soothing
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CHOCOLATE The chocolate is one of the favorite flavors that people like the most. According to a survey that I administrated which I made in order to see what it’s the flavor that everybody likes the most‚ the 59.4% of the people who responded preferred chocolate‚ while the vanilla was only preferred by the 37.5%‚ 3.1% didn’t choose any of them. Chocolate can be a healthy food. In fact‚ The University of Michigan even lists dark chocolate as one of the essential foods as a part of their “Healing
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