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    Figures of Speech-English

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    FIGURES OF SPEECH .Anaphora The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses. (Contrast with epiphora and epistrophe.) "I needed a drink‚ I needed a lot of life insurance‚ I needed a vacation‚ I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat‚ a hat and a gun." (Raymond Chandler‚ Farewell‚ My Lovely‚ 1940) .Antithesis The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. "We notice things that don’t work. We don’t notice things that do

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    Mere static pictures do not do justice to Lissajous Figures. When the horizontal and vertical sine wave frequencies differ by a fixed amount‚ this is equivalent to constantly rotating the phase between them. The figure produced by this rotating phase appears to be a rotating 3D figure. In addition‚ as in 3D wireframe images‚ the figure can appear to rotate in either direction‚ depending on how your brain interprets it. It can also spontaneously reverse the direction of rotation. (In a real

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    Family and Father Figure

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    While I would see the other kids getting picked up by their parents after school while I’m waiting on the school bus to take me home. At times it hurt‚ especially when I had to teach myself everything a father figure should have. Life without a father or in a single parent household has a burden on children‚ but it’s something that many children face in America today. It’s sometimes the reason why kids grow up and stray the wrong direction in life and then they grow up putting their children through

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    Poetry, Figures of speech

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    FIGURES OF SPEECH: literary resources used to provide vividness‚ intensity and beauty to poetry and prose.” RESEMBLANCE METAPHOR: transfers attributes from one object to another‚ identifies. The bishop was a pillar of the church (pillar=strength : bishop= strength) He was a very serpent on my path (serpent= evil‚ danger: he=evil‚ danger) SIMILE: compares two things to clarify the meaning of one of them by using “as” or “like” to link them The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold

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    Significant Figures Lab

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    Significant Figures Lab Question 1: Which measurement gives the BEST value for the mass of a single paper clip? (BEST value includes both accuracy and precision) Claim: The measurement accepted as having the best value for the mass of a single paper clip was .411493 grams (Where best accounts for both accuracy and precision). This value was achieved by taking the average weight of a total of 30 paper clips‚ all of presumably varying weights. Evidence/Reasoning: The “best” value that maintains precision

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    Hidden Figures Sparknotes

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    In the book “Hidden Figures” by Margot Lee Shetterley‚ the story follows the American Space Race‚ showing us how women and people of color also impacted the success of the mission‚ even with the many social judgements and obstacles represented. Their impact can be shown in 3 different social groups: Women‚ People of Color‚ and The World. In the book Hidden Figures‚ we can see the efforts of Mary‚ Dorothy‚ Christine‚ and Katherine influence the future of women alike with their incredibly helpful

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    A Person Who has had Influence on my Life There’s always a time in one’s life‚ when a hero comes along. Somebody who has inspired you‚ and helped you learn what life is about. I remember it as if it was yesterday‚ surprisingly‚ as my state of mind on that cold December night can be described only of numbness and confusion. It was around eight o’clock p.m. when my mother received a phone call from her brother-in-law‚ who told her that her sister had just recently been admitted into the hospital

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    the poor‚ so children can be taught to become better members of society to benefit the church and the community. Martin Luther and other reformers are responsible for the setting up an educational system that was built on objectives‚ curriculum‚ and public schools. Luther’s idea of including all genders and children from all financial backgrounds is an important role of schools. As well as Luther’s advocacy for parents to keep children in school because he believed it would benefit social and the individuals

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    someone who has a disease be denied help? (Rhetorical Question) One in four people deal with a type of mental illness. Mental illnesses are something that can severely hurt people and ruin relationships. These people who are troubled with mental illness should get the help that they deserve. The effects of places for people with mental illness gets them help (ethos)‚ it lets them fit in better (logos)‚ and it makes them feel accepted and not feel down on themselves (pathos). The people who deal

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    The author of the book‚ professor Ha-Joon Chang‚ is not a globalization critic‚ however‚ all along the book he points out the harmful policies driving globalization. He takes a historical approach to answer the question of how less developed and poor countries became rich. Chang believes that international trade is essential in order to achieve economic development. Nevertheless‚ he admits many neo-liberal economic policies are not only hypocritical but also damaging to developing nations. The

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