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    water to be alive. Explain The effect is from producing solar energy. - There aren’t any effects. C: Third difference is: operation Explain Producing hydro energy is more difficult than producing solar energy. - Hydro energy must use the electricity in order to motivate the operation. Explain Producing solar energy is easier than producing hydro energy. - When the sun arises and the sky doesn’t have any clouds‚ solar energy can be produced at that time. E: First similarities

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    Use of Irony- Enhancement By Janice Lai A story is comprised of literary elements and literary devices. The basic literary elements of a story are setting‚ character‚ conflict‚ point of view‚ plot and theme. A story must have all these elements in order to become a fully developed story. Aside from these elements‚ writers often use literary devices to enhance the story‚ perhaps making the story more popular. Irony‚ a statement meaning the opposite of what is written literally when taken in context

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    Irony is the general name given to literary techniques that involve surprising‚ interesting‚ or amusing contradictions. Two stories from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales that serve as excellent demonstrations of irony are "The Pardoners Tale" and "The Nun’s Priest’s Tale." Although these two stories are very different‚ they both use irony to teach a lesson. In "The Pardoner’s Tale‚ the Pardoner uses his story to speak out against many social problems‚ all of which he is guilty of. He preaches about

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    trying to understand it. By examining Sophocles’ use of irony‚ we can see that Oedipus’s fatal flaw is blindness to his own truth. Sophocles’ makes Oedipus’s intelligence visible to us as he solves the Sphinx riddle but unfortunately‚ Oedipus demonstrates to be book smart but not street smart. It is stated by Teiresias he tells Oedipus "Listen to me. You mock my blindness do you? But I say you‚ with both your eyes‚ are blind‚" (page 13). Irony is illustrated in this quote because Teiresias‚ who

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    Both “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi” have plots that depend in large measure on the use of situational irony to create a surprise ending. “The Necklace” tells the story of Madame Mathilde Loise‚ a lowly clerk’s wife‚ who‚ in an effort to appear more debonaire than she is‚ borrows expensive jewels from Madame Jeanne Forestier‚ a wealthy friend. After the inevitable loss of the jewels‚ Madame Loisel and her husband secretly replace the jewels. Years later‚ Madame Loise‚ now impoverished

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    PARA SA HOPELESS ROMANTIC “Para sa Hopeless Romantic” by Marcelo Santos III‚ published in February 14th 2013 by Lifebooks‚ is a novel composed of 5 love stories of people who embark on a romantic search of their own happy ending. There are Rebecca‚ Nikko‚ Ryan‚ Maria and Jackie. Each one has their own love story to tell. One character is afraid to love again; the other is hoping to find love. Another character is trying to forget while the other one is longing to reunite with a former flame.

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    Irony in “The Storm” The use of Irony in Kate Chopin’s “The Storm”‚ is used through the plot of this story in several situations. Calixta four-year-old child‚ Bibi‚ was calm and kept his composer through the storm‚ he laid his little hand on his father’s knee and was not afraid compared to an adult‚ Calixta‚ who is about to lose all control due to her inner fear. The author also hides the immoral behavior of her characters behind the fear of the storm or lack of. In this story Chopin tries to

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    In Mark Twain’s‚ “The Lowest Animal”‚ he uses Situation irony‚ Hyperbole‚ And Juxtaposition to convey that animals are actually more civilized than human beings because they lack these characteristics. Twain uses Situation irony the difference of expectation and reality. In paragraph 171-189‚ it talks about putting different types of animals in a cage together to see what would happen when they’re left alone. The different animals learned how to get along. But when putting different type of people

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    Outline Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to help fight homelessness Central Idea: With more help for the homeless we can better America Attention I. Imagine for a moment that your not in this classroom. A. Instead your outside‚ but you not walking to class or your dorm‚ your living there. B. Imagine for a moment that you yourself are homeless. 1. You have no shelter 2. When it rains your wet 3. When its cold your freezing 4. You have no money

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    William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is about a young couple from opposing families forbidden love to marry in secret. There is much suspense as the story unfolds and leads to a tragic ending. One device used to create suspense in the dramatic irony that keeps the audience on edge. In Romeo and Juliet ‚ the author William Shakespeare has a way‚ of using his words to make the audience interested. This funky wordplay is called dramatic irony.For instance‚ in Act 4 scene 5 line #15‚ they all

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