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    Literary Terms and Rhetorical Devices Allusion An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference Generally a figure of speech making reference to a known place‚ event‚ literary work Example: an allusion to Shakespeare‚ “He was a real Romeo with the ladies.” Synonyms: hint‚ reference‚ innuendo‚ insinuation Cliché A worn out expression that takes place of an original thought; a phrase or expression that is overused or

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    BEN & JERRY’S Ben (Ben Cohen) & Jerry’s (Jerry Greenfield) is an American ice cream company‚ a division of the Anglo-Dutch Unilever conglomerate‚ that manufactures ice cream‚ frozen yogurt‚ sorbet‚ and ice cream novelty products. These are manufactured by Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Holdings‚ It is best known as a premium ice cream brand‚ founded in 1978 in Burlington‚ Vermont. HISTORY Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were childhood friends from New York . On May 5‚ 1978‚ with a $5 correspondence

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    Compare and contrast essays are effective in all areas for my life. Comparing two items that are similar can be positive‚ however contrasting these items may not be the best way to write about them. Comparing two items that are very different would not be the best way to write about them. Comparing thru contrast would be a much better essay. The idea of writing any essay is to interest the reader to the point where they do not want to stop reading the paper. It is important to capture the reader’s

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    Jessica Belk 19 March 2013 Comparing and Contrast Android and IPhone As of now the latest IPhone (Apple) and Android are the latest and most powerful Operating Systems on the market. These devices are used with most everybody’s lives‚ and honestly who can live without their cell phone or tablet. In a single day more than 10‚000 new electronics are purchase worldwide. With IPhone and Android leading as the top 2 with their Apple and Samsung devices has went head to head in competing for the

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    throne. Set in colonial England‚ it’s a powerful story that is still relevant today of betrayal‚ honor‚ and the nature of man. It is also masterfully written‚ as Shakespeare uses language to depict imagery and provoke thoughts. Shakespeare uses literary devices to illustrate Richard’s tyrannous character in act 4 when Elizabeth and Margaret are grieving over their losses that Richard is responsible for and when he sends Tyrell to kill the princes in the tower. In scene 4‚ Shakespeare uses an animal

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    significant because of its empowering message. The lyrics allow listeners to feel confident about being strong no matter what or who may try to bring someone down‚ even if it were their own mistakes. To convey this message‚ Clarkson used many literary devices. For example‚ in lines like‚ “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger‚ Stand a little taller” there is external rhyme‚ which makes the song more pleasurable to the ears. Its chorus‚ “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” is a metaphor‚ that

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    Love or Abuse? That is the Question Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz” tells the reader of a small boy’s memory of his father. It explains how his father is intoxicated and the scene that goes along with it. Roethke’s style in this poem leaves the reader with the task of determining if he speaks of abuse or a happy reminiscence. Critics describe it as being a “mixture of tenderness and brutality” (Malkoff). In the first two lines‚ he recounts the smell of his father’s breath. Roethke’s use

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    My Papa’s Waltz Reading this poem brings back memories from my early child. I remember being ten or eleven and going to daddy daughter dances at the community center. When they discuss the Whiskey on his breath‚ I remember smelling the grease on my father. He was never one to drink‚ which is something I find very respectable; but he worked in a GM factory so he smelled often smelled of grease. This became a comforting smell since as a child I always associate with my father. Dancing at these dances

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    Love is a strong word using it to take advantage of people makes you look like a gold digger. A person only really in for the relasionship for benefits not for real love. In the story “Winter Dreams” A boy named Dexter Green a 14 year old caddy at a Golf Club in Black Bear‚ Minnesota. One day he meets a girl named Judy Jones who he fell in love with. Later then he finds out she has so many other men that she dates. Years later after college Dexter invests in a laundry business in the city it’s not

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    illustrative literary devices and diction to inspire‚ convince‚ and persuade the British people to prepare for war and the American people to join England’s worthy cause. Each literary device that Churchill uses enhances his message‚ adding to the beauty‚ and importance of the cause. During Churchill’s speech "The Defense of Freedom and Peace"‚ he decorates his message with literary devices such as allusion‚ rhetorical question‚ and imagery. Perhaps one of the most emotional of literary devices‚ Winston

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