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    other type of name is known as bhalonam or a "good name" (Lahiri 26). This duality in naming both reveals and conceals identity. We see that each name connotes different ideas and values to the named‚ while the formal name provides a definitive denotation or meaning. Pet names are considered for intimate use‚ without aspiring to any form of lofty pretensions or signifiers. However‚ bhalonam often reveal aspects of identity or character associated with the

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    Sociology 1st Test C. Wright Mills- Power. Mills was concerned with the responsibilities of intellectuals in post-World War II society‚ and advocated public and political engagement over uninterested observation. Mills biographer Daniel Geary writes that his writings had a "particularly significant impact on New Left social movements of the 1960s. In fact‚ Mills popularized the term "New Left" in the U.S. in a 1960 open letter‚ Letter to the New Left. Social Darwinism- not any single well defined

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    Throughout Shakespeare’s work‚ more famously in “Hamlet”‚ “Romeo and Juliet”‚ “Othello”‚ and “Merchant of Venice”‚ there are cleverly placed puns in the poems‚ plays‚ and some sonnets. A pun is a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. These puns are either overlooked‚ unrecognized‚ or not credited well enough. The puns that Shakespeare utilizes in each of his works can have either an erotic‚ humorous

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    Introduction Developing and designing great products are keys to success in business. Anything less than an excellent product strategy can be destructive to a firm. Top companies’ focus on few products and concentrate on maintaining a high level of quality for those products to maximize the potential for success. For instance Honda’s focus is engines. Virtually all of Honda’s sales e.g. autos‚ motorcycles‚ generators‚ lawn mowers‚ are based on its excellent engine technology. Likewise

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    Marlenys Reyes African American Literature GLL237 Professor: W.S. Lewis Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784) Phillis Wheatly‚ is remembered as the first issued African American poet. She was born in Senegal in 1753‚ and at age eight was kidnapped and brought to Boston by slave traders. In Boston‚ she was sold to John and Susannah Wheatley. Educated and taught by Susannah Wheatley‚ Phillis Wheatley published her first poem in 1770‚ at age 17. Wheatley went on to publish many poems‚ generally dealing

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    reinforcing the classification as a lyric. The poem is also closed form‚ made up of four quatrains‚ or four-line stanzas. The lines are a combination of run-on and end stopped lines that dictate the rhythm. Brooks’ word choices for both connotations and denotations shape the readers’ understanding of the preacher. Upon first reading the poem‚ the only unfamiliar word I found was "hosannas" (3). The dictionary defines it "a cry of praise to God" ("Hosanna"). This is the only definition of the word

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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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    Edgenuity Remediation Content Selection Twelfth Grade Literature Semester A: 1. Literary Text: Anglo-Saxon and Old English Period A. Anglo-Saxon‚ Old English‚ and Beowulf Lecture: Timeline Lecture: Historical Period Epic: from Beowulf‚ Part I Epic: from Beowulf‚ Part II Epic: from Beowulf‚ Part III Informational: Heroes and Society Topic Test B. Ancient Greece: Homer - The Iliad; Anglo-Saxon Poetry Epic: from Book 22: The Death of Hector part 1 Lecture: Introduction Poem: The Seafarer Poem: The

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    3 1 Semiotic Analysis I face this assignment—explaining semiotics and showing how it can be applied to television and popular culture to those who know little or nothing about the subject—with a certain amount of apprehension. I’m not sure whether semiotics is a subject‚ a movement‚ a philosophy‚ or a cultlike religion. I do know that there is a large and rapidly expanding literature on the subject and that many of the writings of semioticians are difficult to understand and highly technical

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    Ladies and Gentleman’s‚ Today‚ I want to share with you about ‘Effect of Communication Barriers and how to overcome this barriers’. Good communication is very important. Without communication‚ there is no way to express our thoughts‚ ideas and feelings. Since we babies and grew up‚ we learnt more words and study how to communicate with different people‚ at different times‚ in different ways. Studying about communication enables us to be good communicators and brings a ways to a good effective

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