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    What is the first word that comes to mind when thinking about the negative connotations of surgeons? A New York Times poll reads that 85% of people say arrogance. Surgeons are often portrayed as these self-absorbed‚ arrogant animals that will do anything to get ahead. No matter their specialty‚ whether it is plastics‚ cardio‚ neurosurgery‚ or something else entirely‚ surgeons ultimately get an extremely bad wrap. Admittedly‚ it is no secret that medical school‚ and ultimately completing residency

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    Sonali Shah Dr. Valerie Levy Honors English Composition 103 2 October 2012 Negative vs. Positive Connotations More often when we hear a word‚ the definition is not so clear; words in the English language have multiple meanings. For example‚ the word “gay.” This word is very ambiguous meaning either ecstatic or homosexual. Ecstatic obviously has a positive connotation while homosexual can be offensive. In a very similar way‚ Frederick Douglass’ essay “Learning to Read and Write” questions the

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    October 8‚ 2012 The Denotation of Film Noir When one thinks of what film noir is‚ their mind should automatically flash to Double Indemnity. This ingenious film directed by Billy Wilder exploits all of the true characteristics of film noir. All of the main attributes to film noir are seen first in Double Indemnity which was not only the pioneer to this genre‚ but is still considered one of the greatest movies of all time. It was a risky move to put out this movie when it was

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    Girlfriend April 2013 ‘Girlfriend’ is a popular magazine for teenage girls in New Zealand and Australia. The name of the magazine has a few connotations behind it; the team behind the magazine‚ though older than the target audience‚ are trying to create a magazine which is almost like a ’girlfriend’ (good friend). Meaning they can rely on it for advice‚ gossip and laughter‚ just as they can with a real ’girlfriend’. The magazine is published by pacific magazines‚ pacific magazines is a highly

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    describes what each woman thinks of the other. In Mrs. Ansley description of Mrs. Slade‚ she says‚ "Alida Slade’s awfully brilliant; but not as brilliant as she thinks" by describing Mrs. Slade like this it Mrs. Ansley’s shows she has a negative connotation of her and a belief that although Mrs. Ansley is smart‚ Mrs. Ansley is also full of herself and

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    Close to Godliness: Power and Immorality of the upper class in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Throughout the years‚ people have associated colors with ideas. These color connotations help us to better understand an author’s point or message. One author who used color imagery in his descriptive writing was F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ uses a variety of colors symbolically for effect. Throughout his novel The Great Gatsby‚ Fitzgerald uses the color white to represent the power‚ Godliness and immorality

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    Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTINGS Ang pagmamahal ko sayo ay parang assignment na kinopya… Bakit? Kasi di ko maexplain. With this statement‚ the conversation begins. It is actually called pick-up line. In pick up lines the speaker makes an introductory statement and the listener responds with “why” or “bakit” (Filipino) as mentioned in the above sample. Then the speaker attempts to express humor or whatever purpose by diverting to a different meaning of the term‚ phrase‚ or thought used

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    With A View” by E. M. Forster‚ there are two places that differ completely with the connotations directly applied with them. One place being Bertolini Pension in Florence‚ Italy and the other being Summer Street in the Surrey Hills of England. Summer Street brings a negative connotation with it and Florence carries a joyful connotation. In Florence‚ a connotation arises that is joyful at the end. The connotation of joy comes with the fact that it was the place that George and Lucy have their kiss

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    Literary Device One- Connotation Connotation is “what it suggests beyond what it expresses: its overtones of meaning.” (Arp 41) Basically‚ connotation is the associations that people make with words that go beyond the dictionary or literal definition. The following demonstrates the use of connotation in William Wordsworth’s The world is too much with us. “The world is too much with us; late and soon‚ Getting and Spending‚ we lay waste our powers; Little we see in nature that is ours; We have given

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    it is kind of creepy. The fact that she had to live with her grandpa because her mom died and her dad could not take of her made me sad and sympathetic for her. She also got split up from her siblings‚ which made it even more depressing. 2. The connotations of the term home-house is a place where everyone is comfortable

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