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    Allegory: Prose or verse in which the objects‚ events or people are presented symbolically‚ so that the story conveys a meaning other than and deeper than the actual incident or characters described. Often‚ the form is used to teach a moral lesson. Alliteration: An alliteration is a repetition of sounds (consonants) at the beginning of neighbouring words or of stressed syllables within such words‚ e.g. “fingers the small size of small spades.” Purpose: rhythm and stress. Anaphora: The anaphora

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    DEFINITION: 1. COMMUNICATION Based on website nwlink‚ 2010‚ communication is the exchange and flow of information and ideas from one person to another; it involves a sender transmitting an idea‚ information‚ or feeling to a receiver (U.S. Army‚ 1983) Communication also can be defined as a message transmission from a source to a receiver and it will occurs when a source sends a message via a medium to the receiver producing some effect (Baran‚ 2002) As stated in Baran (2002‚ p. 4)‚

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    Definition Statistics - science of collecting‚ organizing‚ summarizing and analyzing information to draw conclusion or answer questions. - Provides a measure of confidence in any conclusion Population - the collection of all of the people or objects that one considers Individual - a single person of object of the population Sample - a subject of the population (a group of individual of the population) Descriptive statistics - describes data through numerical summaries

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    God has given us in terms of decision making. Most of the time‚ teens are very determined to prove themselves to the people around them as much as they can. They usually find a way to try new things out of curiosity and most of all to feel a different affection that life has to offer. Where do you think they learn it from? Observations show that they learn it independently but we‚ the researchers‚ believe that whatever or whoever a person is right now; it is because of their peers. People find comfort

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    speech‚ a kind of meta¬phor‚ formed when a characteristic of a thing is used to represent the whole thing. Onomatopoeia: A word whose sound sug¬gests its meaning or sense—for example sizzle‚ meow. Oxymoron: An expression in which two con¬tradictory terms are brought together to emphasize an idea or a feeling in a striking or shocking manner. For example‚ a wise fool or cruel kindness. Persona: Literally‚ a mask. In literature‚ the per¬son who is the narrator in a story or the speaker in a poem. The

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    counted as major investment businesses in their daily routine. Thus‚ the inventory should be managed under proper inventories valuation method which is FIFO ‘first in first out’ and WAC ‘weighted average cost’ method that we study in this syllabus. Definition Inventory is an asset of a company which can be categorize into raw material which act as an unprocessed material‚ work in process which is considered as product of company that wasn’t complete but was counted in the inventory and was ready for

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    Both of these amazing stories were written by George Orwell about peer pressure. The animals on the farm that weren’t pigs and George Orwell were peer-pressured into something they didn’t want to do‚ but they had to do it or else it can result in pain they don’t want to experiences‚ could be either mentally‚ physically‚ or even verbally. It was whether killing an innocent elephant or doing something they didn’t want to do. The animals were being controlled by Napoleon to do his work like puppets

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    A. English religious literature 1-Thomas Gramner: “---“A book of common prayer” 2-John Bungan: “---“Grace abounding” B. Definitions 1-A parody: It is aA literary work that imitatesimitate another in order to turn it or hold it up to ridicule. 2-A treatise: AIt is a formal account in writing‚ treating systematically of some subjectssubject. 3-A fabliau: A short metrical tale usually comic‚ frankly coarse‚ often cynical‚ It is a popular short narrative poem in the 12th and 13th centuries

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    Unit Three: World War II Axis – Axis powers included Germany‚ Italy and Japan Allies – One that is allied with another‚ especially by treaty Fascism – a political philosophy‚ movement‚ or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader‚ severe economic and social regimentation‚ and forcible suppression of opposition Democracy – a government in which the supreme

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    When we think of peer pressure we always think of it in terms of "bad". We think of peer pressure in terms of pressure to; smoke‚ do illicit drugs‚ drink alcohol‚ have promiscuous sex‚ engage in criminal and quasi-criminal behaviour‚ do violence‚ join gangs‚ etc... We rarely think of the many "good" ways that peer pressure can influence us - and neither do the parents of teens! Peer pressure is not all bad‚ in fact it is essential to proper social development that we do learn to "follow the crowd"

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