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    TECHNIQUES USED IN BRUCE DAWES POEMS Alliteration: Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other. 
 Onomatopoeia: Words that sound like their meanings. Repetition: The purposeful re-use of words and phrases for an effect. Rhyme: Words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings sound alike‚ including the final vowel sound and everything following it‚ are said to rhyme. Analogy: A comparison‚ usually something unfamiliar with something familiar

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    Novel Weapons Hypothesis (NWH) suggests that invasive plant species can potentially out-compete native species due to their allelopathic (phototoxic and/or antimicrobial) chemicals. This use of “novel weapons” is usually thought of as a form of competition due to its potential to degrade the metabolism of neighboring plant species. Because native plants have not previously encountered the toxins released from the invasive allelopathic species‚ they have no evolved defences. The Novel Weapons Hypothesis

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    Why the Need for Nuclear Weapons? Nuclear Weapons‚ should they be abolished or made to kill off the world? I understand that since World War II‚ many countries have started to become nuclear nations. United States‚ Russia‚ China‚ and Israel are just a few. These countries are major superpowers‚ besides Israel‚ and that can be a very dangerous thing for them all to have nuclear weapons and have the possibility of one supreme entity deciding that they want to launch a nuke

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    India's Nuclear Weapons

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    This event is in the news because a country violated a law that the entire world agreed on not doing anymore. India have always wanted to become nuclear‚ and their wish came true. They accepted their consequences of being nuclear‚ but they are happy. It’s neighboring country Pakistan and India have had two wars‚ and always competed to be the best‚ and so far India is winning‚ because India have about 65 warheads and Pakistan have about 25 warheads. India have also declared they have nuclear capability

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    Samuel M. Vaughn Mrs. Ryden English 5/20/16 Weapons of The Civil War People say that war never changes. Well‚ it actually does. Sure‚ there will always be people dying‚ and people who give up everything that they have just so they can fight for their country. But‚ the tactics‚ technology‚ and weaponry will always change. Weapons before the civil war were very primitive. They were usually single shot‚ and had many flaws‚ such as sudden explosion‚ and other problems. But once the civil war rolled

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    Question 1. 1. Analyze the history of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)‚ biological weapons‚ chemical weapons‚ and nuclear weapons and the future threat of WMD. Weapons of mass destruction These are weapons which include chemical‚ biological and radio active (nuclear) weapons‚ that have the capability to cause death and have extensive harm and destruction to the humans‚ their structures and the natural environment. The history of WMD would be better

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    Why I Am a Liberal

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    Remember when you were a child‚ in the typical playground scenario‚ were you the bully‚ the victim‚ or the bystander? Sounds like an innocuous question. Perhaps overly simplistic. But it reveals the very essence of the point. How you feel politically and philosophically now is a reaction to what happened to you on that playground then. So you’re an adult now‚ eh? Yeah‚ well so what. How much has really changed? Things may be much more evolved‚ likely much more sophisticated‚ elaborate‚ and convoluted

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    selling assault weapons to civilians in the United States is a contentious concern across the nation. Assault weapons such as shotguns and pistols are very powerful armaments. Therefore‚ it possess risk instead of giving benefit to people. This essay will argue that the sale of assault weapons in the United States to non-military persons should be banned. To support this claim‚ I will demonstrate that the sale of weapons triggers violence and crime‚ increases incidences of death and weapons do not provide

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    What Does The Weapon Mean

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    story written in 1938 “ The Weapon” The author Fredric Brown used the word “idiot” to describe his character‚ Dr.James Graham mentally challenged son. The question up to debate is is the author’s use of the word “idiot” offensive in the text? In the text the author says “He thought‚ only a madman would give a loaded revolver to an idiot”. I looked at the word‚analyze the context and reread it. The etymology of the word shows that around the time Fredric wrote The Weapon the word was used as a medical

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    require an entirely new pattern of thinking if humankind is to survive” Albert Einstein‚ 1946. Nuclear weapons are arguably the most feared weapon ever created. They have the capability to end wars‚ nations‚ and even our planet if we are not careful. So‚ how serious is the threat of a terrorist cell acquiring a nuclear weapon and using it in an attack? Any statement containing the words ‘nuclear and weapon’ must almost always be considered serious but what is the likelihood of a successful nuclear terrorist

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