Homeric simile‚ also called an epic simile or extended simile‚ is a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length. The word "Homeric" is based on the Greek author‚ Homer‚ who composed the two famous Greek epics‚ the Iliad and the Odyssey. Many authors continue to use this type of simile in their writings. The typical Homeric simile makes a comparison to some kind of event‚ in the form "like a ____ when it ______." The object of the comparison is usually something familiar
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Women’s rights act some to be named are Suzan B Anthony she gave lectures on women’s suffrage‚ Elizabeth Stanton she was a close friend to Suzan B Anthony and help Lucretia Mott organize the first Women’s rights convention in the United States. Next is Eleanor Roosevelt help by establishing and getting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Act passed‚ which declared that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights‚ and Margret Sanger was a nurse who fought for women’s rights to family
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John Forbes Nash Jr. Introduction John Forbes Nash Jr. was born on June 13th of 1928. He has greatly impacted today’s society with his works in game theory‚ differential geometry‚ and partial differential equations. His theories are used in many aspects of our lives today such as in economics‚ computing‚ evolutionary biology‚ artificial intelligence‚ accounting‚ politics and in military theory. Within his lifetime Nash has received several prestigious awards. In 1
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Women Who Changed the World: Rosa Parks There were many women who have changed the world in the fields of math‚ science‚ sports‚ music‚ writing and leadership. Rosa Parks was a leader to help the blacks become equal to whites. Eleanor Roosevelt was also a leader because she helped the poor. Harriet Tubman was also a leader which helped free black slaves. I am going to tell what Rosa Parks did to help the world be a better place. Parks‚ Rosa Louise (1913- )‚ civil rights leader‚ born in Tuskegee
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Ferdinand Lopez Landrau Professor Kathrine O’neil English 102 February 10‚ 2016 The Struggle for Human Rights For this week forum 6; I had selected The Struggle for Human Rights by Eleanor Roosevelt‚ and the purpose for this article or speech is to try to persuade the Member States of the United Nations in the General Assembly to adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)‚ and due to the introduction to the Rogerian method of argumentation that can be useful for solving issues which
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Carol Li October 1‚ 2014 Period 3 Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould was born on September 10‚ 1941 the son of Leonard and Eleanor Gould. His father was a court reporter and part-time‚ unpaid naturalist. Leonard Gould was a self-taught man who took his son to the American Museum of Natural History when the boy was five years old. It was there where Gould decided to devote his life to studying geologic periods. Gould was reading about evolution by age eleven. In high school he encountered the
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Black female characters in this book tend to be victims of violence by men‚ who tend to play the dominant role in this particular society.Men also commit sexual violence against women‚ raping them as a result of sexual desire or simply to make women feel like they are a lower class. The way female characters react to violence varies dramatically. Some suffer repeated violence and are very submissive‚ but some prove their strength in the face of violence‚ after suffering abuse many women prove that
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With the coming of Confederation‚ he was appointed Prince County Court Judge. His term as judge was very successfull. In 1878‚ he did a revision and consolidation of thr province’s (P.E.I) statutes. Willian Henry Pope died October 7‚ 1879‚ in St. Eleanor‚ P.E.I at the age of 54. Interesting facts - James Colledge Pope‚ the government of Sir John A. Macdonald appointed him judge of the Prince County Court. - He married Helen DesBrisay in 1851. - Father MacDonald and William Pope had clashed in
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The American people have made the role of the First Lady one of the most important jobs in the country. It happened because each First Lady from Martha Washington onward contributed to her husband’s historical reputation. It is a tribute to American women that‚ coming from different social and economic backgrounds‚ from many different geographical regions‚ and with diverse education preparation‚ each First Lady served our country so well. Each left her own mark‚ and each tells us something special
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Eleanor Walton Unit 22 Research Methodology Lynne Burton Task 3 P3 M2 15/01/13 B1591E Year Two Introduction In this assignment I will be comparing different research methodologies and I will also be justifying the research methodologies I have chosen for my project. P3 - Quantitative research - This is information that is collected in a form of numbers. The data is used to make statistics and charts to show the results. It is very easy to use this kind of
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