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    Ghetto

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    1. What is meant by the “ghetto defense”? Define it in your own words. 2. Reread paragraph 8. Define what Shellow means by the “ ’cultural psychosis “ or “psychosocial history’ strategy.” What does it have to do with the ghetto defense? 3. What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? What causes it? 4. Why do leagal experts worry about the ghetto defense being used and accepted in court cases? What would be the implications? How would it protect the poor instead of the powerful? 5. What

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    Elvis Religion

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    Religion All Shook Up People invision Elvis as many things; musician‚ rock idol‚ and sex symbol. There is another facet to Elvis some may not grasp. This facet is the idea that Elvis is another type of faith or religion to his fans. Erika Doss in her book “Elvis Culture Fans‚ Faith‚ and Image” explained this strange aspect of Elvis culture from her point of view. Now Elvis as a religion‚ that may be a big jump even for Elvis Presley‚ even if he is said to be the King of rock-n-roll. Doss

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    Alliteration 1. Is derived from Latin’s “Latira”. It means “letters of alphabet”. It is a stylistic device in which a number of words‚ having the same first consonant sound‚ occur close together in a series. 2. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse. Around the rock the ragged rascal ran. But a better butter makes a batter better. A big bully beats a baby boy. Park Place. Mary marveled at the magnificent monument. Anadiplosis The term anadiplosis

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    Stylistics

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    STYLISTICS In Stylistics Richard Bradford provides a definitive introductory guide to modern critical ideas on literary style and stylistics. The book includes examples of poems‚ plays and novels from Shakespeare to the present day. This comprehensive and accessible guidebook for undergraduates explains the terminology of literary form‚ considers the role of stylistics in twentieth-century criticism‚ and shows‚ with worked examples‚ how literary style has evolved since the sixteenth century. This

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    a word-group or a sentence which exaggerate the real degree of a quantity of the thing spoken about. It is a distortion of reality for the purpose of visualization or strengthening the emotional effect. It is also an important expressive literary device‚ often employed for humoristic purpose: One after another those people lay down on the grass to laugh- and two of them died. Гипербола - вид тропа: чрезмерное преувеличение чувств‚ значения‚ размера‚ красоты и т.п. описываемого объекта. Understatement-

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    as being ‘desolate’‚ which gives it an aura of something foreboding. ii. I notice lexical parallelism in these lines because the word ‘ashes’ has been repeated to focus the reader’s attention as to what he will be foregrounding. Next‚ is the stylistic device called semantic deviation. The writer has compared the landfill of ashes to a wheat field of a farm through the use of a simile. Furthermore‚ it has been compared to mountainous features‚ an ugly landscape and a house with lit chimneys. The

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    On April 19‚1943 Jewish People lives changed forever. German troops marched into the Ghettos. They planned to desttoy the Jews a present for Hitler’s birthday There were 56‚000 Jews caputered and 7‚000 were shot and sent to camps. The Warsaw ghetto was the largest Jewish occupied ghetto in the Nazi catrolled Europe. The summer of 1942 300‚000 Jews were deported from Warsaw to Trblinka. There were mass murders were traced back to Warsaw. January of 1943 Warsaw fired upon German troops. The Germans

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    Elvis Is Still Alive?

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    Elvis is still? For many years there has been many doubts‚ and controversy about the death of probably the biggest figure of the 20th century‚ “The King of Rock N’ Roll”‚ Elvis Aaron Presley. Many people believe that he still alive and for a lot of reasons in which cannot be blamed for believing so. Elvis Presley is alive and the facts will prove it. After Elvis Presley “died” on August 16‚ 1977‚ there have been numerous alleged sightings of him. Fans have noted alleged discrepancies in the death

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    Elvis Informative Speech

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    Elvis Presley‚ the King of Rock ˜n’ Roll. Whenever anyone thinks about this pop culture icon‚ that’s the first thing that comes into their mind. The first time I heard of Elvis was when I was about 4 years old because my dad would always read me the book Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley. Other than that‚ for as long as I can remember‚ everyone has been telling me that Elvis was‚ and still is‚ the king of rock ˜n’ roll and I wanted to know why. So‚ I’m going to talk about Elvis and how he changed music

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    Ghetto Dbq

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    and most recently‚ the German Nazi party created their own ghettos similar to the living spaces Blacks were systematically pushed into after being freed from slavery. This isn’t to say that Nazi germany looked into America‚ saw how they were treating their undesirables and went “Hey! We should do that too!” but the ideology and structure of the Jewish and Black ghetto are very similar‚ while not exactly the same. Clearly‚ both of the ghettos were the result of systematic

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