bad for their health. For example‚ if we used to watch online movies at night‚ especially the horror movies‚ we would be scared and feel that we do not want to sleep‚ which is leading to insomnia. Getting eyes inflammation is one more reason of exaggeration to use the Internet. For instance‚ when you spend more than 11 hours a week looking at the computer screen‚ your family will tell you that your eyes become reddish. Due to the Internet addiction and its disadvantages at our eyes‚ most of ophthalmologists
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In this‚ and subsequent descriptions of the trenches‚ I may lay myself open to the charge of exaggeration. But it must be remembered that I am describing trench life in the early days of 1914‚ and I feel sure that those who had experience of them will acquit me of any such charge. To give a recipe for getting a rough idea‚ in case you want to‚ I recommend the following procedure. Select a flat ten-acre ploughed field‚ so sited that all the surface water of the surrounding country drains
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My Last Duchess 1. The speaker of the poem is the Duke of Ferrara who is indeed a very strict individual and demanding and always wants to be pleased. 2. He is speaking to the father of the woman that he wants to marry. The appropriate audience would be the family of the woman. 3. The word persona is applicable because it is interpreted in first person‚ Duke Ferrara’s perspective. 4. The dramatic situation is when the Duke is negotiating his art gallery in order for the father to agree on
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Rhyme: enhances the musical quality of a poem Rhyme scheme: a regular pattern of rhyme Voice: Refrain: one or more lines repeated in each stanza of a poem Tone: the attitude a writer or speaker takes toward a subject Hyperbole: exaggeration Allusion: a reference to a famous person‚ place‚ or event Extended metaphor: it’s a
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In “I heard a Fly buzz – when I died -”‚ by Emily Dickinson‚ the hyphens are used throughout the poem to emphasize the breaths taken by the person on their deathbed. In the first stanza‚ the person is dying in a silent room. The speaker describes the setting‚ “I heard a Fly buzz – when I died -/Stillness in the Room/Was like the Stillness in the Air-”. (2-3‚ Dickinson). There is a lack of sound in the room but then there is this buzzing of a fly which is the exact opposite of the lack of sound. As
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The renaissance is a time where we get some of the best art ever created but‚ it is also the time where the world suffers its most catastrophic event ever‚ the Bubonic Plague. Originating from the Gobi desert in China‚ the plague or Black Death spread like wildfire across Europe and Asia. The Black Death had a major impact on society and the city. A writer named Boccaccio wrote a first-hand account on the effects of the plague. His writing on the plague does a good job on helping historians depict
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Increased empowerment. Oversimplification. Exaggeration. Overgeneralization. 1 points Save 1 of 3 7/6/2010 11:43 PM Take Assessment: Quiz #1 http://blackboard.edcc.edu/webapps/assessment/take/launch.jsp?cour... Question 5 Communication is always: Productive and meaningful. Ethical
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situations. In Beauty and the Beast‚ the Prince is turned into a hideous beast because his heart is dark. Bell‚ the innocent town girl‚ has a young beautiful face. Only when the Beast learns to love and be kind‚ does he turn pretty again. This exaggeration on beauty suggests that if someone is ugly their heart is the same. The handsome boys are the “Prince Charmings.” The boys who aren’t good-looking are bitter and cruel. This is the same with the girls. This goes
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The Brass Head of Queen Mother is both detailed and realistic depiction of a Queen Idia‚ the Benin ruler from the 16th century. Her expression is solemn and posture of the head is regal‚ she appears to be looking down on the viewer‚ no matter the angle the bust is viewed from. The tall crown also adds to her stature. The amount of care a specific posture indicates to me that she was a widely respected queen. The Brass Plaque Depicting the Oba Esigie is another brass work from the ancient Benin Kingdom
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employs this personification in order to represent that life is nothing but an illusion‚ and it can seem to be something that is not and also be over or disappear in a quick second. Hyperbole: In Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ “Macbeth”‚ the deliberate exaggeration expressed by Macbeth when he says he would “better be with the dead”‚ serves to express his current haunting and troubled mind. This passage leads us to understand that Macbeth would better off be dead like those who he has killed‚ so that way
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