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    that explains a clear representation of problems teenagers face on a daily basis. Joseph accomplishes this by using assonance and strong imagery. The line “Same clothes homegrown a stone’s throw from a creek we used to roam” (Joseph 19) is a perfect example of both because of how it represents his true meaning. The words clothes‚ homegrown‚

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    Antony loved Caesar and was completely against his murder‚ so he used rhetorical strategies to persuade the Romans to be against the perpetrators. For example when Antony says “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious‚ and Brutus is an honorable man” he is using the mix of sarcasm and logos. Antony repeats this same thing over and over again until the Romans start questioning if Brutus truly is an honorable man

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    Neruda adds obvious devices that overpower the poem‚ such as imagery and metaphors‚ but also connects possible archetypes and symbols to better express himself. To begin‚ the first stanza uses enjambment‚ as the end of the stanza leaves the reader hanging and curious. It says‚ “I want you to know/one thing.” (lines 1-2) What is this thing? The reader has no idea of it yet and is left thinking‚ wanting to read on. Next‚ the second stanza is filled with literary devices to inform the reader of

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    such as Creon and Haeman speak in shifted tones of tension that prevail conflict. Another element of Ancient Greek drama is dramatic irony and this is the failure of a character to see or understand what has been obvious to the audience. Oedipus for example was unaware early of what the audience knew: that he killed his father then married his mother‚ Jucasia. Chorus is another element and are bystandards in a play who present oaes on the action. The chorus‚ in the plays of Sophocles had the job of explaining

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    1. Scanning devices Optical Scanners An optical scanner is a hardware input device that allows a user to take an image or text and convert it into a digital file‚ allowing the computer to read or display the scanned object. Features of the optical scanner include-its design‚ software compatibility‚ type of feeder‚ speed‚ resolution‚ etc. Some advantages of the optical scanner include : • Easy to use • Continuous‚ detailed‚ and scaled true-colour images for documentation and interpretation

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    The passage demonstrates that Junior is determined to get hope using literary devices such as contrast/comparison‚ repetition and simile. Therefore more broadly Native Americans are portrayed in negative ways compared to white people. They have been raised to believe in the mindset that white people are superior. The author uses contrast/comparison in the passage to compare not only Native Americans and white people but also Junior. In the passage it states‚ “I was the only kid‚ white or Indian

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    Johan Swift wrote a “modest proposal" to acknowledge the fact the rich people of Ireland were living comfortable while the poor were struggling and had to beg in the streets and so on to surive. Swift takes a jab at the rich by stating how they should feed the poor children to the rich. Now he speaking of this in a comical way to get people to acknowledge the suffering of the poor and how it divides the people in Ireland. The article I found revolves around todays campaign for president. My article

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    Throughout the story “The Repairman‚” several scientific devices of varying accuracy are presented. The author describes and uses some that use plausible science‚ but the facts and possibilities of each are not important to the story as a whole. The varying devices are described just enough to propel interest in the story‚ but most of the actual scientific plausibility has to be inferred from context. In the story‚ hyperspace travel is presented in a way that explains itself to a degree‚ but in

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    but by the last sentence it becomes apparent he was crying over his lack of faith. Irony is undoubtedly the most significant use of a rhetorical device in the entire passage. It’s established that the entire story will be based on irony when Hughes’ contradicts himself in the first sentence saying he was saved‚ “But not really saved.” Another example of irony‚ is the preacher’s sermon. It’s meant to lead the children toward Jesus‚ but it’s described as “...prayers and songs swirled around me…” revealing

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    connections drawn between physical and metaphysical life portray various messages within the story‚ but they are all connected in the last stanza paragraph. The speaker please that Dorothy learns from his experiences. Wordsworth continues with a few examples: the importance of nature‚ keeping the things that truly matter closely‚ and having an optimistic view on life. “That after many wanderings‚ many years/ Of absence‚ these steep woods and lofty cliffs‚/ And this green pastoral landscape‚ were to me/

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