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    Operation Rolling Thunder – March 1965-November 1968 Ordered by US President Lyndon Johnson‚ Operation Rolling Thunder was designed to convince North Vietnam to halt support of the communist forces in South Vietnam without the use of ground forces. The plan was to destroy the transportation system‚ industrial base‚ and air defense of the North Vietnamese. Described by historians as an anatomical failure‚ Operation Rolling Thunder seemed almost destined to fail. - Approved on February 24‚ 1965

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    T sounds in English

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    PRONUNCIATION T SOUND IN AMERICAN ENGLISH (TRUE T‚ FLAP T‚ GLOTTAL STOP‚ OMITTED T) 1. True T: 5 main rules - At the beginning of a word: true‚ truck‚ train‚ try‚ triumph‚ triangle‚ truth‚ trim - Stressed sound (often second syllable): attach‚ pretend‚ tattoo‚ internal‚ petition‚ retire‚ Italian - St: stamp‚ suggested‚ best‚ west - Str: strong‚ street‚ construction‚ instrument - Ft: lift‚ shift‚ gift 2. Flap T (quick D sound) Rule: vowel/r sound + flap T + vowel/r (r-controlled

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    English 10‚ essay The Crucible‚ option 2 In “The Crucible”‚ Arthur Miller uses dramatic irony to create anxiety‚ frustration and to demonstrate the tension between the people about the lies of witchcraft in Salem. I. The author creates tension in the story by using Abigail who accuses innocent people of witchery. 1.) Abigail wants Elizabeth to get hanged so she can be back with John again. 2.) Abigail turns herself against Mary Warren after she confessed in court. II. The author creates

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    Effective Dramatic Irony In Oedipus The King‚ Sophocles creates rising action by asking dramatic questions throughout the play. These questions generate suspense in the audience when they become dramatic irony and amplify the climax. During the falling action‚ Oedipus is engulfed in misery when he experiences a reversal of fortune. Finally‚ Oedipus goes through a discovery process ending when he discovers his tragic resolution. According to Aristotle‚ a tragedy consist of a drama that contains

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    Yubraj Budhathoki Shannon Vails ENGL 1302 March 8‚ 2011 Lack of communication: An analysis of “The Sound of Silence” “Sounds of Silence is an album by Simon and Garfunkel‚ released on January 17‚ 1966” [ (wikipedia) ].This is a beautiful song composed with wonderful choices of words. Behind this beautiful song with melodious rhythm‚ there is a big message in the lyrics. In this poem‚ Simon presents the speaker who speaks about communication. The idea of lack of communication builds up throughout

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    Namee: Paul G. Zamora (Homework in Performance Techniques) Sound Waves- A sound wave is the pattern of disturbance caused by the movement of energy traveling through a medium (such as air‚ water‚ or any other liquid or solid matter) as it propagates away from the source of the sound. The source is some object that causes a vibration‚ such as a ringing telephone‚ or a person’s vocal chords. The vibration disturbs the particles in the surrounding medium; those particles disturb those next to them

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    great suspense and irony that Shirley Jackson tells the story of a lottery in a small town. The result of the lottery is also left open to be interpreted by the reader. All this could not be done without the use of the third person objective point of view in which the story ‚“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ is told. Shirley Jackson uses situational irony as well as verbal irony to keep the readers on their toes and especially to keep the ending a surprise. Achieving this irony would be very difficult

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    readers feel a macabre atmosphere because of the ironies he uses. One example of irony that Poe includes in his story is the word “cask” that means “wine barrel‚” but casket‚ also comes from the same word. Before readers get a chance to read the story‚ they will understand this double meaning. They will realize that death is imminent. Thus‚ Fortunato believes he will ultimately reach a cask of wine‚ he actually meets his casket. Another instance of irony that Poe uses‚ is when Fortunato

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    tradition is called ‘the lottery’ where the ‘winner’ will be stoned to death. Actually it is a horrible tradition‚ but in the story it is considered usual‚ and even acceptable in the society. There are several irony that we can see in the story according to that ‘scapegoat’ tradition. One of the irony is the atmosphere in the town when the lottery is held. The author describes the situation that is “…clear and sunny‚ with the fresh warmth of a full summer day‚ the flowers were blossoming profusely and

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    Fate is full of irony‚ what you dish out will come back to you. This slogan has never rung truer than in the ironic tale of the Cask Of Amontillado. Presumably taking place in the Italian countryside this story follows the protagonist‚ Montresor‚ in his quest to reap revenge on the antagonist‚ Fortunato‚ for an insult in the past. Ultimately culminating in Fortunato being buried alive this story is a textbook example of revenge. Edgar Allen Poe’s dark tale revolves around themes of betrayal‚ pride

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