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    falling in love with caramel but because it was so popular it was gone. After I found caramel‚ I proposed caramel to be mine‚ but it denied. This is shown by some symbolism‚ simile. This has got inspired after reading several ballads about love story and my own experience. The poem uses several techniques. It is using symbolism‚ simile‚

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    In these two pieces‚ it is obvious that the topic of American identity is not strong with these children. In fact‚ they almost seem to feel forced‚ with no real decision made on their part. As can be seen in the first piece‚ the poem‚ the little girl says "if it makes you feel better‚" instead of something more pointed to her own personal preference. In the second‚ the two young boys seem brainwashed about their grandmothers home country as "barbaric." It seems that the common theme in these two

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    Julius Caesar is full of alliterative phrases that Shakespeare uses to suede the audience in a certain direction; his works thrive on emotion and he knows how to play off it. A perfect example of this is Mark Antony’s speech in Julius Caesar‚ after Caesar has been stabbed. However‚ a perfect counterexample would be Brutus’s speech‚ also from Julius Caesar. There’s no doubt that Shakespeare did this on purpose to show how lackluster Brutus’s words were to the Roman people. Antony’s speech works so

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    utilizes figurative language‚ appeals to pathos and appeals to logos to argue that his nonviolent protest movement is not extreme. The white clergymen called his protests unnecessary and to leave the laws of segregation alone ignoring the African-American citizens yearning for freedom and the right to be treated humanely. King claimed that‚ “If this philosophy had not emerged‚ by now many streets of the South would‚ I am convinced‚ be flowing with blood (29)”. King employs figurative language by using

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    In Native Son‚ Wright utilizes various forms of figurative language in order to immerse readers into the plot of the story. Through his descriptive words and the images he creates‚ Wright allows readers to fully experience his settings and the dramatic events through Bigger’s senses and observations. The readers are constantly pulled into the action of the plot with Wright’s imagery‚ and are carried along with Bigger as he prepares his next moves. In the novel‚ Wright commonly uses similes. He

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    In the Holocaust memoir Night‚ Elie Wiesel communicates the horrors of his journey from Sighet as an innocent‚ passionate child to his time spent at the Auschwitz concentration camps facing a harsh reality. Through the use of diction and syntax‚ Wiesel emphasizes the deterioration of the Jewish prisoners’ emotional and physical conditions. Within the first five chapters‚ Wiesel utilizes terminology to present the Jewish background of Sighet‚ as well as his own passion towards worship. For example

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    “No one seemed hurried or impatient‚ all under a spell‚ a spell that held us from the opening of the fail until it’s close” (Larson 248). Larson uses to figurative language to depict how addicting the fair was for the people nation-wide. His metaphor comparing its enticing nature to being cast “under a spell” gives the reader an idea of how captivating the environment was. Being kept under a spell is typically associated with something being inescapable‚ furthermore explaining Larson’s purpose of

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    Waltz Research Paper

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    Name
of
Activity:

Basic
Waltz
steps
 Purpose
of
Activity:

Students
will
learn
5
basic
waltz
steps‚
the
history
of
the
waltz‚
geography
and
 climate
of
the
countries
of
Germany
and
Austria.
 Suggested
Grade
Level:
6‐12
 Materials
Needed:
CD
player
and
appropriate
waltz
music
 Music:
The
following
are
suggestions
from
several
different
genres
of
music:
Could
I
Have
This
Dance
 (For
the
Rest
of
My
Life)
by
Anne
Murray;
You
Look
So
Good
in
Love
by
George
Strait;
You
Light
Up
My
 Life
by
LeAnn
Rimes
o

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    Summary Microenvironment The four major competitors‚ Pizza-Hut‚ Papa John’s‚ Domino’s‚ and Little Ceasers are the market leaders in the take-out pizza industry. Having a strong brand equity in the take-out pizza industry allows a company to gain a significant advantage in the market. Customers in the take-out pizza industry place a high value on the product quality and price of a company. Maintaining a good reputation is very important in this industry for companies because

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    what they’re striving to illustrate. But why can’t I _still_ see the author as dead? I think the issue is identity. We’re stuck between ours and theirs when we interpret a text. We like to assume individualism is one with the text‚ but it’s parallel. My problem is that I can be convinced nonetheless when awesome

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