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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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    cause of sadness? In the book “Buried Onions” by Gary Soto there are many different examples; such as metaphors‚ similes‚ and personification to grab the reader’s attention. That is exactly what you want when reading a book! First type of figurative language‚ “Yellow shoes the color of a pat of butter” (40). is a metaphor that stuck out the most to me. A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Eddie thinks

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    In the short story “Dark They Were and Golden Eyed” Ray Bradbury uses symbolism of Mr. Bittering and figurative language to portray how cultural assimilation can happen to anyone‚ anywhere regardless of a person’s willpower to resist. In one scene‚ Mr. Bittering is trying to get the other men to build a rocket together to go back to Earth‚ but they don’t want to. Mr. Bittering relentlessly tries to get them to help but suddenly stops when they show him that he is starting to change. “‘Build a rocket

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    Shakespeare’s use of metaphors and personification to show that love is eternal and accepting in Sonnet 116 and his use of conceit and imagery to highlight the visual flaws of the speaker’s partner in Sonnet 130 convey the idea that small imperfections in love are irrelevant. In Sonnet 116‚ Shakespeare writes that love “is the star to every wandering bark” (line 7). This comparision of love to a star guiding a ship through the sea signifies how love can get people through difficult times. He also

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    Something that stands out about his use of figurative language is that nine times out of ten he uses it to describe nature. For example‚ Faulkner uses a simile to show that an entire day has passed in only 1 ½ pages. He uses the position of the sun to show that it is already evening. “The sun‚ an hour above

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    feelings‚ that you may hurt her and give Maya Angelou dirty looks‚ yet she will be the bigger person. Maya Angelou uses figurative language to hook her readers with the points she tries to express. Maya Angelou grew up in the 1930’s‚living in a country plagued with bigotry‚ particularly towards women and people of color. Thesis: In “Still I Rise”‚ Maya Angelou uses strong figurative language such as personification‚ metaphors‚ and similes to convey her ideas. BP1: In “Still I Rise” Maya Angelou’s

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    first-person narrative‚ and is describing a situation of a scene at the trenches during the World War One. It is probably the poet himself talking from his own experience. Dulce Et Decorum Est‚ meaning "It is sweet and right"‚ is formed with many figurative languages and structural devices. It’s structured out with four stanzas. The layout of this poem takes a huge part building up the mood and the tone. The first stanza describes the condition of the soldiers: exhausted‚ sick‚ and in danger of having shells

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    In the stanza from the story of Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth wants to lose her feminine qualities in order to be capable of murder. She conveys this through the use of figurative language and alliteration.     Through the usage of figurative language‚ it is understood that she wants to lose her nurturing female qualities. Her statement of “unsex me here” figuratively means that she does not want to be the sex that she was given so that she could commit the murder. Literally she means that in order to pull

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    Throughout life‚ inspirational lessons dwell at every corner with that golden opportunity to take those lessons and inspire others. Speeches are excellent ways to teach lessons and motivate listeners since the speaker has the freedom to add emotion to their voices and also add dramatic pauses that create suspense within the crowd of onlookers. However‚ stories can lack that emotion the voice of a speaker gives it. So‚ author’s use different styles of writing such as varied sentence length for the

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