Plan 1. Figures of quantity: hyperbole; meiosis (litotes). 2. Figures of quality: metonymy (synecdoche‚ periphrasis‚ euphemism); irony. 3. Figures of contrast: oxymoron; antithesis. 4. Practical assignment Metonymy‚ another lexical SD‚ - like metaphor - on losing its originality also becomes instrumental in enriching the vocabulary of the language‚ though metonymy is created by a different semantic process and is based on contiguity (nearness) of objects or phenomena. Transference
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beginning to think that is very possible and highly likely. Although it is nice to be able to get in touch with friends whenever we want‚ it is also scary to think that Facebook and cell-phones can be very harmful to us. Info to help me with my speech The other day I was walking down Westwood Plaza in LA when I noticed how many people were walking and texting. At least a dozen people were connected to their cell‚ hardly looking up to see where they were walking. As a meditation teacher‚ I’ve
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How Captain Cook influenced the ways see and understand the modern world ‘I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had been before‚ but as far as it was possible for a man to go’James Cook. So Captain Cook was born in 1778 originally a apprentice in Whitby before becoming a sailor and in time a British naval officer a veteran of the seven year war. Cook is unquestionably known for his three voyages of expiration and discovery that took place in the Pacific. The first voyage was between
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A frustrated boy-genius is mad at his classmates Harold and George. But Harold and George have better things to do than listen to the boy genius‚ named Melvin Sneedly‚ whine all the time. Captain Underpants comics is used by Harold and George to embarrass other people. Desperate for attention‚ Melvin tries to become Bionic Boy‚ but instead‚ he sneezes at the last second‚ and becomes Bionic Bugger Boy. Everyone laughs and stays away from Bionic Bugger Boy (Melvin). Friends and classmates go to
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INTRODUCTION Structure and agency debate provides an understanding of the actions and attitudes of an individual.This essay will be critically analyzing and discussing the attitude and actions of Captain Louis De Koster and how structure-agency debate can help us understand them. It will further go on to unpack the influence that structural or agency factors has on De Koster in the police department. Structure is the network of recurring patterns in which people behave in routine situations (Van
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becoming unstoppable but he could foresee that the British parliament would not simply grant repeal so he proposed another approach that would force the British to act. He set up different mass public meetings to show the popular support for repeal. He tried not to put the situation at risk by having a violent repression by British forces‚ as he hated violence. O’Connell had to try to convince the British that repeal was the appropriate thing to do‚ but he also had to make sure he stayed within
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Angeles Police chasing O. J. Simpson in his white Bronco on June 17‚ 1994. 2. Listener relevance link: • The O. J. Simpson trial was one of the most watched court cases in history. The television ratings for the verdict were extraordinary; ninety percent of people watching television at one o clock on October 3‚ 1995 were watching the verdict being read. 3. Speaker Credibility: 4. Thesis statement with main point preview: • In this speech I am going to tell you about O. J. Simpsons early
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vanity to what we would have others think of us.” ― Jane Austen‚ Pride and Prejudice This is one of my favorite quotes from my favorite author‚ Jane Austen. Jane Austen was a famous British novelist. She wrote romantic fictions‚ later on‚ Austen’s novels have become very important to English literature because of their realism and biting social commentary. Austen is one of the historic figures so this essay is about the life of Jane Austen and her works. Jane Austen was born in 1775‚ on December
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fall forever and ever and never touch down‚ is it really still falling?” - Sam referring to her dream. Page 59 “For a second when I look around the room everything seems fuzzy and slightly distorted‚ like I’m not really looking at my room but only at a transparency of my room that’s been laid down incorrectly so the corners don’t match up with the real thing. Then the light shifts and everything looks normals again.” - Sam talking about her room after shes just gotten up. Page 59 “It’s Saturday‚
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2100 hours‚ Captain James S. Steward of the United States Air Force straps on his G-suit and goes over his mission briefings one last time. He walks out into the hanger and awaits his chariot. The SR-71 Blackbird‚ the fastest plane in the world with it’s twin turbine engines and slick black radar absorbent skin make him a flying shadow in the air. His mission‚ to fly a covert reconnaissance mission over Moscow‚ the heart of the USSR Intelligence believe that the Russians have a build up of nuclear
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