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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Jesus loves you. He died on the cross to save you from your sins. No matter how much you mess up‚ He will still be there to protect you. He is a unfailing God that will never leave you or forsake you. People ask: Who is Jesus Christ? Jesus Christ is the only son of god despite coming from a woman. He is the light that came to earth to clarify our path and our soul. He is a man that walked to earth all the way from Israel. What was his mission? His mission was to guide us and to let us know him
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Last week I watched the movie The Passion of the Christ by Mel Gibson with one of my good friends‚ George. 1) The movie recalls the passion of Jesus Christ‚ which includes his suffering‚ dying and resurrection. In the movie‚ we were exposed to the horrible conditions that show Jesus being tortured and set to be crucified. The movie graphically shows all the pain and agony that Jesus faced on his way to death. It also contains many flashbacks that show us Jesus on the night before he died. There
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God was real. 4. What are some specific intellectual reasons people may reject the Christian gospel? People may reject the Christian gospel‚ for intellectual reasons‚ because they cannot comprehend that Jesus Christ was God in human flesh. They cannot comprehend that Jesus Christ could die and then be resurrected‚ because‚ in their minds‚ this defies logic and reason. 5. What can Christians do to address these objections and better communicate the Christian gospel? In order to better
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4/5/14 THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST Who did Jesus Christ die on the cross for? Jesus died for all of us. If it was not for JESUS we would not be here today‚ because GOD made us all. The importance of the resurrection is to believe in Jesus Christ. Believing that Jesus died on the cross for our sins will get you into heaven and if you asked him to come into your heart. Jesus is so important because I believe he died on the cross for my sins‚ I celebrate him on Easter and Christmas‚ and I
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Vladimir: But you can’t go barefoot! Estragon: Christ did. Vladimir: Christ! What has Christ got to do with it? You’re not going to compare yourself to Christ! Estragon: All my life I’ve compared myself to him. Vladimir: But where he lived it was warm‚ it was dry! Estragon: Yes. And they crucified quick. (Page 35) ____These lines seem like a typical banter between the two main characters that have been waiting for Godot together for some time. Though‚ if you read closely‚ these lines expand
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the suggestions of skepticism. There are in the Bible many things which they cannot explain‚ or even understand‚ and Satan employs these to shake their faith in the Scriptures as a revelation from God. They ask‚ "How shall I know the right way? If the Bible is indeed the word of God‚ how can I be freed from these doubts and perplexities?" God never asks us to believe‚ without giving sufficient evidence upon which to base our faith. His existence‚ His character‚ the truthfulness of His word‚ are
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Abhinav Brahmamdam Literature 236 5th Hour Mrs. Koen March 24‚ 2010 Randle Patrick McMurphy‚ a Tragedy from the Beginning Would you ever accept a leadership role to a group of beat down patients at a mental institution knowing the consequence would be death? Randle Patrick McMurphy does just that. McMurphy‚ a con man who seeks institutionalization‚ becomes a role model for the inmates at a hospital. These male patients are lifeless human beings who fear the institution and its ruler‚ Big Nurse Ratched
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and begins to review the events of the previous weeks in his journal. Spivey then contemplates the letter requesting his resignation. These past weeks have been hard on everyone. As much as Mr. McMurphy has changed this ward for good‚ there are moments when I wish he had never been committed. Before McMurphy there had been an age of oppression. The patients’ life schedules were forced down their throat‚ whether they liked it or not‚ by the immense form of Nurse Ratched. Each day was a game of cat
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upon‚ are considered to be the basic direction of how to act and exist among one another. An example of this type of law is the governmental laws in which many follow every day‚ but in reality these laws are established from one’s moral beliefs. Morality is a set of beliefs‚ normalized internally and by society. It assists individuals in determining the rightness or wrongness of their actions. The most important reason why both Randle Patrick McMurphy‚ and Andy Dufresne were exceptionally successful
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