In the opening line‚ the speaker meditates on death and his mortality through the use of clock imagery. The speaker actively engages in counting; “I do count the clock”‚ which emphasises the process of time passing. In the early modern period‚ clocks served as a reminder of the brevity of earthly life‚ and were often inscribed with Latin mottos emphasising the passing of time in relation to death. This use of clock imagery throughout the Renaissance period signals a cultural preoccupation with time
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Q1 - In If I Stay by Gayle Forman‚ the novel reveals an important theme of love and friendship. This theme reflects the text incredibly well in my opinion. In a traumatic car accident in the novel on a snow day where Mia‚ her parents and younger brother Teddy decide to take the day off to visit friends. They pile into the car‚ joking and arguing about which music to listen to‚ like any other family going on a drive. The next thing Mia knows‚ she is overlooking the wreckage of their car. At first
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sense of temporary sadness is a miniscule blip in her academic work or social life (Stage of Life‚ 2015). I Didn’t Do It‚ another Disney Channel series broadcasted in Croatia‚ revolves around the lives of twins Lindy and Logan Watson. While navigating high school‚ the twins and their friends get themselves into humorous cases of trouble. Each episode begins with a snippet of a wild situation. As the episode carries on‚ the lead-up to this scene is revealed. Examples story lines include accidentally
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Why I hate religion but love Jesus: Persuasive technique analyse. In the video‚ the man giving the speech used generalisation by talking about everyone in general. He wasn’t saying his speech specific to a particular person‚ but in fact he was saying it to everyone. Emotive Language is strong words used by the Speaker to move the feelings of the listener. We see a strong form of emotive language in the video when the Speaker says “If grace is water‚ then the church to be an ocean. It’s not
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Stories have over time being used to communicate important themes within the society. As a matter of fact‚ themes such as culture‚ love‚ war and change have been widely portrayed in stories. As a result‚ analysts have explored stories‚ drew comparisons and also used them as historical artifacts. The stories‚ “1944 the Year I Learned to Love a German” and “A Good Man is hard to find” are two contrasting stories presented in different environments. Nonetheless‚ both are from the mid-20th century and
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entered the building I saw a very long line of people. So‚ I looked towards the front of the line‚ and I saw a tall‚ darkly skinned man who was signing basketballs. Since‚ I love the sport of basketball I recognized who it was but I wanted to make sure so I ask my friend “ Is that Shaquille O’neal?” my friend said in return “ I think so.” My heart jumped out of my body‚ as soon as he said that. I started jumping up and down‚ I was so excited. Since‚ there was a long line I had to be patient. So
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Why I love to play hockey When I was young‚ six or seven years of age‚ my mother gave me my first hockey stick(s)‚ a pair of Fisher-Price goalie sticks. I used these to play street hockey with the older local neighbor kids in the cul-de-sac‚ where my buddy Eddy and I were the goalies. This was the spark of my interest in hockey‚ but I did not play it competitively on the ice for a few more years. In the third grade where I was already active in baseball‚ soccer‚ and basketball‚ I decided to learn
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My love for soccer started when I was 3 years old. My father started me into it and he played his whole life all the way through high school and is even still playing to today. For as long as I can remember I was always the smallest player on the team. I never had the best skill. I never scored any goals. But I always had fun playing with friends. My father coached me for every team i was on until I played with a different coach‚ and that changed my whole life and the way I played. With my dad coaching
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Money is any object or record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given socio-economic context or country.[1][2][3] The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange; a unit of account; a store of value; and‚ occasionally in the past‚ a standard of deferred payment.[4][5] Any kind of object or secure verifiable record that fulfills these functions can be considered money. Money is historically an emergent market phenomenon
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“it’s just a game”‚ “why do you even care?” I wouldn’t respond because they would never understand. Have you ever had someone just not understand something‚ no matter how many times it’s explained? Yeah‚ well then I guess you see what I’m dealing with here. Ever since I was a child I have been interested in video games. I don’t know why or how I started to like it. I suspect it was probably because of my friends‚ they always played them. However‚ once I found them‚ I never let go. Gaming for me
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