Useful phrases for text analysis and literary appreciation Begin with these simple expressions: the writer/ poet/ novelist/etc ... : - is aiming at (sth or verb+ing form) - wants to achieve the purpose of - wants to produce the effect that … - wants to contrast sth with sth else - arouses the reader’s emotions (feelings/ interest) - evokes the attitude of … - focuses the reader’ s attention on … - expects the reader to (infinitive) - wants to produce the effect that - appeals to the
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Moon Micro is a small manufacturer of servers in Santa Clara‚ California. Lately‚ the demand for servers has increased‚ and the company needs to find a way to capitalize on the situation. The current plant has reached capacity of 10‚000 units. The two options to capitalize on the situation are to either expand the plant to a capacity of 20‚000 units or outsource the process to Molectron‚ an independent assembler. Expanding the Santa Clara plant would have an annualized fixed cost of $10‚000‚000
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The Sun and the Moon I make my way over the grass‚ which is covered in freckles of frost that make a soft crunch with each tiny step I take. The trees that surround me are clustered together in company‚ yet look lonely without their companionship of leaves. They stand tall and strong‚ like an army of ghost warriors that are ready for battle. I walk amongst them‚ lightly brushing against the rough and unkind bark as I go. There’s no sign of life in the park besides myself and the typical flock of
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The moon in Shakespeare’s play symbolizes Diana‚ the Roman personification of the moon‚ and the Wheel of Fortune. What does the Wheel of Fortune have to do with Diana? Shakespeare considered both of them to be much the same. Both have a cyclical nature: the moon waxes and wanes just like Fortune waxes and wanes. The motif of both figures in Shakespeare’s plays reveals his belief that the moon is a symbol of the fickleness and changeability of fortune and luck‚ at once an omen and a blessing‚ and
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When reading the play "Ruby Moon" it is easy to pick up on the personal and social tensions between characters. The descriptive nature of the stage directions and the very act of reading as opposed to just seeing on stage‚ being able to take time to look over each line‚ means that a reader can see which scenes accentuate the tension between both Ray and Sylvie or the characters they have created. Stage directions in the play plainly describe when a pause on stage is to be tense‚ or what the vibe
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The new moon occurs when the moon is positioned between the earth and sun. The three objects are in approximate alignment (why "approximate" is explained below). The entire illuminated portion of the moon is on the back side of the moon‚ the half that we cannot see. At a full moon‚ the earth‚ moon‚ and sun are in approximate alignment‚ just as the new moon‚ but the moon is on the opposite side of the earth‚ so the entire sunlit part of the moon is facing us. The shadowed portion is entirely hidden
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Phases of the Moon: What Are They? Phases of the moon discovery: In 1609‚ the “Phases of the Moon‚” was discovered when a man named Galileo‚ was looking at the sun from his telescope when he noticed that the moon orbited around the Sun. Galileo created a telescope that could zoom in 20 times the actual distance of something. With this‚ he made an observation that the moon travels around the Earth at different times causing the moon to look different. Scientists now say that the moon is approximately
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start my 4 hour work shift‚ I began to go through the turnstile and seemingly startled awake a bat. This bat began to fly and squeal in fear. It darted at my head getting caught in my hair a couple times. I started to scream and flail my arms about trying to fend off the nocturnal flying mammal in fear. During what seemed to be forever I was able to unlock the turnstile and exit the entry way but not before rupturing two discs in my neck. This incident caused quite the turn of events in my life.
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was my connection to family. When my mother told me and my sister that we were going to visit Chile‚ my mother’s homeland. On the plane ride‚ I couldn’t stop moving because of my excitement. When visiting a different country‚ there are so many expectations on how the environment will be‚ the strangers to encounter‚ and the local people. At a young age‚ my imagination was wild about the environment. I stepped outside and I ran back into the airport. My hands were icy within minutes‚ and my own
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As the moon orbits around the Earth‚ from its perspective‚ it comes out of nowhere‚ grows in size‚ then shrinks back down to nothing as the month goes on. Whether it’s day or night‚ the phases of the moon can be observed from all around the world. Many people have tried to understand why the moon goes through its phases. Across the world‚ there are many different explanations of why the moon changes‚ but nothing gives us a better explanation than what science has to say about it. The light from
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