Briar Rose Wombat 1. He uses Similes - "Plunging like red flood water" This gives the effect of the wombat plunging down at a very fast speed. 2. He uses Metaphors - "Ha there! Old pig‚ old bear‚ old bristly and gingery" This gives the effect that he thinks he is a good old friend with the wombat. 3. Onomatopoeia - Thumps‚ Trembling‚ Thud This is used to make more of your senses being used when reading the poem 4. Repetition - "Old pig‚ old bear‚ old bristly
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In Briar Rose‚ the author Jane Yolen‚ introduces the audience to a variety of significant ideas that she portrays throughout the text and uses interesting techniques to convey these ideas. She reveals the concept of parallelism by intertwining the stories: Sleeping Beauty and the Holocaust. She uses symbolism to highlight the atrocities that occurred during the Holocaust. Yolen uses postmodern ideas with the use of flashback of the past to retell a fairytale version that Becca’s grandmother Gemma
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Yolen has also included “kiss of life” which is also an important element in all fairytales. She used “the kiss of life” to emphasise the beauty in humanity. As the novel develops‚ Josef kisses Gemma to give her breath so she could live. It requires love and encourages kissing the lip with a taste of vomit and Josef showed his love and courage by giving Gemma a kiss of life. Through this‚ Yolen emphasises that people can be good. Yolen has used the technique‚ story within a story‚ to juxtapose
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façade‚ and change in heart. In the beginning of the book Paul and Muller are bedside with their dieing friend Kemmerich. Muller asks hesitantly about the boots‚” can you leave them with us… out here one can make some use of them”(Remarque 16). Kemmerich’s leg has been amputated and he has no idea of it. This shows how Muller is somewhat selfish to ask a question like this especially when all Kemmerich needs is support. If Muller had never become a soldier he would have never asked such a horrific
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switch backside 1260 rarely beats a double cork. Most judgments seem to be centered on how difficult or dangerous a trick is. As a result‚ some riders are given undue advantage over others. In this respect‚ riders like Halldor Helagson and Nicolaus Muller are seen to be inferior to Shaun White and Mark McMorris. However‚ the two riders are a joy to watch than White and
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looking at antiandrogen drugs such as cyproterone acetate (CA)‚ medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA)‚ and gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist (GnRH) (Fromberger‚ Stolpmann‚ & Müller‚ 2011). These drugs are used to decrease testosterone levels‚ but findings have either been moderate or inconsistent (Fromberger‚ Stolpmann‚ & Müller‚ 2011). The benefit and risk ratio is not in favor of the use of medroxyprogesterone acetate (Garcia &
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Austria declaring war to Serbia caused Serbia’s allies to declare war on each other‚ for example France‚ Russia‚ and United Kingdom. From all this chaos World War I began. Franz Ferdinand‚ eldest son of Carl Ludwig‚ the brother of Emperor Franz Josef‚ was born in 1863. He joined the Austro-Hungarian army in 1883. He was young when he entered the military. He didn’t receive any formal traning but he was considered eligible for command. He was frequently and quickly promoted. His great work in the
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The controversy surrounding Leni Riefenstahl’s films has been an ongoing historical debate since the outbreak of World War II. Labelled as ‘purely and simply Nazi propaganda’ Riefenstahl’s work was the cornerstone of Nazi Germany’s media regime. Riefenstahl argues however that her intent was simply to produce art. Whilst the films’ value as promoting the Nazi regime is undeniable it can be questioned whether or not they are entirely propaganda or if they hold more‚ artistic value. Born in Berlin
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they exist is not. By using true elements in the building and development of characters they are made believable. Characters in this story are not perfect and have many flaws and imperfections‚ an example of this are the fact that the character of Josef is a homosexual. It is a far cry from the stereotypical prince that is perfect in every way. Through Josef’s homosexuality it demonstrates an important fact about the Holocaust which is rarely touched‚ the common misconception that only those of
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The critical need of managers in human service organization. Definition of manager. An individual who is in charge of a certain group of task‚ or a certain subset of company. A manager often has a staff of people who report to him or her. Managers may direct workers directly or they may direct several supervisors who direct the workers. The manager must be familiar with the work of all the groups he/she supervises‚ but does not need to be the best in any or all of the areas. It is more important
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