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    Metaphors are found in the poem “What Shall He Tell His Son‚” written by Carl Sandburg. The poem is written as life lessons that the speaker of the poem collects over time to prepare his own son for growing up. The poem is very emotional‚ as the speaker reflects on his own life and the lessons he has learned the hard way. Metaphors in the poem are used to evoke emotion in the reader‚ to take each lesson that is told in their own way. “The growth of a fail flower in a path up / has sometimes shattered

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    A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway ← Important Quotations Explained → 1. “There‚ darling. Now you’re all clean inside and out. Tell me. How many people have you ever loved?” “Nobody.” “Not even me?” “Yes‚ you.” “How many others really?” “None.” “How many have you—how do you say it?—stayed with?” “None.” “You’re lying to me.” “Yes.” “It’s all right. Keep right on lying to me. That’s what I want you to do. Were they pretty?” Soon after Henry arrives at the American hospital in Milan

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    gathering general information on client’s goals‚ functional assessments‚ physical assessments‚ and recommendations are made in the appropriate AT device. I think the appropriate goal for OT to write for a client needed and used an assistive device include providing education and training in client’s environment to use the AT device. For example‚ if client AT device is a wheelchair‚ the therapist will teach client “how to apply brakes‚ propel the wheel to go straight line or make a turn‚ and how to remove

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    “Lamb to the Slaughter” is a short story by Roald Dahl it is about a pregnant woman name Mary Maloney‚ who is six months pregnant. Mary is a stay at home wife; she makes sure the house is cleaned and dinner is cooked when her husband‚ Patrick Maloney comes home from work. Mary adores her husband‚ and she loved seeing that all his needs were met. Each night she would wait for him to come home from work. Usually she would have dinner ready for him. It was Thursday‚ and on Thursdays the Maloney’s ate

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    HOW ARE REDOX REACTIONS DIFFERENT? Redox is the term used to label reactions in which the acceptance of an electron (reduction) by a material is matched with the donation of an electron (oxidation). A large number of the reactions already mentioned in the Reactions chapter are redox reactions. Synthesis reactions are also redox reactions if there is an exchange of electrons to make an ionic bond. If chlorine gas is added to sodium metal to make sodium chloride‚ the sodium has donated an electron

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    The House Grotty and ruined‚ the house stood grounded to the earth. I shivered as though ice had replaced my spine. The cold air enveloped my entire body. The multiple layers of clothing could not protect me against the deathly cold. The walkway leading up to the house was cracked. Weeds and dandelions poked out from these cracks. Red roses grew wildly in thick patches by the gate. The moonlight cast a ghoulish glow on the house. Vines formed a twisted maze upon the side of house‚ reaching their

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    people should normally be like in real life. He includes events or scenarios that aren’t all blood and gore‚ but things you would never expect would happen or see people do. This is what makes Dahl’s stories quite odd and unusual. In Lamb to the Slaughter‚ the vibes from the two characters‚ (Mr. and Mrs. Malony) seem very out of place. Readers get almost an awkward feeling towards the beginning of this story. Dahl wrote‚ “He got up and went slowly to get himself another drink. ‘I’ll get it!’ She cried

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    English Raymond Hickey Essen University 1 Introduction For several centuries English has been well known for its many cases of conversion‚ for instance it is used very frequently by Shakespeare‚ almost as a stylistic device of his. And to this day it has remained a prominent feature of the language. The standard definition of conversion (Bauer 1988: 90-2; Spencer 1991: 20) is a change in word-class without any alteration in form‚ i.e. zero-derivation (Cruse 1986:

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    and he is not a leader 3. He constantly shows he can not be trusted. “There will be killing until the score is paid” is a quote from Odysseus in book 22. Everybody knows that heroes do not kill and Odysseus is no exception. In book 22 Odysseus slaughters bunches of men because they pursued his wife Penelope.On page 960 the blue text reads Odysseus and his men are compared to falcons who show no mercy to the flocks of birds they pursue and capture. These men were killed terribly because they pursued

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    added to make it better.. to make an essay more effective what you need are rhetorical devices. Rhetorical devices are techniques that are used to convey and persuade the reader or listener to consider a topic from another perspective. using rhetorical devices is a style of speaking or writing that trys to create a particular effect or bring out a particular response from a reader‚ some effective rhetorical devices are personification‚ alliteration‚ connotation and In the essay An Ode to the User-Friendly

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