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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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    Rhetorical Devices Schemes Term Definition Example Alliteration頭韻 the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August. Anadiplosis反覆法 repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause The crime was common‚ common be the pain. Anaphora首語(句)重複法 regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses We shall fight in the trenches

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    Bharti Airtel From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Bharti Airtel Limited | | Type | Public company BSE: 532454 NSE: BHARTIARTL | Industry | Telecommunications | Founded | 7 July 1995 (1995-07-07) | Founder(s) | Sunil Bharti Mittal | Headquarters | New Delhi‚ India | Area served | South Asia‚ Africa and the Channel Islands | Key people | Sunil Bharti Mittal (Chairman) and (MD) | Products | Fixed-line and mobile telephony‚ broadband and fixed-line

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    Dramatic Literacy Devices Allegory
A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning. Allegory often takes the form of a story in which the characters represent moral qualities. The most famous example in English is John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress‚ in which the name of the central character‚ Pilgrim‚ epitomizes the book’s allegorical nature. Kay Boyle’s story "Astronomer’s Wife" and Christina Rossetti’s poem "Up-Hill" both contain allegorical elements. Catastrophe
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    Terms & Definitions for Famous Speeches Repetition: Repeating a word or phrase‚ either to draw extra attention or to emphasise the importance of it. Analogy: A comparison of two things‚ based on the similarities between them; in this case‚ telling a story with a similar sort of message in order to make a related point clear. Rhetorical Questioning: Questions that the speaker might ask‚ but which do not actually require an answer. Rhetorical questions are used to make the audience think a little

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    Literary Analysis Stephanie Butler ENG 125 Introduction to Literature 1-12-15 There are many types of prejudice in our world‚ but in the two literary works “Country Lovers” by Nadine Gordimer and “What it’s like to be a black girl” by Patricia Smith‚ racism is the prejudice that the characters are battling with. Unfortunately racism is a global problem‚ but these stories discuss racism in America. These writers have used their ability to write to discuss these problems by short story and

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    LITERARY THEORY Misconceptions about theory: 1. Theory is difficult What is difficult however is the language because most of the theorists are French 2. theory is meaningless‚ pretentious jargon 3. that we are intellectually incapable of coping with it(i.e we are at fault) 4. We take everything as gospel truth; We should question What is literary theory? Theory is a coherent set of conceptual hypothetical and pragmatic principles forming the general frame of reference for a discipline

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    Reason for the high-profitability of the RTE cereal business: The "Big Three" cereal manufacturers have jointly monopolized the market and have reaped high profits from their monopoly pricing combined with the tacit co-ordination they share regarding price hikes. The "Big Three" have backed up their monopoly strategy with their strong relationships with each other and with regional and national grocers. This relationship allowed them to control or buy shelf space and ideal positioning of their product

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    At the beginning of the 1840’s there was a new mindset that was summed up by Horace Greeley’s famous quote‚ “Go West‚ Young man.” This was only fueled by the numerous Natural and Social environmental advantages of going west. The Natural environment of the West was the land‚ gold‚ industry‚ and climate. The Social environment of the West was freedom and Native American interaction. The natural environment along with the social environment of the West helped greatly shape the way in which the West

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    Addition | again also and and then besides | equally further(more) in addition (to...) indeed next | in fact moreover too what is more finally | Comparison | compared with in comparison with in the same way/manner | similarly likewise | again also | Contrast | besides but however in contrast instead conversely it may be the case that certainly also likewise | naturally nevertheless of course on the contrary on the other hand regardless

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