Prosthetic Devices A prosthetic is an artificial body part that replaces a missing or non-functioning body part such as an arm‚ heart or breast. Humans have been making prosthetic limbs since the Ancient Egyptians to replace limbs lost during battle‚ work or just by mistake. Evidence has been found of Egyptians trying to replicate toes with copper ones. Although these were very impractical as they were solid and so were mostly for aesthetic purposes. In the 1400s‚ prosthetics arms made out of
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Sister Zainab AP English 14 October 2014 Rhetorical Devices: The Scarlet Letter 1. Anaphora: repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginnings of successive clauses. “…with the hot‚ midday sun burning down upon her face‚ and lighting up its shame; with the scarlet token of infamy on her breast; with the sin-born infant in her arms; with a whole people‚ drawn forth as to a festival…” (Pgs. 54-55) This is an example of the device anaphora because Hawthorne begins four consecutive clauses
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Rhetorical Devices Style is part of classical rhetoric and a number of rhetorical devices are worth considering in any analysis of style. For the analysis of literature a knowledge of rhetorical devices is indispensable‚ since there is often a considerable density of rhetorical figures and tropes which are important generators and qualifiers of meaning and effect. This is particularly the case in poetry. Especially the analysis of the use of imagery is important for any kind of literary text. (For
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In his letter to Thomas Jefferson‚ Benjamin Banneker uses rhetorical devices to reinforce his argument against the cruelties of slavery. Being a man of color‚ Banneker did not possess the social status deemed worthy of communication with a fine man such as Jefferson. Nevertheless‚ Banneker was an intelligent man and used his knowledge to point out the contradictory characteristics between slavery and American values. Banneker uses repetition throughout his letter. Periodically‚ he refers to Jefferson
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Poetic Devices 1. Alliteration- The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Ex: She sells sea shells by the sea shore. 2. Assonance- The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds. Ex: The blue moon rose too soon. 3. Enjambment- The continuation of a sentence from one line to the next line. When you are reading poetry‚ do not stop at the end of a line. Read through until you hit punctuation that tells you to stop. Ex: “The setting sun/ slithers into
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Networking Devices Maigue‚ Melleghie Claire T. EE1 - 1/ES1 - 1 Networking Devices ... Hub - commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports. When a packet arrives at one port‚ it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets. Networking Devices ... Multistation Access Unit (MAU) - a hub or concentrator that connects a group of computers (’nodes’ in network terminology) to a token ring local area network. Networking Devices ... Bridges
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Biohybrid devices. Biohybrid devices are implantable medical contraptions that undergo vascularization inside the body before the normal human cells (such as islet cells of Langerhans) can be placed inside them. They provide local immunosuppression that ensures that the normal human cells are not rejected by the host’s immune system or the graft versus host disease (Dorian). Biohybrid devices can be used to prevent diseases such as liver failure and
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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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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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Mice and Men’. The public would perceive Afro-Americans solely by their physical features and society would segregate them as a result of their racial distinction. I will be exploring how Steinbeck presents Crooks and his development through literary devices‚ and hence‚ how he changes depending on the characters he is interacting with. Steinbeck initially presents Crooks in a dialogue between George and Candy though he himself was absent. This signifies that they may not have been friends with Crooks
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