In Pro Caelio‚ a speech delivered by Marcus Tullius Cicero‚ the orator-turned-lawyer strategically disparages Clodia Metelli’s character more than he defends Marcus Caelius Rufus. Furthermore‚ Cicero’s approach‚ which relies heavily on prejudices within Roman society and personal attacks‚ aims to undermine Clodia’s credibility as a witness and persuade the jury. This strategy of character assassination‚ coupled with Cicero’s use of rhetorical skills and grudge against the Clodii family‚ effectively
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Cicero‚ Against Verres‚ 2.1.53-86 [55]quid ego de M. Marcello loquar‚ qui Syracusas‚ urbem ornatissimam‚ cepit? What can I say about M. Marcellus‚ who captured Syracuse‚ a most richly adorned city? quid de L. Scipione‚ qui bellum in Asia gessit Antiochumque‚ regem What about L. Scipio‚ who waged war in Asia and vanquished Antiochus‚ a most powerful king? potentissimum‚ vicit? quid de Flaminino‚ qui regem Phillipum et Macedoniam What about Flamininus‚ who subdued Philip and Macedonia? subegit
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(IPO S) A mobile device is a small and handy computing device. Mobile device usually come with a touch or non- touch display with a mini keyboard. Today‚ mobile devices have become popular to everybody since they are convenient. As on the year 2012‚ reports had claimed that more 75% of the world population owns a mobile device. Mobile device are also considered as a computer systems because it uses the Input-Process-Output-Storage (IPOS) model. One of the examples of input in mobile device is their
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2013 Use of a Literary Device in “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” William Shakespeare’s sonnet “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” is a fourteen line poem that contains three quatrains followed by a couplet. The poem is also known as Sonnet 18‚ and is a beautiful poem describing just that‚ a summer’s day. If one wishes to be technical‚ Shakespeare does more than describe a summer’s day‚ he is comparing an individual to a summer’s day. Shakespeare uses the literary devices imagery and
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The First Woman of the US Supreme Court. The first woman of the US Supreme Court was Sandra Day O’Connor. She was an incredible woman who fought for the rights that women have today. “On July 7th President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to be the first women of the US Supreme Court” (www.biography.com). She was considered to be a modern conservative‚ she also served for 24 years (www.biography.com). At a very young age she showed high levels of intelligence. “She retired in 2006” (www
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Negotiations are a significant part of any business arrangement. Properly organized and debates can help winning any contract. Sandra Johnson Inc. (SJI) managed to make a bid proposal for the Navy contract. The service to provide is flooring jobs. Having estimated the costs and proposed incentives‚ another important task to do is to discuss the profit margin. In spite of the perfection of a bid proposal its implementation and winning can be achievable through negotiations. Among many kinds of
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Kris Kobach‚ author of “…[It’s] Not Only Unpatriotic‚ It’s Ignorant‚” infers that “taking a knee” instead of the traditional hand-over-heart salute during the National Anthem is unpatriotic and that the protest itself is meaningless. The article was published by Breitbart‚ a far right “opinion and commentary” website. Publications have included many false claims and flat out conspiracy theories‚ as well as stories that cater to the audience’s very conservative point of view. One of Breitbart’s
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is one that a qualified reader would say is a good poem and the second is one a qualified reader would call a bad poem. The second poem possesses one of the three varieties of inferior poetry. Alternatively‚ “Death is a Dialogue” possesses poetic devices that establish it as a superior work of literature. First‚ both poems have a similar central purpose. In “Death is a Dialogue”‚ the central purpose is to convey a perspective about the spirit and the afterlife. In “If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking”
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In "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes‚ the literary device being used is dialect to communicate the mothers message on how life may be hard but you have to work through it. Dialect is a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. Dialect is used to help the reader understand the characteristics of the speaker like the speakers education level. In this case‚ the dialect is from a black‚ working‚ uneducated mother. This poem is about a mother who grew up
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revolve around people disagreeing. Although‚ my topic was just resolved last week‚ it is still an argument amongst many people. The death of Sandra Bland‚ and the $1.9 million wrongful death suit her family will receive. This is an obvious argument for many people‚ not only in Texas‚ but it has the whole world talking. There are many issues that have come about Sandra Bland’s death‚ her family’s settlement‚ racial tension‚ and many other suicides in jail houses. The most recent issue is the wrongful death
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