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    Lawrence ’s Literary Devices When reading various works of literature‚ one often overlooks the importance of certain themes‚ symbols‚ and styles of writing that emphasize or even create the messages or feelings the author is attempting to convey. These subtle details are essentially the meat and potatoes of any work‚ and therefore one cannot comprehend the true meaning of the work without fully understanding these literary devices. D.H. Lawrence ’s The Rocking Horse Winner is a short story chock

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    branch” (line 5) that is used to inform the lover on how much he loves her. However‚ it then suddenly transitions into a serious and somber attitude from the author‚ alerting her what would happen if she were to forget him. In the last stanza of the poem‚ it returns to normal‚ with a gentle and loving tone seen in the first few stanzas that shows us their cherishment if they were to never abandon each other. After reading the poem‚ it generally displays how

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    The author creates the poem though several literary devices‚ such as internal rhyme‚ apostrophe‚ and metaphor. In the metaphor‚ “Captain” symbolizes the President Lincoln. In the poem‚ the captain seems that he has tough times and succeeds through his trip‚ but is ultimately dead before he returns home. Through the captain‚ the author relates the character with the President Lincoln who led the United States to peace and was assassinated in the middle of the presidency. In addition‚ the author uses

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    A pH meter is an electronic device used for measuring the pH (acidity or alkalinity) of a liquid (though special probes are sometimes used to measure the pH of semi-solid substances). A typical pH meter consists of a special measuring probe (a glass electrode) connected to an electronic meter that measures and displays the pH reading. A colorimeter is a device used in colorimetry. In scientific fields the word generally refers to the device that measures the absorbance of particular wavelengths

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    The passage demonstrates that Junior is determined to get hope using literary devices such as contrast/comparison‚ repetition and simile. Therefore more broadly Native Americans are portrayed in negative ways compared to white people. They have been raised to believe in the mindset that white people are superior. The author uses contrast/comparison in the passage to compare not only Native Americans and white people but also Junior. In the passage it states‚ “I was the only kid‚ white or Indian

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    Plot surprise and close calls is the most important literary device used in Three Skeleton Key‚ because the story would not go anywhere if it was all details and mood. Close calls is important because the reader will get anxiety and the feel relieved because it was a close call. In Three Skeleton Key‚ there is lots of close calls like this one. “At two in the morning‚ While Itchua was dozing in his room the sheet of metal burst and the rats swarmed on top of him.” He still survived. Or like this

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    that now has gotten him one step close to getting revenge. Antony was very tactful by studying the psychological aspect of the commoners to sway them on his side. Also‚ Antony figured out ways to persuade the crowd by using fallacies‚ rhetorical devices‚ and appeals. From the beginning of Julius Caesar‚ Brutus wanted to do everything for the good of the people‚ but are the people actually good? The commoners have shown that they tend to go back and forth between leaders. After Brutus spoke at

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    IILM INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION Project Report On COMPUTING DEVICES USED BY TRAVEL AGENCIES SUBMMITED TO: Prof.RITU KHANNA SUBMMITED BY: Sec J Group no.13 ANSHUMAN SAXENA JAGMOHAN SINGH SHOBHIT SHARMA YOGENDRA SINGH TARUN JHALANI NITIN CHAUHAN ACKNOWLGEMENT We highly obliged and Thankful to “SHUKRIYA TRAVELS” which is located at NEW DELHI without which the project cannot reach to its success. They not only devoted their valuable time to us but also tell us that

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    house as her her mother to erased them all everyday (line 1-2‚DUSTING). In order to emphasises every action in this poem‚ to hyten the importance of the simple signature that the little girl put into the dust there were many alliterations‚ assonance used with personification as the main tool. For example‚ “my name was swallowed into the towel (

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    Also the day the lottery takes place described as “a day in mid summer” indicates the period of unconstrained growth and recklessness. Another literary device in the story‚ is the genre by showing horror and realism in placing the story in a generic small town and reviling the fate of the lottery winner at the end. A third literary device in the story‚ is the tone by showing detachment and calms of the tone through out the story from the beginning describing the sunny day‚ to witnessing

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