Olympics Metaphor A phrase that compares two things In 50 first dates‚ Lucy’s house of memories was burnt to the ground each night Personification Comparing an inanimate object to a person In The Language of Flowers‚ the flowers were vocal about who they were arranged with Hyperbole A statement that is exaggerated Johannes was so hungry he could’ve ate a horse (hyperbole when not starving but literally in this case) Imagery Visually descriptive language The haunting‚ dark clouds were eradicated from Vada’s
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Pencil Long ago I lived with my family and friends in a beautiful deep dark forest…Oh! what fun we had..The wind would whistle through our branches where birds built their nests.Squirrels hid their nuts in the holes in our barks‚while small animals and snakes wound in and out at the base…But in the name of civilization‚wood cutters came and began clearing the forest…They began at the outskirts..We could hear the screams of our friends and relatives..Soon it was our day..The lumbermen came and hacked
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This is a speech about the language and the sport. We all know that sports offer a physical and emotional way of knowing and understanding of the world. The sports have also developed their own way to use the language which only fits in sports contexts. But in what ways does the language of sports interact with the author’s purpose? This is what I will address in this speech. The example I found to show in the interaction between language of sports and author’s purpose is a feature article which
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These two English Translations of the Russian poem by Andrei Voznesenky are about a girl being rejected for the first time. The young girl’s feelings of hurt and rejection are described in terms of coldness throughout the poem. “The first ice of human hurt”. The theme that is put across from the poem is of growing up‚ and the experience of loosing someone for the first time. Both of these poems are very similar‚ but they have both been translated in two different styles. This helps to alter the meaning
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How "Araby‚" "The Hunger Artist‚" and popular TV’s "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" relate. The Araby is a short narrative telling the story of a young boy‚ pursuing to get the love of his friend’s sister. The un-named boy lives day by day fantasizing about it. On a daily basis he wakes up to watch the girl as she leaves the house‚ he follows her when going to school and at some point by passes her. This goes on every day without a word to her. He is overly excited when the girl finally speaks to him
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WORKSHEET MOLE By Sir Shah Murtaza Q1. Potassium reacts with water as shown in the equation. a. Describe what you would see when potassium reacts with water. b. A sample of 0.195 g of potassium was added to 500 cm3 of cold water. When the reaction was finished‚ 100 cm3 of 0.100mol/dm3 hydrochloric acid was added to form solution X. (i) Calculate the number of moles of hydroxide ions formed when the potassium was added to water. (ii) Calculate the
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Esguerra‚ Aya Micaela Q. English1 Narrative Essay My First on Firsts Never have I ever been the risk-taker type of person. I kept on rationalizing and reasoning out that things should be done according to a valid purpose just to avoid being asked to do them. And frankly‚ I found every purpose or reason other people trying to convince me tell‚ in any way possible‚ invalid. I have escaped many adventures in life and lost opportunities that were already laid out in front of me. I practically
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How to increase skills and knowledge of English language for people who just beginning study a English language? English language learners come equipped with some mighty skills and knowledge. The skills that you must have are speaking‚ listening‚ writing‚ and reading‚ of course all of that always followed by phonetic‚ vocabulary‚ and grammar. Besides‚ people also learn about knowledge of English language because it will help them to increase their skills. I will give you some advice about “how
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Control In addressing new laws of gun control‚ one has to look at both sides of the argument. How will new guns laws affect violence in schools and on the streets? ... militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arms‚ shall not be infringed” (“Second amendment‚”). One of gun controls most well-known opponents‚ the National Rifle Association‚ or NRA‚ was founded in 1871 by “Union soldiers Col. William C. Church and Gen. George Wingate… to
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Throughout history demonstrations of “people helping people” have sprung up nonchalantly to provide services for citizens without looking to gain any sort of profit or reward for providing each of the services that have been established. Instead‚ they seek to gain the feeling of satisfaction to see the prosperity of others. Credit unions are one of many important and valuable examples of the foundation of “people helping people”. A credit union is a cooperative financial institution that is owned
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