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    Self Portrait by Judith Leyster (1630) and Third-Class Carriage (1864) by Honore Daumier are the two paintings I will compare. Since both artists capture everyday life events‚ I will compare the similarities‚ while exhibiting their different styles related to different time periods. Judith Leyster was known for pictures of everyday life and portraits in her Baroque/Dutch Golden Age style artwork. As reported by Mind Edge‚ “The Baroque movement of the 17th and early 18th century was known for its

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    Transitional Devices

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    Transitional Devices   The word "transition" means passing over. Thus transitional guides are connectives (symbols‚words‚ phrases; sometimes whole sentences and paragraphs) that make possible a smooth "passing over" from one idea to the next. You make transitions by referring to what you have said before‚establishing cause-and-effect connections‚ looking ahead to what you will say‚ referring to the present‚ marking time and place‚ qualifying‚ comparing‚ contrasting. These and other common transitional

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    Mnemonic Devices

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    Mnemonic Devices Mnemonic devices are techniques for improving memory. Many were developed in ancient times when written records were scarce or non-existent and people relied heavily on their memories to impart information. Mnemonics do not simplify information‚ they actually make it more elaborate‚ but this enhances organisation‚ and therefore retrieval‚ of information. Acronyms These are pronounceable words formed from the first letters of the list of words to be remembered‚ and are a type

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    Family Portrait My great-grandmother‚ who is ninety-five years old‚ recently sent me a photograph of herself that I had never seen before. While cleaning out the attic of her Florida home‚ she came across a studio portrait she had taken about a year before she married my great-grandfather. This picture of my great-grandmother as a twenty-year-old girl and the story behind it have fascinated me from the moment I began to consider it. The young woman in the picture has a face that resembles my own

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    Storage Devices

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    STORAGE DEVICE Definition A storage device can be defined as any piece of hardware whose main function is to store data and information The hardware that writes data to or reads data from a storage medium is called a storage device. Types of Computer Storage Devices Computer storage devices can be classified into o Primary storage o Secondary storage o Tertiary storage Primary Computer Storage Devices Primary storage refers to the computer’s memory(RAM) RAM (Random Access Memory)

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    Output Devices

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    Other than the monitor‚ we also have the printer which is also an output device. A printer generally translates information that has been processed by the system unit and presents the information on paper. As students‚ we really benefit from such device for in times of projects‚ reports‚ and assignments we greatly rely on such output which we refer to as hard copy. There are five features of a printer ---- its resolution‚ color‚ speed‚ memory and duplex printing. Resolution is the measure of the

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    Medical Devices

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    Medical Devices For many patients‚ medical devices deliver valuable relief from critical‚ yet failing‚ anatomical mechanisms within their body. An implantable cardioverter – defibrillator (ICD) is one such device that‚ when implanted into the upper left torso‚ delivers high voltage jolts of electricity to patients who are at risk for life-threatening arrhythmias. Ultimately‚ they have the potential capacity to resynchronize one’s cardiac rhythm to the extent that imminent death may be averted. Although

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    Analysis of ‘Portrait of Mother III’ by David Hockney. David Hockney painted his mother many times after studying art at the Bradford school of art. I am not sure that this specific painting provides a story but maybe the whole group of paintings of his mother at different times and in different styles does tell a story. I think that he wanted to show how people aged and how you can paint or draw them in different styles of materials. His mother is the main focus of this series of portraits. The image

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    Literary devices are employed to give the readers a realistic picture of what they are reading. Literary devices benefit war literature by painting a picture in your mind‚ so you can visualize what horrific events the soldiers are going through. All Quiet on the Western Front and “Dulce Et Decorum Est” exploit literary devices to affirm the horrors of war. Erich Maria Remarque and Wilfred Owen emphasize poetic language with the use of personification‚ simile‚ and imagery. An idea or animal that

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    Charles Colson painted this “Portrait of a Creole Woman.” One attraction of the Old State Capitol’s interior is a large iron spiral stairway crowned by this beautiful stained glass dome. The building was one of the first in the South to be constructed of brick on a cast iron

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