Figures of Speech Resemblance A. Simile - A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things‚ usually by employing the words "like" or "as". 1) They fought like cats and dogs. 2) She is as thin as a toothpick. 3) Geoff is handsome as a prince. B. Metaphor - A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image‚ story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g.‚ "Her eyes were glistening jewels." 1) Life
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Significant Figures Even in this day and age with all of the equipment and technology available to us‚ whenever someone works with a numerical value that was given‚ measured‚ or calculated they can assume that it has some degree of uncertainty. There will always be some degree of uncertainty because as human beings we do not possess the skill to make exact measurements. Take for example if a group of students were performing in a lab and a step in the procedure was to measure a piece of metal.
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Wes Moore‚ begins life in a tough Baltimore neighborhood and ends up a Rhodes Scholar‚ Wall Streeter‚ White House Fellow‚ etc. The other Wes Moore starts in the same place in Baltimore but ends up in prison FOR LIFE. The parallels in their stories aren’t quite as compelling as they may appear initially. For example‚ the other Wes Moore spends a number of his developmental years living in the Bronx‚ NY‚ whereas his namesake never leaves Baltimore and its suburbs. Though Wes Moore is
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William Henry Fox Talbot Henry Fox Talbot was certainly a man who knew how to direct his frustrations towards advancement. October 1833 found the Englishman honeymooning by the shore of Lake Como. Talbot stood overlooking the glassy lake‚ dotted by villages and the needle points of distant mountains when his inspiration struck. Frustrated‚ he looked with disappointment at the camera lucida in front of him. An early form of a tracing machine‚ this device projected the image in front of it onto
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Simile : A comparison between two distinctly different things‚ objects or events. It consists in placing two different things side by side and comparing them with regard to some quality common to them. First the two objects must be different in kind. Secondly‚ the point of resemblance between the two different object or event must be clearly brought out. Such words are used for comparison : ‘like’ or ‘as’. A simple example of Robert Burns‚ “O my love’s like a red rose.” Errors like strews upon
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eechhttp://engquizzitive.wordpress.com/gk-for-snap/ Simile: A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things‚ usually by employing the words "like" or "as"... "if" or "than" are also used though less commonly. A simile differs from a metaphor in that the latter compares two unlike things by saying that the one thing is the other thing. Using ’like’ A simile can explicitly provide the basis of a comparison or leave this basis implicit. In the implicit case‚ characterized
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Before I started reading “The Other Wes Moore” I only had a vague idea about the book. I know they shared the same name‚ lived close to each other‚ and that ended up in different places in life. However‚ the first concept that was introduced was making decisions for yourself and how those choices would affect you later. This idea that one choice can lead you can change your life was explained when the author reflected on his past and how easily he could have been the one in prison. I thought it was
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Figures of Speech [ Examples ] 1. Metaphor ❖ "But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill." (William Sharp‚ "The Lonely Hunter") ❖ "Love is an alchemist that can transmute poison into food--and a spaniel that prefers even punishment from one hand to caresses from another." (Charles Colton‚ Lacon) 2. Simile ❖ "Good coffee is like friendship: rich and warm and strong." (slogan of Pan-American Coffee Bureau)
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“The Other Wes Moore” is a true story‚ written by Wes Moore about how he and another kid with the same name ended up with two extremely different fates. Both Wes`s lived in the same area‚ grew up without fathers‚ had a difficult childhood and became involved with drugs and other illegal activity. When Wes found out of the other Wes he began to visit him. Wes Moore wrote this script because he was intrigued how similar their lives were and realized that their fortunes could’ve been the same. Their
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Year 10 Visual Art - Essay The human figure is one of the most enduring themes in the visual arts. The statement of figure in art changes as human needs and artist appearance developed (1). Early figure pictures only served very little purpose such as communication. The figure of art hugely developed after the invention of the camera as it captures the true emotion the figure had to offer. This dramatic change made the figure of art very worthy and creative (2). The context of images has changed
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