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    art of seduction has been accomplished in numerous ways throughout history and has always remained dependent on the assumed appeal of the person being seduced. In Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130”‚ the genre of Carpe Diem was exemplified with a largely satirical approach. In doing so‚ the speaker tried to appeal to his mistress by appealing to ethos with Aristotle’s first version of ethos‚ appeal of your own good character‚ more specifically‚ will-power or arete‚ as well as Aristotle’s second version of

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    emphasizes racism in the excerpt to show its crudeness brought on by the people in Southern white society‚ and is trying to open the eyes of the people to what is really happening‚ or what he thinks is happening. In using Pap to project this ideology‚ satirical irony is prominent in the fact that Pap‚ himself‚ represents the lowest class in society. Furthermore‚ after Pap describes his pushing the free black man off the sidewalk‚ he states‚ “I says to the people‚ why ain’t this nigger put up at auction

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    AP® English Language and Composition 2008 Scoring Guidelines Form B The College Board: Connecting Students to College Success The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900‚ the association is composed of more than

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    Finn‚ Mark Twain uses satire to mock many different aspects of the modern world. Despite the fact that many critics have accused Mark Twain’s novel of promoting racism‚ through close analysis of the text‚ it becomes remarkably clear that Twain is satirical in his writing as he ridicules slavery and the racist attitudes prevalent in his day. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written shortly after the Civil War‚ in which slavery was one of the key issues. But while Mark Twain’s father had slaves

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    Since the literary recognition of ‘Lewis Carroll’‚ many adaptations of his novels both in prose and on screen have been created. The film ‘Alice in Wonderland’‚ directed and produced by American director Tim Burton‚ is a popular and recent appropriation of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’. The characters‚ themes and values remain true to the original 18th century text‚ however several plot events and contextual elements of the novel are transformed in order to appeal to the 20th

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    Plot The unified structure of incidents in a literary work. See Conflict‚ Climax‚ Denouement‚ andFlashback. Dialogue The conversation of characters in a literary work. In fiction‚ dialogue is typically enclosed within quotation marks. In plays‚ characters’ speech is preceded by their names. act n. 5. One of the major divisions of a play or opera. scene a. The scenery and properties for a dramatic presentation mo·tif a. A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work

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    Lilliputians are tiny‚ six-inch tall people who are filled with self-importance and possess all the petty vices and follies of humankind: greed‚ hypocrisy‚ selfishness‚ and moral corruption. They provide Swift with the opportunity to make the implicit satirical point that in the greater scheme of things‚ humans‚ who delude themselves that they are at the pinnacle of creation‚ are in reality ridiculous and insignificant. In spite of their small size‚ however‚ they are capable of doing a great deal of harm

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    questions with implied answers that the reader must determine by an author’s purpose and tone. When Prose uses rhetorical questions‚ she writes them after suggesting the solutions earlier in the essay‚ using the questions as a sort of conclusion. After an analysis that books such as Huckleberry Finn are only being studied in school for their racist aspects instead of their true meanings‚ Prose asks a series of rhetorical questions in paragraph 39‚ beginning with the following: “But why not tell

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    Sejarah Sistem Operasi Menurut Tanenbaum‚ Sistem Operasi mengalami perkembangan pesat yang dapat dibagi ke empat generasi. 1. Generasi Pertama (1940-1955) Merupakan awal perkembangan sistem komputasi elektronik sebagai pengganti sistem komputasi mekanik‚ hal itu disebabkan kecepatan manusia untuk menghitung terbatas dan manusia sangat mudah untuk membuat kecerobohan‚ kekeliruan bahkan kesalahan. Pada generasi ini belum ada sistem operasi‚ maka sistem komputer diberi instruksi yang

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    Satire Laughter is the best medicine. For satirical writers‚ the old adage certainly holds true. Armed with weapons of mockery‚ these clever authors are famous for making light of their firm stances on social issues. Such is the case for an anonymous author whose article was published in the satirical magazine "The Onion." Using an imaginary example of shoe inserts that can heal aches and pains‚ the author uses ridicule‚ humor‚ and parody to give a satirical depiction of modern marketing tactics and

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