The Rainbow Fish Rainbow Fish‚ with his beautiful sparkling silver scales‚ was the most beautiful fish in the ocean. Despite Rainbow Fish’s beauty‚ he was not happy; this was because he had no friends. When he thoughtlessly hurt the feeling of one of his many admirers‚ the other fish in the ocean began to ignore him. Rainbow Fish’s beautiful scales are the most important thing in the ocean to him. Because of this he was faced to decide whether his beauty is more important than having friends. Rainbow
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Chopin uses simile when explaining this‚ “She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair‚ quite motionless‚ except when sob came up into her throat and shook her‚ as a child who cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.” Simile is a figure of speech that compares two objects or ideas that are not ordinarily considered to be similar‚ linked by using like or as. (Clugston‚ 2014.) Chopin clearly uses as a child which describes exactly what a baby does in their sleep. There
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should burn and rage at the close of day”.(line 2) The main character in W.D. Valgardson’s short story “God is Not a Fish Inspector” does not share this perspective on life and death. It is not death that Fusi‚ the main character in the short story‚ wishes to avoid‚ but rather an inability to live. He refuses to stop fishing‚ defying his old body‚ his worried daughter and the fish inspectors because he believes that a person should be useful and vital. He believes that only a productive life is
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Leah Ilagan (Integrated Science Teacher) SUBMMITED BY: Agustin‚ Nathan Raphael DL. Arcaira‚ John Carlo B. Catuira‚ Jerrico B. Olalia‚ Nicolas Andrei Serna‚ Christian O. Zipagang‚ Lance Harvey O. PROBLEM: How Caffeine affects a Gold-fish Chapter 1: The Problem and Its Background * Background of the Study * Caffeine is becoming a common chemical found in the environment but‚ little research has been done to understand the environmental effects of caffeine‚ including
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God is Not a Fish Inspector There is no reason for me to stop fishing. I cannot stop‚ nor will I. Sure‚ there may be some discomfort‚ but I will never admit defeat to the elements. As long as I stand on my two feet‚ I will continue to fish‚ continue to inhale the fresh dawn air‚ and continue to feel the crisp morning breeze in my face. My mind is much too strong to lose to my body. If I wake up in the morning‚ I will cast my net‚ reel in my catch‚ and head for home‚ head back to my ungrateful
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Ans-1) Communication theorist and philosopher Marshall McLuhan had once said: “We are not sure who discovered the water‚ but we are pretty sure it wasn’t a fish”. The fish‚ as we know‚ is always immersed in water and has no anti-environment to help it judge the element it lives in. It thus becomes the last to discover water. The case of the fish is metaphorical and can be applied in the context of contemporary media landscape where ideas of ideology and hegemony act as filters in shaping news. Human
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Through the use of similes and imagery‚ Coffin argues that though death is inevitable and emotions are overwhelming‚ one must persevere. In the first section of the poem‚ Coffin uses his word choice‚ similes‚ imagery‚ and a gloomy tone to convey the theme. The imagery is being created mostly by Coffin’s word choice and partly by some similes being used. The simile lines‚ like “two birds on golden legs slim as dream things” ( Coffin 6 ) and “ran like quicksilver on the golden sand” ( Coffin 7 )‚
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Inner Fish OVERVIEW QUESTIONS: 1. Why should we care about evolution? Why is it important? Evolution is the building blocks to biological science. If we did not care about evolution‚ we would not understand the concept of biology‚ or any type of science for that matter. 2. What does it mean to be human? Did your concept change after reading the book? After reading the book‚ I began to understand why my body looks the way it looks. I realized that we are all the same inside—from fish to monkeys
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Vocabulary Activities for The Old Man and the Sea So you’ve chosen to read The Old Man and the Sea‚ by Ernest Hemingway. Good choice! This book won the Pulitzer Prize for excellence in literature in 1953. Activity #1: Word Sorts Write the words from the Word Banks on index cards or slips of paper. Mix them together and sort them into three groups: words you know well‚ words you know a little about‚ and words you have never encountered before. Spread the words out rather than piling
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Simile: Similes are used in comparative figurative language. They make direct comparisons between the two objects similarities‚ these are usually distinct and different. Similarly‚ metaphors are another literary device used to compare two objects‚ and they also work in a similar way. Unlike metaphors though‚ similes use the words “like” or “as” to make their comparisons. Take the phrase the room was as calm as a twister. The simile here compares the rooms calmness to a twist using the word “as.”
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