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    The Great Gatsby Metaphors

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    Someone’s conduct can be engrained within their head‚ but he doesn’t care. In the third sentence‚ note the metaphor and explain Fitzgerald’s choice of this particular metaphor. Fitzgerald mentions a metaphor when he says‚ “When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever.” His choice of this particular metaphor suggests how he relates the situation to a military base. Explain the two conflicting attitudes the narrator

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    Epic similes are literary comparisons meant to distract the reader from the story. In The Odyssey‚ the author Homer uses epic similes to detract the reader from the brutality present in battle. These similes demonstrate the festal and barbaric qualities that men adopt when they are in battle and often compare warriors to majestic animals‚ like lions‚ attacking prey. When it is time for the battle between Odysseus and the suitors to begin‚ the suitors‚ mad with the fear of death‚ storm like stampeding

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    Relying on Different Instincts In the book Night‚ Elie Wiesel utilizes similes and metaphors to prove that as people despite facing the most cruel dehumanization will continue to struggle to survive by relying on animalistic and mechanical instincts within themselves.. For example‚ as Holocaust prisoners were being shepherded from one camp to another in the Death March during the winter‚ Elie recounts “I was putting one foot in front of the other‚ like a machine. I was dragging this emancipated

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    THE METAPHORIC DIMENSION OF ECONOMIC TEXTS The Translation of Economic Metaphors The paper aims at presenting the main types of the most commonly used English economic metaphors‚ focussing on the translation strategies that could be used for rendering them into Russian. Introduction. The problem of translation acquires a tremendous importance not only in fiction‚ but also in non-fictional texts‚ especially those are related to newly developed or upcoming areas of human activity‚ such as the

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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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    Metaphors In The Crucible

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    When you tell something that is not the truth‚ something happens inside of that person‚ They may tell the same lie over and over again. It hurts everyone beginning with the person who lies. It is a sin to lie. Thou shall not bear false witness. Emotional Bondage. One kind of lie – a sin. Falsehood is fasehoold. When that takes place in someones life? What is a little lie? There are no little lies. All lies are the same. If you don’t live with the truth‚ you will have conflice. You cannot lie and

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    metaphor poem

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    Jordan Baker‚ a catalyst‚ helped to convince Nick to have Daisy and Jay Gatsby over for tea to reunite the lovers. The static character of Jordan Baker is not just immoral and dishonest‚ she has some good characteristics such as beauty‚ and has a boyish charm. Another positive trait of Jordan Baker is that she represents the “new woman” of the 1920s. In the 1920s‚ women felt more free (because they now had a right to vote) and found that there was more to life than being a housewife; Jordan Baker

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    Metaphors In Beloved

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    I was talking about time. It’s so hard for me to believe in it. Some things go. Pass on. Some things just stay. I used to think it was my rememory. You know. Some things you forget. Other things you never do. But it’s not. Places‚ places are still there. If a house burns down‚ it’s gone‚ but the place - the picture of it - stays‚ and not just in my rememory‚ but out there‚ in the world. What I remember is a picture floating around out there outside my head. I mean‚ even if I don’t think it‚ even

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    of view are what help give this story its intensity. Diction is the choice or use of words. It plays a major role in making this story so intense. All through out the Tell Tale Heart Poe used metaphors and similes which really help a reader to visualize what is being read. A good example of a simile from this short story was quite easy to find. Close attention to the wording in this quote describe how well the reader can imagine the exact scene Poe has created. “When I had waited a long time

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    Metaphors and Assessment

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    International Journal of Market Research Vol . 52 Issue 5 Personal aspirations and the consumption of luxury goods Yann Truong ESC Rennes Business School Past. research. has. rarely. included. both. intrinsic. and. extrinsic. aspirations. antecedents. in. predicting. luxury. consumption‚. and. most. studies. have. assumed. that. conspicuous. antecedents. are. predominant. in. consumers’. motivations .. The. objective.of.this.study.is.to.build.and.test.a.model.of.the.effects.of.extrinsic.and

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