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    Disobedience To Authority Disobedience has alway been thought as a sin. Is this always the case? Sin has always been associated with disobedience‚ but try to think of it from a different perspective. Disobeying authority allows for a change in freedoms‚ and these changes cause a change in the populous‚ as well as a change in the authority that we are disobeying. If it can do all of these things‚ then is it really a bad form of communication to authority? In my opinion it is not because sometimes

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    Task One: Simile Simile (noun)- a comparison of objects using like or as “And upon a bank overlooking a bed in the big stream we found wild strawberries almost as bright as the red epaulets on the wings of the blackbirds.” (North‚ 37) It strengthens the writing by emphasizing how red the strawberries are so we can “picture”what the strawberries look like in our minds (mental picture/imagery). Task Two: Smile He [Sterling] was as competent as a dolphin. *I compared Sterling to a dolphin since dolphins

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    Chapter 1 page 86: "Not a hair was out of place in the blonde chin whisker outlining his jaw: it was like the edging of a flower bed around his long‚ dreary face with its small eyes and hooked nose." The poetic device of simile used to describe Monsieur Binet helps the reader visualize how meticulous he is. A meticulous man is the last thing a person wants in a small and very interconnected village. The reader after such a brief description becomes aware of this character and his possible significance

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    cotton field such as: nurturing an infant while proceeding in harsh labor and confliction between slave and slave owners. Presence of Literacy Convention: Metaphors and Similes Throughout the story‚ a few metaphors and similes were used in order to create and establish a comparison between certain objectives. Within this simile‚ “With that she leaped straight up into the air and was gone like a bird‚ flying over field and wood.” (57)‚ the storyteller is

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    Vignettes November 26‚ 2013 Similes Metaphor Personification Imagery My Name I would like to know how my name began. In English‚ it is free holder. In Latin‚ it is a beautiful woman. In Nicaragua‚ it means half a dozen people answer when it is called. It’s like going into a dark alley filled with cats and calling‚ “Here kitty.” Carolina means common‚ its just ordinary. It is eight sweet letters. Carolina is like a song of happiness or joy. It is the color of the rainbow that comes after

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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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    any Progressive change to be made‚ someone must fight back against something wrong‚ or another words‚ be disobedient. As the Irish author Oscar Wilde one stated “it is through disobedience that progressive change has been made” and this natural human trait of disobedience is a catalyst for Progressive change. This disobedience to reach progressive change can be seen throughout history. People like Rosa Parks stood up for a cause by being disobedient towards the racist laws at play. When Rosa Parks

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    The essay Civil Disobedience‚ written by Henry David Thoreau has much to do with Thoreau’s own experiences than a general perception of people as a whole. Thoreau‚ a stellar student from Harvard believed one key idea: change begins with the individual. With this belief Thoreau in 1846 spoke out against the Mexican American War and slavery. His response resulted in the deliberate obliviousness to his taxes. In July of 1846 Thoreau was arrested for not paying his taxes and spent a night in Jail. During

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    America is a prime example of progressing through rebellion and disobedience. If it weren’t for rebellion or disobedience against English authority‚ we would’ve never become the independent nation we are today. Without a doubt‚ I’m in complete agreement with Wilde. Imagine if people to this day being forced to endure unjust government laws‚ or if  women had little to no rights …. This was once the case ‚ but it changed‚ through disobedience and rebellion‚ in order to create a more just United States

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    Similes – Dream Deferred Writing Assignment Name: Brandon Long Date: 6/27/11 Read the Langston Hughes poem "Dream Deferred" again: Dream Deferred What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- and then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load Or does it explode? Look up definitions for the words defer and fester and write

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