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    following ACL tests: 1. Total the Invoice Amount column for comparison with the general ledger balance of $276‚841.33 (Total Field). 2. Recalculate unit cost times quantity and identify any extension misstatements (Filter). 3. Products that Metaphor purchases should not exceed $100 per unit. Print any purchase for subsequent follow-up where unit cost exceeded that amount (Filter). 4. Identify the three vendors from which the largest total dollar accounts payable transactions occurred during

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    Choose from one of the texts written by Buber‚ a concept‚ idea or metaphor and explore its implications in relation to your understanding of the role of the teacher. Martin Buber was an Austrian born Israeli Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue. This philosophy was centred on the distinction between the I-thou relationship and the I-It relationship. According to Buber the sought for treasure‚ the fulfilment of existence‚ can be found right in the midst of genuine dialogue

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    Sylvia Plath Metaphors

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    uses many figurative metaphors to describe him for example “ You do not do‚ you do not do Any more‚ black shoe In which I have lived like a foot”(Lines 1-3). Plath truly describes him as a black shoe and notably‚ nazi’s wore black boots which was included in their uniforms. The significance of the color black is the symbol of something dark and evil and a shoe is something we walk on she must of felt as her father walked on her with his black shoe. The many more metaphors she describes her father

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    How much will you give up for someone you love? Will you give up everything? Probably not as much as the tree did. Some people take and do not give back they have no sorrow or guilt. The Giving Tree can be seen as a metaphor for a mother-child relationship. In this story‚ there is an animistic tree that cares for a boy and will do anything to see him thrive in life. As long as she sees him‚ she will be the happiest tree in the word but the boy doesn’t appreciate the love and care he is given. For

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    really recovers from an attack. Rape is not just about women because men can also be raped. Rape is about power and how that shift of power can change one’s life forever. In Maleficent the topic of rape is presented in one scene during the movie. The metaphor for rape in Maleficent is powerful‚ shocking‚ and eye opening. Rape in films is an important way to deliver the message to a broad audience because the movie shows how power is exchanged back and fourth between victim and assailant‚ changes in characters

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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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    That was the biggest decision people would make; if we are going to die then we might as well die fighting. Many authors wrote about civil disobedience.A really good one is “Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau. This story has a lot of metaphors and it makes a lot of interesting connections.When he talks about machines‚he is referring to men that just follow the system and

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    Clay as a Metaphor for Life Clay is a very versatile thing much like our lives. Our lives keep on changing much like clay does. As we go through the process of creating something as simple as a pinch-pot we have to mold and refine it. Working with clay is a great creating process for me. I get to control the clay and help make it what I want it to be. In life I get to control my fate in the same sort of way and make sure that it is going to turn out the way I want it to. When I get a piece of clay

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    On the waterfront: the American Dream In Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront the metaphor of the American dream is portrayed through some images that reconstruct the mirror of the American working-class society of the 50’s. The mise en- scène used in the film together with the characters’ performance are the key elements that eventually contribute to the connection between the reflection of the desired American Dream and the realistic tone offered in the film. As regards the stylistic techniques

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    Robert Frost Metaphors

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    emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”(Robert Frost). Robert Frost became one of the most famous poets of his time and still is today. In one of his more popular pieces‚ The Road Not Taken‚ Frost uses imagery‚ tone‚ and metaphors to convey that by making certain decisions will affect you for the rest of your life. Robert Frost was born on March 26‚ 1874 in San Francisco‚ California. His interest in poetry began in high school and then escalated while attending Dartmouth

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