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    A Deeper Connection Metonymy has a way of connecting with the readers‚ emotionally‚ mentally and physically. In doing so‚ this type of figurative writing can be powerful enough to make the reader believe that this product can change them for the better. Beauty products are a huge market‚ which makes the industry very competitive; businesses number one priority is making sure their ads are capable of connecting with the reader. Although metonymy can be represented in many different ways‚ there can

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    SCENE 1 In lines 11-13‚ a simile is being used by the Duke when he implies that “you’re [Escalus] as pregnant in [common justice] as art and practice hath enriched any that we remember.” The use of the word pregnant describes how well informed and resourceful he is in the certain subject. The word pregnant gives the connotation that Escalus has had someone impose this knowledge on him‚ as in with impregnation. By stating that Escalus is as “enriched” as “any that we remember‚” he means he is extremely

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    Tea Party: a new metaphor for project managers An analysis of use of metaphors in research Submitted by: Ram Kumar Dhurkari (FPM/02/04/IT) Ankita Tandon (FPM/02/01/O) The use of metaphor in organizational research is to highlight features of a process by way of comparing and contrasting. The metaphor provides a method to analyze parallels between the metaphor and the organization

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    Metaphor: To carry over The process of transferring or carrying over an aspect of one object to another. **Must be similar characteristics in each object to be effective Metaphorical rhetorical analysis combines a variety of components from other styles of criticism we have studied. It begins by using the Tenor (The topic being explained) and the vehicle (The mechanism through which we view the topic) to identify the metaphors found in the artifact. Much like cluster criticism‚ you use the metaphors

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    What is the role of metaphor in the development of an autonomous client? I’ve been recently reading about the importance of language in Epistemology. Particularly Wittgenstein and his ideas of language and it’s role in our shaping of the world. SLIDE 1: Wittgenstein Thus we turn to the enigmatic realms of Analytic Philosophy‚ headed up by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1922). His sentence that "We make to ourselves pictures of facts" is the summarization of the view that; "In the picture and

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    The Conceptualization of 17th Century Inferiority in Conceptual Metaphors Our perception of the social system‚ morality and human relations is an influential factor on how human´s mentally and linguistically express themselves through figurative speech. By examining human´s tendency to personify abstract entities with concrete structures‚ increases our understanding of how the human lexicon associates and maps multiple source domains with their targets. As each individual´s experiences and background

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    Has the metaphor of ‘learning journey’ any value in the analysis of research data on access‚ retention and ‘drop-out’ in higher education? Paul Armstrong‚ Researcher‚ RANLHE Project Since the earliest times the act of travelling‚ of proceeding from one place to another‚ has been seen as a natural metaphor for learning‚ for the acquisition of experience and knowledge. (Bishop C. Hunt Jr.‚ ‘Travel Metaphors and the Problem of Knowledge’‚ Modern Language Studies‚ vol. 6‚ no. 1‚ Spring‚ 1976‚ p.44) What’s

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    When first reading “Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath‚ the reader may find him or herself confused‚ or at least unsure of the meaning of this poem. The poem uses numerous images that‚ at first glance‚ don’t seem to have anything in common. However‚ the careful reader (or the luck one) will see the connection: all of these have something to do with round‚ big objects. If the reader takes into the account the “nine” syllables‚ symbolising nine months‚ and the imagery that relates to bloatedness and roundness

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    Kerr Inkson places a reliance on metaphor to enhance our understanding of careers. Critically assess this reliance in relation to the use of 4 metaphors of careers provided: career as actions‚ roles‚ relationships and (a) resource. In the early 21st century‚ career is a common term used to describe a pattern of work experience that occurs throughout a person’s lifetime (Arnold‚ 1997). This definition explains that a person has only one career but may have several occupations and a variety of

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    Troy and Rose’s emotions have clearly been understood by the reader‚ however‚ they can not express them in clear words to each other instead they use metaphors to communicate their feelings to each other. Metaphors and word choice allow their feelings to be understood while increasing those feelings based on their personalities and outlooks on life. Troy sees his life with Rose as a consolation prize for not being good enough to hit a homerun in life; this shows he is a pessimistic person who does

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