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    The Metaphor

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    1. our biome is located in Russia 2. Climate in the taiga is cold‚ with average annual temperatures from about +5 to -5 C. Precipitation varies‚ from about 20 cm of precipitation per year to over 200 cm. 3. Many plant species are found in the Taiga‚ but coniferous trees are obviously the dominant plant form.  These trees shed snow easily‚ and they retain their needles through the winter. The needles themselves are well-adapted‚ with thick waxy coatings and small surface area‚ to resist

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    This passage is rich with literary devices including imagery and personification. This passage is describing the chaos and turmoil happening at the storming of the Bastille. One of the literary devices makes everything seem not even close to being diminutive. This is the imagery that Dickens writes. He wrote‚ “Flashing weapons‚ blazing torches… shrieks volleys… massive stone walls‚ and the eight great towers‚” (224). Words like “massive” and “great” make everything seem large and important and allow

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    used in everyday life. Many people are aware of which literary device they are using. For example‚ if someone were to say “opportunity came knocking” then one would know that is an example of personification. One particular literary device that many people obliviously use would be the metaphor. Some metaphors have become so common in our everyday language that many people don’t realize there is any type of comparison. Writing this essay is a waste of my very valuable time- this is something that

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    The universe that humans currently exist in is so enormous that our minds cannot grasp how immense it is. There are terms that were invented to help us understand it more efficiently‚ however‚ even with our modern technology‚ we only get about half way to comprehending our universe. For example‚ the nearest star is Alpha Centauri‚ it is approximately twenty-five trillion miles away from Earth. Light travels over one-hundred and eighty thousand miles per second‚ even then‚ it would take light over

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    Metaphor

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    Islamic Azad University - Takestan Branch English Language Department Master ’s Research Proposal Entitled: The effect of Task-based Instruction and Content-based Instruction On the comprehension and Production of Existential Constructions by Iranian EFL Learners February 2012 Introduction The acquisition and appropriate use of grammatical constructions have always been one of the significant dimensions of foreign language teaching. They have always been at the center of attention in

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    Metaphors In Teaching

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    creating a more vivid picture for an audience. Some forms of comparing commonly used by writers include similes and metaphors. A simile can be used to express a similarity between two words or phrases using the words like or as. Metaphors‚ on the other hand‚ work by contrast. A metaphor uses one thing described as though it were another in order to portray a vivid picture. Using metaphors and similes can help the reader gain a clear picture of the five senses - sight‚ smell‚ touch‚ taste‚ sound - while

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    Ghalib and Metaphor

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    The sheer lyrical power of metaphor can be found throughout Ghalib’s poetry. Ghalib utilizes this figure of speech‚ I believe‚ to help us connect to and really experience what he is trying to tell us about life‚ love‚ and hardship. It seems that‚ through metaphor‚ he implores us to delve deeper into his writings and enter into the suffering‚ heartache‚ alienation‚ and ambition that marked his entire life. Using ghazal’s from the Joy of the Drop website‚ I will examine and discuss the verses that

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    From my research‚ I’ve gathered that the poem “America” was written by one of the most influential poets of the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was a golden age in African American culture. The personification used in this poem indicates how Mckay feels about America during the century by giving it human traits. He uses America as a woman to make it more relatable and gives the country mother traits. As a source says “... he is creating the image of America being a mother‚ feeding him

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    Dickinson’s life‚ especially considering the fact that her bedroom overlooked a cemetery‚ but through her poetry‚ she had found a way to write about death in a variety of ways. In this particular poem‚ she writes with a calm and peaceful tone‚ using personification as a main tool throughout. Instead of using the typical depiction of death being depicted as a dark‚ threatening grim reaper-like creature‚ Dickinson personifies

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    Metaphor and Translation

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    1253–1269 Metaphor and translation: some implications of a cognitive approach ¨ Christina Schaffner* School of Languages and European Studies‚ Aston University‚ Aston Triangle‚ Birmingham B4 7ET‚ UK Received 5 June 2003; received in revised form 12 September 2003; accepted 8 October 2003 Abstract Metaphor has been widely discussed within the discipline of Translation Studies‚ predominantly with respect to translatability and transfer methods. It has been argued that metaphors can become a

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