Do you really think Columbus discovered America? What does discovering a country consist of? Well‚ Columbus may have started the expansion of the “The New World” but‚ certainly did not find it first. Native Americans were living on “The New World” way before Columbus and the English came along. When Columbus arrived to America in 1492 he thought he landed in India but‚ come to find out this was “The New World”. Despise his actions he had millions of innocent Native Americans killed and tortured.
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SOUND DESIGN by Jamie Montoya Have you ever read the credits at the end of a movie‚ and noticed the title Sound Design or Sound Designer? A sound designer is the primary member of a film’s production staff‚ with creative authority equal to that of the film editor‚ and director of photography. This individual is ultimately responsible for all aspects of a film’s audio track‚ from the dialogue and sound effects recording‚ to the re-recording (mix) of the final track. However‚ Sound
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LEXICAL STYLISTIC DEVICES Metaphor Genuine metaphors Trite(dead) metaphors Metonymy Metonymy Metonymy is the substitution of one word for another with which it is associated: ‘The White House said…’ (the American government) ; the press (newspapers and magazines); the cradle(infancy‚ place of origin);the grave(death); The hall applauded; The marble spoke; The kettle is boiling; I am fond of Agatha Christie; We didn’t speak because there were ears all around us; He was about a sentence away from
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The Raven “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe is undoubtedly the dark poet’s most acclaimed work‚ and subsequently one of the most famous poems ever written. These facts come as no surprise once one reads this enigmatic narrative poem and examines the themes and symbolism that Poe so precisely exudes through his text. “The Raven” tells the story of an unnamed narrator who is mourning the loss of his love Lenore when a mysterious talking raven visits him. The narrator’s conversation with the raven slowly
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Electricity through Wireless Transmission ECE-CSIT Seminar Idea The various technologies available so far for wireless transmission of electricity and the use of Wireless System of Energy Transmission are discussed. This Electricity through Wireless Transmission ECE-CSIT Seminar Idea concentrated on Tesla Theory‚ microwave power transmission (MPT) called Solar power satellite‚ and highly efficient fiber lasers for wireless power transmission. Especially the distribution and transmission losses
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A flexible alternating current transmission system (FACTS) is a system composed of static equipment used for the AC transmission of electrical energy. It is meant to enhance controllability and increase power transfer capability of the network. It is generally a power electronics-based system. FACTS is defined by the IEEE as "a power electronic based system and other static equipment that provide control of one or more AC transmission system parameters to enhance controllability and Technology
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The mood established in "The Raven" {{Include the author here.}}is a mixture of clarity with a bit a darkness. Poe is known for the work of the dark arts and really does enjoy putting that sad factor into all of his poems/stories. He grew up with this and implements it into all that he writes. "The Raven" is one of Poe’s creations that does not fail to give that same dark tone like all the others do. It is the use of amazing and dark words that really add the effect to the story. The story or
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"Virginia" or his mother‚ who died when he was only three. Poe is also obsessed with the theme of color he uses through his writing‚ to describe simple imagery or to create symbolism. In the short story‚ "The Masque of the Red Death‚" and the poem‚ "The Raven‚" Edgar Allan Poe uses similar themes of death and uses color excessively to show imagery and symbolism. It is clear that Edgar Allan Poe was obsessed with the topic of death and it is even more clear that he had an extremely morbid imagination. Poe
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The Raven. Stanza 1 This man was nearly asleep and his senses were really sharp when he hears a knocking on his door. He began to be a little scared‚ for the night was creepy. Stanza 2 This man was feeling nostalgic. When he heard the knocking on that door he imagined his diseased wife‚ he wants the past back. Stanza 3 This man started to visualize things that didn’t actually happen. He felt like someone was there entering through the door. Stanza 4 The man decides to face that thing that
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The raven in the famous book by Edgar Allen Poe‚ The Raven‚ is completely imaginary in my opinion. The way he portrays it the raven is almost ghostly and all in the narrator’s head. The bird starts to talk in this poem‚ which is impossible for a “raven” to do. The raven also is personified and twisted with words by Edgar to make it seem like the burden of his loss Lenore that lives with him every day. The bird is not real in this poem and is just simply a figment of Edgars imagination. The bird
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