Transitional Devices (Connecting Words) Brought to you by the Purdue University Online Writing Lab at http://owl.english.purdue.edu Transitional devices are like bridges between parts of your paper. They are cues that help the reader to interpret ideas in the way that you‚ as a writer‚ want them to understand. Transitional devices help you carry over a thought from one sentence to another‚ from one idea to another‚ or from one paragraph to another with words or phrases. And finally‚ transitional
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Communication devices Types Communication Devices FAX E-MAIL VIDEO CONFERRENCE PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYERS BLUETOOTH COMPUTERS FAX Fax is short for ‘facsimile’ which means ‘copy’. A fax machine is a device that can send a copy of a paper document over the telephone network. The sending fax converts the light/dark areas of the printed document into noises. These noises travel through the phone system and are received by another fax machine. The receiving fax machine converts the noises into printed
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PROJECT SYNOPSIS ON MICROCONTROLLER BASED ULTRASONIC DISTANCE MEASUREMENT ABSTRACT: The microcontroller based ultrasonic distance measuring device is a device used to calculate the distance between the ultrasonic transmitter/receiver and the object whose distance is to be measured. A microcontroller is used to calculate the delay time between the transmitted signal and the received signal. ULTRASONIC WAVES: Ultra means “beyond” and sonic means “sound”. Ultrasonic
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Literary Devices Allegory A form of extended metaphor‚ in which objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a narrative‚ are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral‚ social‚ religious‚ or political significance and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity‚ greed‚ or envy. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings‚ a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. Alliteration The repetition of the same sound at the beginning
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the campaign speech for Charles Foster; the speaker presents strong‚ sound‚ effective arguments and counterarguments‚ with the use of rhetoric devices and fallacy‚ to help get his point across more effectively. The speaker stated his arguments clearly and backed them up with strong‚ sound evidence. In the speakers counterarguments’‚ the speaker addressed‚ what he believed the audience might say or question‚ in a productive manner. The speaker was biased through out his speech. Examples of biased
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The Space Race In the beginning of the 1950’s tensions were high between the Soviets and the U.S. The Cold War had become known worldwide as a nuclear arms race between two super powers. However‚ a new kind of race had begun between the two countries‚ The Space Race. This was a race to control the outer space surrounding Earth‚ which could ultimately act as a nuclear missile path. Controlling outer space with nuclear capabilities could mean massive destruction for the world as we know it. The two
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Rhetorical Devices Schemes Term Definition Example Alliteration頭韻 the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August. Anadiplosis反覆法 repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause The crime was common‚ common be the pain. Anaphora首語（句）重複法 regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses We shall fight in the trenches
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STORAGE DEVICE Definition A storage device can be defined as any piece of hardware whose main function is to store data and information The hardware that writes data to or reads data from a storage medium is called a storage device. Types of Computer Storage Devices Computer storage devices can be classified into o Primary storage o Secondary storage o Tertiary storage Primary Computer Storage Devices Primary storage refers to the computer’s memory(RAM) RAM (Random Access Memory)
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Alliteration: repetition of the initial consonant sounds beginning several words in sequence. "Let us go forth to lead the land we love." President J. F. Kennedy‚ Inaugural 1961 "Veni‚ vidi‚ vici." Julius Caesar (I came‚ I saw‚ I conquered) Adage a proverb or wise saying made familiar by long use Allusion a passing reference or indirect mention He was the Adam to her Eve Anadiplosis: ("doubling back") the rhetorical repetition of one or several words; specifically‚ re
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Literary Device Notes Alliteration Repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Allusion A figure of speech that makes a reference to‚ or representation of‚ people‚ places‚ events‚ literary work‚ myths‚ or works of art‚ either directly or by implication. Bildungsroman A type of novel concerned with education‚ development‚ and maturation of a young protagonist. Essentially‚ a Bildungsroman traces the formation of a protagonist’s maturity (the passage
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