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    Edward 2

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    “LIKE SYLVAN NYMPHS MY PAGES SHALL BE CLAD; MY MEN LIKE SATYRS GRAZING ON THE LAWNS;” The above lines are taken from Act I Scene 1‚ of ‘Edward II’ written by Christopher Marlowe. Marlow’s play opens at the outset of the reign with Edward’s exiled favourite‚ Piers Gaveston‚ rejoicing at the recent death of Edward I and his own ability to return to England. In the above lines Gavestone plans the entertainments‚ like ‘wanton poets’‚ ‘pleasant wits’‚ ‘musicians’‚ ‘Italian masques’‚ ‘sweet speeches’

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    Rhetorical Devices

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    Rhetorical Devices Essay In Florence Kelley’s speech about child labor she emphasizes the need to obliterate these harsh working conditions for children. She uses pathos‚ rhetorical questions‚ and repetition to move the audience to act against child labor. With using these techniques throughout her speech she develops a well appealing argument for the audience to connect with. Florence Kelly incorporates pathos into her speech to enhance her argument. She wants the audience to feel for these

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    Input Devices

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    INPUT DEVICES 1. Where does the name QWERTY keyboard come from ? The name QWERTY comes from the first six letters on the top row of the alphabet keys. 2. Why do think the QWERTY keyboard is the most popular method of data entry? The QWERTY keyboard is the most popular method of entering data because an easy way of usage and when you get used to it you start typing faster 3. Who might make use of a concept keyboard? A concept keyboard might be used by a fast food restaurant

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    Plot device

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    Ark‚ he is trying to retrieve the Ark of the Covenant; in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade‚ Jones is on a search for the Holy Grail. This plot device dates back to the medieval Arabian Nights tale of "The City of Brass"‚ in which a group of travellers on an archaeological expedition[2] journey across the Sahara to find a brass vessel that Solomon once used to trap a jinn.[3] Several books in the Harry Potter series orient around a certain object. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone‚ Harry

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    Mnemonic Devices

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    Mnemonic Devices Mnemonic devices are techniques for improving memory. Many were developed in ancient times when written records were scarce or non-existent and people relied heavily on their memories to impart information. Mnemonics do not simplify information‚ they actually make it more elaborate‚ but this enhances organisation‚ and therefore retrieval‚ of information. Acronyms These are pronounceable words formed from the first letters of the list of words to be remembered‚ and are a type

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    Edward snowden

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    Edward sownden is the most wanted man in the world. Edward use to work for the government‚ now he works for the public trying to protect are right to privcy. Edward decided to reveal top secret details of the domestic surveillance being conducted by US intelligence services. “While working at the NSA’s Oahu office‚ Snowden began noticing government programs involving the NSA spying on American citizens via phone calls and internet use”.()” Snowden began copying top-secret NSA documents while at work

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    Amelia Edwards

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    The British novelist and egyptologist Amelia Edwards once said‚ “Were I asked to define it‚ I should reply that archeology is that science which enables us to register and classify our knowledge of the sum of man’s achievements in those arts and handicrafts whereby he has‚ in time past‚ signalized his passage from barbarism to civilization.” To put that in simpler words‚ Amelia means to say that archeology is the study and understandings of our past ancestors‚ who have grown to modern civilizations

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    Jonathon Edwards

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    Jonathon Edwards knew what he intended to be understood when writing his sermon "Sinners in the hands of an angry God." He makes the audience of the eighteenth century grasp onto their chairs and look away in fear of the sight or sound of hell. He wants to make sure the audience is aware of heaven and hell‚ so they may achieve the "right one." Edwards scares the audience to believe that God can do away with them at any second. He uses dramatic comparisons to show the wrath of God. To make

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    One of the main rhetorical devices that King uses is pathos for whites to understand what happens to the oppressed. For instance‚ to show the clergymen are wrong for saying his actions are “unwise and untimely‚”he uses sombre diction such as “victims‚ broken‚ shadow‚ and deep disappointment” to indicate that his community has already waited and were brought to a dead end. The sentences are used to make the reader feel guilty with pity for their hopes that were shattered. Another example that represents

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    storage device

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    differently‚ depending on whether a 0 or 1 is stored. used for tertiary and off-line storage. Data stored in backing storage is permanent so it is NOT lost when the computer is turned off. It is always slower to access data from backing storage than from internal memory. Fixed hard disks A hard-drive built into the case of the computer is known as ‘fixed’. Most computers have one. Fixed hard-drives act as the main backing storage device. They provide almost instant accsess to files (random

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