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    1.The meaning of climax and anticlimax The Greek word climax means “ladder”; the Latin gradatio means “ascent‚ climbing up”. In climax we deal with strings of synonyms or at least semantically related words belonging to the same thematic group.[4‚ p. 155] According to Efimov L. P.‚ climax (or Gradation) – is the figure of unequality‚ which consists in arranging the utterance so that each subsequent component of it increases significance‚ importance or emotional tension of narration.[1‚ p. 69]

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    by God to live in silence and solitude for 25 years.She spent this time on the edge of Llŷn Peninsula located in Wales. Verena resided in a small wooden cabin that was weather-beaten and accompanying her were minimal belongings. While living as a hermit‚ besides writing she focused on simple day to day tasks. Not everyday things like checking emails or running errands at the store like people normally would do. Verena did everything from scratch and on her own. Examples of this are growing a garden

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    he decided to consult a wise old hermit with the hopes that this old man would bring light to his doubts. When the king arrived‚ the hermit was working laboriously and didn’t answer when he asked the questions. The king offered to help him dig and after some time‚ he asked his questions again. Before the hermit could answer‚ a man emerged from the woods bleeding from a terrible stomach wound. Immediately‚ the king succored him‚ and they stayed the night in the hermit ’s hut. The next morning‚ the wounded

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    LINES WRITTEN A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY William Wordsworth CONTEXT (AO1)    Written in July of 1798 and published as the last poem of Lyrical Ballads. At the age of twenty-three (in August of 1793)‚ Wordsworth had visited the desolate abbey alone. In 1798 he returned to the same place with his beloved sister‚ Dorothy Wordsworth‚ who was a year younger. Dorothy is referred to as "Friend" throughout the poem. (whom he addresses warmly in the final paragraph as "thou my dearest Friend‚

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    References: Continued Nelson‚ B. (1999)‚ Motivation Matters: Disney ’s Magic? Recognition‚ Retrieved July 14‚ 2004 from http://www.meetingsnet.com Paton‚ S. M. (Jan 1997). Service quality‚ Disney style. Quality Digest. Retrieved July 16‚ 2004 from http://www.qualitydigest.com/jan97/disney.html. Wetflauer‚ S. (2000). Common sense and conflict: an interview with Disney ’s Michael Eisner. Harvard

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    APPRECIATE THE SOUND EFFECTS OF STOPPARD’S LANGUAGE IN ARCADIA BY ANALYSING THREE CHOICE PHRASES Jade Hope Tom Stoppard generates an aristocratic hauteur in the voice of Lady Croom‚ due to the indignation‚ imperiousness and intolerance of differing opinions of those around her. Her line ‘my hycacinth dell is become a haunt for hobgoblins’ can compared to the drippingly sarcastic famous words of Edith Evans in The Importance of Being Earnest‚ ‘A handbag?’. This allows us to imagine that when

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    literature and history became a large part of the monastery during the middle ages and Guibert wanted to be a successful writer and historian. When Guibert joined the monastery he joined a strict religious order that had come along way form the time of hermits and the reforms where relevant to him‚ for the most part. Guibert of Nogent became a monk because he was suited for monastic existence and to give himself the restraints and success he wanted from life. He was at a young age and was left without

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    them. Yet the mariner’s story does not end here. He sees a glimpse of hope in the hermit. “He’ll shrieve my soul‚ he’ll wash away The Albatross’s blood(Coleridge 513-514)” This hermit should free him from his guilt and bring redemption. In a concrete way‚ this does happen. The mariner’s ship sinks‚ leaving him without his safety net. He cannot be freed from the agony of guilt on his own. Instead‚ he must turn to the hermit and be saved. He becomes a part of the crew as he rows the pilot’s

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    Who developed mathematical formulas that could calculate celestial and weather patterns? 2. Who founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church? 3. What famous jazz musician is famous for puffing up his cheeks? 4. Who was the first Black woman to drive a U S Postal stagecoach? @5. Name the first Black to win an elected office in the U. S. 6. Booker T. Washington had dinner with what American president? 7. Who were the Kansas City Monarchs? 8. What is Hoppin ’ John? 9. What actor & rapper

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    man is while he lives‚ and how unreasonably people claim being very knowledgeable about God. Consequently‚ this mind-opening song can be considered as a musical and sonic summation of short stories titled “The Lament‚” “The Suicide‚” and “The Three Hermits.” “The Lament” can be connected to this song through the lines “Like the thistles that are growing ’round the trunk of a tree‚ all the good in the world‚ you can put inside a thimble‚ and still have room for you and me.” These lines say that the

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