The word baroque is derived from the Portuguese word `barocco’‚ meaning irregular pearl. Until nineteenth century the word baroque was used mostly as a fancy synonym for `absurd’ and `grotesque’. The characteristic feature of this style is energy‚ lack of harmony‚ attraction for the ornate and an explosive elaboration‚ which almost conceals the underlining order or pattern. M. H Abrams in‚ `Glossary of Literary Terms’ defines baroque as a ."..term applied by the art historians to a style of architecture
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come to an end. Microsoft then came out with Microsoft Office in 1990‚ which was a bundle of other products such as Microsoft Word and Excel. Shortly after Windows 3.0 was launched‚ which was capable for the Intel 386 Processor. Both of the new software packages proved to be a great success in their own areas. Novell‚ which was a previous competitor of Microsoft Word‚ filed a law suit claiming that part of their programing undocumented to gain an advantage. The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust
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Psst! How to Use Word of Mouth Marketing As almost every businessperson knows‚ the best lead or referral is often the one that comes straight from the mouth—a satisfied customer’s mouth‚ that is. In marketing parlance‚ that’s referred to as “word of mouth” advertising. And you can’t get any better business testimonial than one that’s from a customer or client who raves about your product or service—then tells someone else about their experience. Those “someone elses” can result in customers
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|The learner can... | |B1. Enter and combine text and other information accurately within word |B1.1 Identify what types of information are needed in documents | |processing documents |B1.2 Use appropriate techniques
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ideal.” The context it is usually used in is to describe the way a place feels‚ or makes a person feel. If utopias all come from people’s imaginations‚ then there are as many different utopias as there are different people. The way Ayn Rand uses the word utopia in the book Anthem is different from the way most people in our world imagine the perfect or ideal place. An imaginary place is usually different for everyone. It depends on what you think a perfect place would be. When I think about the
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return to the ship where he finally dies. Upon his death‚ Kurtz’s facial expression causes Marlow to feel as though he may be seeing his entire life passing just before it ends; and finally‚ he murmurs his final words "The horror! The horror!" (Conrad‚ p. 64). Although these last words seem full of meaning‚ they can be interpreted as being so vague that they are devoid of any specific rationalization. In spite of this‚ they have several explanations‚ mainly relating to his life and the choices
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The Power of Words In 1946 George Orwell wrote the novel‚ Animal Farm. In this book‚ Orwell takes advantage of language and words to criticize the effects a totalitarian Russian regime‚ while some of his characters in the novel use the power of language and words to control a farm that at first‚ was a great democracy. In Animal Farm‚ language was a control mechanism‚ used to encourage‚ fool‚ and manipulate. Though language was mainly used for personal gain in this novel‚ Old Major used language
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The Most Hateful Words The most hateful words she has ever said to another human being were to her mother. She was sixteen at the time. They rose from the storm in her chest and she let them fall in a fury of hailstones: “I hate you. I wish I were dead.” She waited for her to collapse‚ stricken by what she had just said. She was still standing upright‚ her chin tilted‚ her lip stretched in crazy smile. “Okay‚ maybe I die too‚” she said
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Persuasive Words and Phrases I am writing to... I am speaking to you today because... I have heard a rumor that... This needs to be dealt with We can do without this... It will ruin our quality of life. How unfair! No-one but a complete idiot will believe that... Now... Surely... Obviously... Of course... We can solve this by... Try to use some of these words and phrases in your writing. Local people feel that... I believe that... This will mean that... This will cause..
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Four Letter Word It is the one noun in the world every single person knows of‚ but no one seems to be able to precisely put his or her finger on exactly what it is. This is because to each person it is unique. It has been defined by words but there is so much more to it than just words. This one thing is known as love. There are three common understandings: the love between life partners‚ the love between family members‚ and the love between friends. It is funny that no one really knows exactly
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