S-curve describes how the performance or cost characteristics of a technology change with time and continued investments. While the horizontal axis shows the history (time and investment) of technical innovations‚ the vertical axis shows some problems of product performance or cost competitiveness. The pace of improvement slows when the established technology is improved and approaching its maturity. Many problems which a new technology has to face with are solved over time and with investment
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death. The author’s tone of this story is‚ sad.The tone of the story is sad and happy because he just watched a guy die‚ but the guy died for his country so there are two sides to the poem. A detail in the poem that leads me to believe that the a tone of the poem is sad‚ is when it says “ dim through the misty panes the thick green light‚ as under a green sea‚ I saw him drowning.”This show that a tone is sad because he watched as a friend internally drowned. But a reason the tone could also be happy
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In “Solitude” Ella Wheeler Wilcox crafts an overall realistic tone through her use of imagery‚ details‚ and syntax to that it is relatable to the reader’s emotions. First‚ the author displays imagery throughout the poem to display the realistic tone. For example‚ the author writes‚ “Feast‚ and your halls are crowded; Fast‚ and the world goes by.” (Wilcox). In this example‚ the readers can clearly imagine this event taking place. In addition‚ the readers can visualize a person feasting‚ while
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obviously discriminating other races. It could also be shown from the question she repeated asking‚ ’are you light or very dark?’After the poet told the landlady that he was African‚ the landlady’s tone changed at once. Alliteration like ’clinical‚ crushing’ was used to emphasize the coldness in the landlady’s tone when she knew the man was African. Metaphor liked ’spectroscopic’ was used to compare the landlady’s mind with equipment which was used to judge a color. The significance of using this metaphor
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Sports have always been an important part of people’s lives and a way for them to relax. The 90’s was a decade of unbelievably talented athletes and major icons. Michael Jordan started his fame in basketball and is now known as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. In 1995‚ at age fourteen Serena Williams became a top competitor and became a pro in the game of tennis. Tiger Woods became the first golfer in history to win the U.S. Amateur title for three consecutive years. The 1992 Dream
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topic to the whole world‚ he first must use several persuasion tactics to make his audience realize what they are doing with their everyday lives. By using these tactics‚ he successfully creates a portentous tone and fearful mood throughout his sermon. Edwards uses a portentous tone to describe God’s wrath and to persuade the congregation into trusting God in order to save themselves from the pits of hell. Since this topic could be confusing to some people‚ Edwards uses several descriptions
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well that he would never set foot in the countryside‚ wrote a letter of response to Wordsworth. With his skillfully placed uses of tone‚ compare and contrast‚ and imagery‚ he rejects Wordworth’s invitation to visit the hellacious countryside. Throughout his letter‚ Lamb’s tone deviates. When he is describing the country that he finds so distasteful‚ his tone is negative and full of disgust. Since their “sun & moon and skies and hills & lakes affect” him no more‚ he feels no compassion for
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different perspectives about slavery and adopt a more sympathetic view of the slave‚ which in turn would lay the seeds of uncertainty within the morals and beliefs of individuals. 2. The personification which is present in stanza 3 line 20 which reads “Sweat of ours must dress the soil.” This can be used in the speakers argument against slavery as it creates an image of the
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The 1950’s was a time where war soldiers were coming home and were given the opportunity to go back to their families and begin a new life or create one; the war was over. There were new opportunities arising‚ and suburbs were becoming the norm. Racial segregation was coming to an end‚ we added two new states to the United States of America‚ and families were beginning to have babies left and right. Music started to change with Rock n’ Roll‚ clothing and fashion was changing‚ inventions were being
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In “My Papa’s Waltz’ by Theodore Roethke‚ the speaker’s tone towards his father is one that is loving and admiring. This is seen in the word choice of the speaker when interacting with his father. The loving tone of the speaker is seen through his experience with his father. This is exhibited through the pleasure the speaker takes in dancing with his father. When describing his dance with his father‚ the speaker says‚ “We romped until the pans slid from the kitchen shelf” (Roethke 5-6). The speaker
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