his essay‚ he attempts to attract his audience to the idea of walking by saying that one will gain a greater perspective on vitality‚ freedom‚ and their sense of self-awareness. He portrays these aspects by using figurative language‚ imagery‚ and aphorism to express his ideology of the opportunities and advantages that come from walking. Thoreau’s frequent use of figurative language allows his audience to have an open and creative mind‚ allowing a foundation for the reader to better understand
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“Less is More” Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is best known for his popular aphorism “less is more‚” which describes the simplicity of his modernist architectural style. As described by Robert Hughes in Visions of Space‚ Mies van der Rohe transformed America’s major cities from heavy‚ clad masonry to high-rising steel and glass skyscrapers. Mies van der Rohe’s style was praised and adopted by many other architectural professionals. However‚ not all architects were fond of Mies van der Rohe’s “less
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“For almost all of human history‚ almost everyone was a small-scale farmer. And then people were farmers and factory workers” (Stein 31).Stein portrays honest and truthful information behind the reason millennials choose to move positions by using aphorism. Because of the wide range of options millennials have grown up with‚ they do not want to spend time in one company when they will gain experiences from multiple jobs growing up. It is not laziness that is the reason behind them giving up or changing
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to which Paine appeals in his essay. How might a colonist who had remained loyal to the British react to Paine’s argument? Paine uses the aphorism "the harder the conflict‚ the more glorious the triumph" to express his belief that hardships faced by the American forces during the war will make their eventual victory more meaningful. Find one more aphorism used in Paine’s essay and explain the point he is making with it. 1.The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will shrink from the service
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together. disparagement: the act of bringing reproach or discredit upon; lowering estimation of someone contemptuous: showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful tenuous: of slight importance or significance; unsubstantial aphorisms: a terse saying embodying a general truth‚ or astute observation. semantics: the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form Response Questions: #1. I think the protagonist in the story‚ “Saturday Climbing”
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and also displayed negativity towards the king. Restatement was also used in all of the pieces to present the writers views in different ways. The use of similes and metaphors was commonly present in Patrick Henry’s writings‚ and you could find aphorisms in The
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Horatio‚ Bernardo‚ Francisco‚ The Players and the Gravediggers‚ he behaves rationally. 3. The irony exploited in Hamlet is that‚ while he represents a character dissembling distress and insanity‚ so too represented is the idea that madmen speak aphorisms and the truth. 4. Hamlet realises himself that he is not mad‚ but that there is that within which hides show” 5. Following the “unnatural” death of his father‚ King Claudius‚ and his mother’s consequent adulterous relationship
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extremely proud of myself. I applied my grandmother’s aphorism of being independent because I knew adult was coming quickly. I needed to prepare myself for something great. I would soon be on my own‚ and I would have no one to rely on but myself. I knew that my mom wanted me to be independent so that was a goal I had to reach. Anytime someone felt like their parents would be there for them forever‚ I would share my grandmother’s aphorism with
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compact little lyric‚ “Fire and Ice” combines humor‚ fury‚ detachment‚ forthrightness‚ and reserve in an airtight package. Not a syllable is wasted. The aim is aphorism—the slaying of the elusive Truth-beast with one unerring stroke. But for Frost‚ as usual‚ the truth remains ambiguous and the question goes unanswered; to settle for aphorism would be to oversimplify. We can attribute part of the poem’s effect to the contrast between the simple‚ clipped precision of its vocabulary and the vague gravity
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The film Blood Diamond directed by Edward Zwick‚ we see three important ideas. The ideas are the child exploitation in countries that are struggling‚ the importance of family through hard times and the destructive nature of wealth and greed and what it can do to people. These are all portrayed in the film but can be easily related back to real life. The children in the film Blood Diamond are constantly being exploited‚ from the young ages of only 8 and up they are taken‚ abducted from family
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