Figures of Speech [ Examples ] 1. Metaphor ❖ "But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill." (William Sharp‚ "The Lonely Hunter") ❖ "Love is an alchemist that can transmute poison into food--and a spaniel that prefers even punishment from one hand to caresses from another." (Charles Colton‚ Lacon) 2. Simile ❖ "Good coffee is like friendship: rich and warm and strong." (slogan of Pan-American Coffee Bureau)
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2013 Religious Figures of Spain Catholicism is the main religion in Spain. There are also some Jews who have settled in Madrid‚ Barcelona‚ Cordoba and Sevilla. There are some Anglicans in Spain. There has been a lot of dispute between the Catholics‚ Muslims Jews and Protestants. Christians were defeated and Christianity was adopted by the masses. Catholic religion was taken as the religion of the state when a Concordant was signed with Vatican. There were many religious figures from Spain over
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Contents 1 Introduction The concept of preferring the people with “fair-skin” has long been recognized socially and it has been the psychological and social impact on women to be fair. But in the recent years‚ men too have started giving importance on personal grooming‚ beginning with fair skin. The market for fairness cream was restricted to women only till 2005; but Emami catered to men with its product Fair and Handsome. Till then the fairness cream had dominated the cosmetic market covering
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Figures of speech As one of the articles in this issue deals with the English Language Fair held at the Barbican Centre last autumn‚ this might be a good opportunity to concentrate on varieties of English style. Let’s start with the use of imagery. The passage chosen for comment comes from The Guardian‚ a newspaper famous or notorious for its misprints as well as for the depth and seriousness of its new coverage. If the name of the writer‚ Roy Hattersley‚ seems familiar - yes‚ it’s the same
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11 March 2013 Elevator Norm Violation I recently performed an experiment on a norm violation which had to do with elevators‚ and proper behavior while inside of them. The over all plan of this experiment was to stand facing the corner of the elevator so that no one could see my face as I went up or down. People today usually stand facing the door while riding in an elevator‚ so it was interesting to see peoples reactions as I violated this everyday norm. My hypothesis was that I would not get
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1. Alliteration The repetition of an initial consonant sound. is a term that describes a literary stylistic device. Alliteration occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound. For example‚ “She sells sea-shells down by the sea-short” or “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers” are both alliterative phrases. In the former‚ all the words start with the “s” sound‚ while in the later‚ the “p’s” take precedence. Aside from tongue twisters‚ alliteration
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Background of Strategic HRM Professor Debi S. Saini (debisaini@mdi.ac.in) Management Development Institute‚ Gurgaon 1 What Points are Discussed in this Session? 1. New work paradigm: Linked to globalized business world 2. New bus. realties & new critical success factors: BRICS 3. SHRM?: HR’s response to new Critical Success factors 4. How is SHRM different from tradl. HR functions 2 1 What has driven the New Business World & the World of Work? Globalization!!! 3 What
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Soc 1113.007 I was given the chance to break a social norm at multiple local grocery stores. This privilege is not acceptable or common throughout the world while performing rare unusual behavior. My interest was to skip through aisles while whistling in a variety of grocery stores. I was interested in seeing reactions and confusion on this act. Many people were shocked to witness what was happening and were curious why this action was performed. Skipping through the aisles was scary and
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The social norm that I chose to violate was to go into an elevator and instead of turning around and facing the door upon entering; I had my back to the door and faced the other people in the elevator. In normality a person enters an elevator‚ pushes the button for their desired floor and turns to face the door to avoid eye contact with strangers‚ and prepare to exit the elevator. The reason I choose to violate this particular social norm was because I’ve never seen anyone else do it and I was
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be controlled in order to mask what individuals truly feel and this is known as “Display Rule” (Gnepp and Hess‚ 1986). The understanding of display rules and emotional expression is of paramount importance as it affects human interaction and the relationship between self and other. Display rules refer to a set of social norms prescribing the appropriateness of expressing an emotion in particular situations (Saarni‚ 1999). This means that according to the situation‚ individuals may choose not
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