Writer Jody Houser and artist Francis Portela did an amazing job with the art and story line in the comic book Faith. According to Etelka Lehoczky “Faith’s costume is so graceless‚ it almost seems like the work of an artist who’s channeling unspoken fatophobia.” (Lehoczky) I agree with lehoczky point about the costume Francis Portela created in the comic that didn’t show any exotic look to her costume. But rather shows the shape or bulges of her figure. As many comic book fans might be disappointed
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ambiguity of manner. 8. Anachronism – Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time‚ esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword in an anachronism in modern warfare. 9. Anaphora – A rhetorical device in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginnings of successive phrases or sentences. Compare this to epistrophe‚ where such repetitions occur at the ends. (lesson 10. Analogy – A similarity between like features of two things‚ on which a
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In this passage‚ Abraham Lincoln uses the literary device of contrasting imagery to express the higher‚ spiritual implications of the war. Through his magnificent oratory talent‚ Lincoln distinguishes a path for the nation by employing the images of life and death. The phrase‚ “It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us‚” describes an incomplete duty‚ once held by the soldiers of Gettysburg now passed on to those in attendance (93). To illuminate this transfer
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The facades of masks tend to be seen through the eyes‚ but the interior of these masks are hidden behind the many unrealistic dreams of others and the stereotypes kept upon. While not everyone in "The Great Gatsby" were of great wealth‚ most and if not all kept a mask on throughout the book with the intention of covering their tracks. However‚ the masks began to disappear and what was behind them was a reality that no one wished to see. In the excerpt from chapter two‚ Fitzgerald utilizes bleak diction
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A Savage Masquerade Masks are prevalent throughout Lord of the Flies. The hunters utilize face paint‚ the most recognizable and physical form of the mask in the story. The paint is first mentioned when Jack smears red and white clay onto his face‚ along with charcoal. Although the clay masks are originally used as camouflage in order to hunt a pig‚ the paint soon becomes a way for the hunters to distance themselves from the atrocities they commit. Jack immediately changes after applying the face
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With violence to the police on the rise‚ many people think that having a camera strapped to the officer’s chest or glasses is a simple solution. The problem is‚ cameras are now being handed out faster than regulations and laws can be made to restrict the use. Police are sometimes not even helped by the footage and are mostly the ones convicted by the cameras. In fact‚ Representative Jeff Roorda emphasizes that‚ “Instead of the cameras being there to protect the officers‚ they get disciplined for
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Assignment: Statistics Thesis Abstract Pangan‚ Emmanuel S. MT1311 Submitted to: Sir Ferdinand Villamento 1. THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986 AND FINANCIAL LEVERAGE REVISITING THE MODIGLIANI-MILLER THEOREM Courtney A. Hopley February‚ 2003 Economics Major Despite the fact that the Tax Reform Act of 1986 was the most sweeping tax reform effort in recent US history‚ critics are concerned that the act could have worsened the distortion of corporate financing decisions by failing
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essay on Chinese Exorcism Masks. China is a country in Asia and was the first country to use money for currency and have been incorporating masks in their cultural traditions for thousands of years. “The first Chinese masks were made about 3‚500 years ago as part of shamanism‚ or religious healing” (The History of Chinese Masks). Masks from China are separated into different categories based upon their set functions. For example‚ Sorcerer masks‚ Healing masks‚ and Exorcism masks were all made to do different
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Alliteration: repetition of the initial consonant sounds beginning several words in sequence. "Let us go forth to lead the land we love." President J. F. Kennedy‚ Inaugural 1961 "Veni‚ vidi‚ vici." Julius Caesar (I came‚ I saw‚ I conquered) Adage a proverb or wise saying made familiar by long use Allusion a passing reference or indirect mention He was the Adam to her Eve Anadiplosis: ("doubling back") the rhetorical repetition of one or several words; specifically‚ re
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Frederick Douglass Essay Frederick Douglass has finally managed to run away from one of his masters to become a free slave‚ but yet he feels fear and paranoia. As he runs away‚ he contemplates all the possibilities of him getting caught by slaveholders or even turned in by his own kind. And it upsets him having to pass all the houses and food‚ but he has no shelter and starves with no food. This in fact heightens the intensity of his fear and paranoia because he is more likely to be caught with
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