Allusion An allusion is a figure of speech that makes a reference to‚ or a representation of‚ people‚ places‚ events‚ literary work‚ myths‚ or works of art‚ either directly or by implication. A brief reference‚ explicit or indirect‚ to a person‚ place or event‚ or to another literary work or passage Function The function of allusion depends as well on the author’s intent; a reader may search out parallels to a figure of speech or a passage. Example: In act one of Death of a Salesman Adonis
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Literary Terms Packet The terms in this packet will be used throughout the semester in literature discussions and on exams. Please memorize and be able to use and identify all terms in papers and on exams. Some information in this packet came from Modern English by Arnold Lazarus‚ et.al. and A Dictionary of Literary‚ Dramatic‚ and Cinematic Terms by Sylvan Barnet‚ et.al. Allusion A reference to someone or something that is known from history‚ literature‚ religion‚ politics or some other
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issues is unexamined‚ unquestioned and often incorrect. Freakonomics provides you with real life examples of incentives and how they affect human behavior. It shows how everyday situations‚ purchases‚ and decisions affect the economy‚ and how humans are tempted to participate in different activities because of incentives. This book discusses the economy and how it is affected in the perspective of life. The authors provide you with statistics and evidence that they have collected to defend their
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The Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project had several short as well as long term effects on the world. During the time of World War II the United States‚ Canada and Great Britain joined together to develop a nuclear weapon‚ they coded this “The Manhattan Project.” This project became the largest secret project ever undertaken by the United States. The exploration of atomic weaponry complicated political exchanges around the world‚ led to the transfer of atomic technology‚ and created the possibility
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Chapter 4: The Valuation of Long-Term Securities 1. What is the market value of a $1‚000 face-value bond with a 10 percent coupon rate when the market’s rate of return is 9 percent? Answer: More than its face value. 2. If an investor may have to sell a bond prior to maturity and interest rates have risen since the bond was purchased‚ the investor is exposed to __________. Answer: interest rate risk 3. Beta Budget Brooms will pay a big $2 dividend next year on its common stock
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Q.No.1 a) What is sociology? Ans. Sociology: Sociology is the study of human social relationships and institutions. Sociology’s subject matter is diverse‚ ranging from crime to religion‚ from the family to the state‚ from the divisions of race and social class to the shared beliefs of a common culture‚ and from social stability to radical change in whole societies. Unifying the study of these diverse subjects of study is sociology’s purpose of understanding how human action and consciousness
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* Causes of the Civil War Long Term Causes * Social‚ Cultural Divide between North and South * Economic Divide between North and South * Political Divide between North and South: Collapse of Political System: Inability to Compromise * Slavery * Causes of the Civil War: Long Term Causes (from Colonial Times) * 1. Social and Cultural Divide between North and South * North: more urbanized‚ more diverse‚ more developed‚ more advanced infrastructure / transportation
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I. Moral Agent: The Human Person 682. Christian moral life is simply the call to become loving persons‚ in the fullness of life-with-others-in-community before God‚ in imitation of Jesus Christ. The key to moral life‚ then‚ is the human person‚ considered in the light of both reason and faith. All human rights‚ personal and social‚ all moral duties and responsibilities‚ all virtues and moral character __ all depend directly on the answers we give to the questions: who am I as a person in community
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Definitions Term Definition ActionScript Adds interactivity and/or playback efficiency to a movie via coding. Similar to JavaScript‚ ActionScript is an object-oriented programming language. Alpha effect Adjusts the transparency of an instance. Bitmaps Images using colored dots‚ called pixels‚ arranged within a grid. Typical of most web graphics. Breaking apart Converts symbols into basic shapes so that shape tweening can be used. Button symbol Used to create interactive buttons
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