A Separate Peace In the opening passage of A Separate Peace‚ John Knowles utilizes personifications‚ similes‚ and metaphors in order to create a gloomy and contemplative mood. At the beginning of the book‚ Gene Forrester is visiting his old high school‚ The Devon School‚ and the school ironically looks newer and more improved. As he explores this new school‚ a mood of gloom and contemplation is created. A personification such as‚ “Now here it was after all‚ preserved by some considerate hand with
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"Metaphors We Live By" by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson Our selection comprises chapters 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ and part of 4 of Metaphors We Live By (1980). CONCEPTS WE LIVE BY Metaphor is for most people device of the poetic imagination and the rhetorical flourish--a matter of extraordinary rather than ordinary language. Moreover‚ metaphor is typically viewed as characteristic of language alone‚ a matter of words rather than thought or action. For this reason‚ most people think they can get along perfectly
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Langston Hughes In question one‚ speaking of “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”‚ it asks about why the river is “apt metaphor for the human soul.” The answer to that question is because rivers map out areas‚ like the Euphrates is mentioned‚ well in the beginning of time the Euphrates was a pretty important river. Then Hughes talks about the Congo‚ Nile‚ Mississippi‚ and New Orleans River‚ thus detailing or mapping out man’s movement across the globe. Also notice that the author chooses rivers that have
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Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity by Carmen Nobel Introduction The source of this article is a research done by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ethan S. Bernstein in which he explains how decreasing workplace transparency can increase the productivity of employees. This paper will analyze Bernstein’s research which was conducted on a technologically advanced manufacturer’s plant in Southern China‚ where measures were taken to impose transparency to ensure higher productivity
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Tutorial 7 ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY In this lesson we will look at the concept of scientific controversy and examine a scientific controversy for its main arguments. Then‚ we will look at the structure of an argumentative essay in order to develop awareness of its structure‚ and in particular how the introduction and the body paragraphs are developed. 1. What is a scientific controversy?
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“To Be Of Use” Most fear challenges. Whether the person dislikes failure‚ doesn’t believe in himself/herself‚ or simply because challenges are difficult‚ that fact is undeniable. However‚ the poem “To Be Of Use” by Marge Piercy teaches the world that they should not back down when faced with difficult tasks. It teaches that everyone can be admirable by plunging into work and giving it their all. After all‚ as “To Be Of Use” also teaches‚ the more work one puts into a project of any kind‚ the
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English commentary Haper lee uses many literary techniques to broaden and refine I ideas of the characers and their surroundings. Lee specifically uses metaphors and listing in this extract to build an understanding of scouts perspective. Haper lee uses the literary technique of listing to evoke the feeling of scout being immature and stubborn. This is described when Haper lee say “did not drive a dump-truck for the county‚ he was not the sheriff‚ he did not farm‚ work in a garage‚ or do anything
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Bezuglaya Anastasiya 1ATM. Analysis of Doctor in the House written by R. Gordon. Before analyzing this story‚ it is important to mention that Richard Gordon used to be a practicing doctor before he started his career as a writer. His stories are based on personal experience‚ what makes them more striking. The story is highly emotional and ironical first person narration which tells about medical students’ experience of passing their final examinations. The text is clearly divided into three parts
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Legal practitioners and commentators have shown a historical distrust of metaphor. English utilitarianist Jeremy Bentham portrayed legal fictions as ‘syphilis’ which runs along the veins of legal arguments‚ arguing that metaphors are not valid as a basis for reasoning in legal arguments. Justice Cardozo warned that while metaphor begins by liberating thoughts‚ they often end up by enslaving thoughts. Often a phobia of indeterminacy led to a confusion of the real with the literal‚ and mistakenly
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Comparison and Contrast Essay Final Draft Communication style of men and women Our world is divided into two genders‚ male and female. Both of them have their own style of life which is different in all aspects. The main difference and the most common distinction between men and women is how they communicate in life. Men are more effective communicators than women in business setting because men are more straightforward in their talk‚ faster at making decisions and more confident in
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