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    Prayer

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    Prayer (Salat) And be steadfast in prayer and regular in charity: And whatever good Ye send forth for your souls before you‚ ye shall find it with Allah: For Allah sees well all that ye do. (Quran 2:110) Salat‚ usually translated into English as "prayer"‚ is one of the five pillars of Islam. The other four pillars are the Declaration of Faith (Shahadah)‚ charity (Zakah)‚ fasting (Sawm)‚ and the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj). Salat should be performed five times a day: daybreak (Fajr)‚ noon (Zuhr)

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    don’t pray in secret he won’t answer your prayers. This is wrong because in Deuteronomy 4:7 the bible says “The Lord our God comes near when we pray to him.” If God is always listening to us when we pray then it doesn’t matter whether the people praying are in secret or in public‚ he is always listening. Sometimes God doesn’t answer people’s prayers‚ but it’s not because that person played in public or not for God to give the effort to answer your prayers you have to go through the effort yourself

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    and Dialogue (IRRD) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) with delegates from the World Evangelical Alliance. [Official version authorised by the World Evangelical Alliance] Thomas Schirrmacher Mission corrupted “The First Book of Common Prayer” of the Anglican (Episcopal) Church‚ authorized in 1549‚ says in its liturgy: “There was never any thing by the wit of man so well devised‚ or so sure established‚ which in continuance of time hath not been corrupted.” This is even true of Christian

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    1. I was so hungry that I even ate the plate. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) hyperbole B) metaphor C) personification D) simile 2. My father was the sun and the moon to me. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) hyperbole B) simile C) metaphor D) personification 3. The rain seemed like an old friend who had finally found us. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) onomatopoeia B) metaphor C) personification

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    Donald Trump Hyperbole

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    spotlight. He has always had the media at his disposal. Where he went‚ the media followed and fought to be the first to capture his controversial speeches. This strategy worked to promote his campaign and Trump used it well. He calls this a “truthful hyperbole”. He wrote in his 1987 memoir that he says what the people will agree to and like to hear. He says it is playful exaggeration and a very effective tactic for promotion. (Osnos‚ the new Yorker) Due to free media‚ media which is gained through promotional

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    occurring in this commercial‚ an Antithesis in the Reversal operation‚ a Hyperbole in the Substitution and both Metaphor and Resonance in the Destabilization operation (see appendix 1). The Antithesis is represented by "Little bottle‚ big flavour" written in the bottom of the advertisement and according to McQuarrie‚ E.F. & Mick‚ D.G. (1996). it is the incorporation of binary opposites in a phrase (see appendix 2). The Hyperbole is an exaggerated or extreme claim. The sentence "Beware the heat" is

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    Satire: Pc Hyperbole

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    shows up throughout the video‚ which proves that the producer would like to criticize political correctness in a gentle‚ humorous way. Through the use of hyperbole and situational irony‚ the producer of Satire: PC wants to decline or eliminate the situation of political correctness in the contemporary community due to the

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    In Pillars Of The Earth‚ ironic devices‚ such as‚ dramatic irony and hyperbole‚ occur very often throughout the book due to the transition from character to character and exaggeration. Since Tom Builder met Ellen‚ an outlaw‚ he has felt in somewhat of a trance like stage‚ “She was powerfully attractive‚ but those deep-set‚ intense eyes were intimidating...the spell cast by Ellen had not yet worn off” (52). Tom is fascinated by Ellen and exaggerates that he feels he is under a “spell” cast by her

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    Hyperbole- Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. “I must have told you that a thousand times”(Porter‚ 413). The effect of the hyperbole in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” is showing that even sick‚ granny still has a quick temper in teaching her kids life lessons. This brings her character more to life as readers realize that before she was sick she was a caring mother who corrected her children often. Understatement- the presentation of something as being smaller

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    Hyperbole: An example of a hyperbole in the novel‚ is one myrtle is talking about her husband George. She says he’s so dumb he doesn’t know he’s alive‚ on page 30 ( F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ 1995). This is a hyperbole because it is an exaggerated statement. Antithesis: An antithesis is shown in the book when contrasting Daisy and Myrtle. They’re both so different in the novel‚ and it does a great job in explaining that they are complete opposites. Daisy is this glamorous rich girl‚ while myrtle is seen

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