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    usually includes elements such as sound‚ rhyme‚ alliteration‚ assonance‚ onomatopoeia‚ rhythm‚ stress‚ and meter. These effects can take poetry to a completely different level‚ beyond only imagery. In the poem‚ ?The Word Plum‚? by Helen Chasin‚ examples of alliteration and onomatopoeia are used to bring her subject‚ a plum‚ to life. In the first line‚ Chasin begins with a very basic description of the word ?plum?: ?The word plum is delicious?. The interesting thing is‚ she?s not even describing the fruit

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    Samantha Mackey 13. 2nd hour PHYSICS LAB REPORT: SPEED OF SOUND Purpose: In this lab‚ we will be doing 3 major things: 1) Collecting and organizing data to obtain resonant points in a closed pipe‚ 2) measure the length of a closed-pipe resonator‚ and 3) analyze the data to determine the speed of sound. Procedure: 1. Fill the graduated cylinder nearly to the top with water‚ with a tall glass tube open at both ends (the water level with act as the closed end). 2. Determine

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    What is the difference between diegetic and non-diegetic sound? Can they ever be confused? Discuss with reference to at least three recent films. For this essay I shall be highlighting the differences between the two terms; diegetic and non-diegetic sound. I shall also discuss whether or not the terms and their meanings could ever be confused. To help highlight my arguments within this essay I shall reference to films such as "The Italian Job"‚ "Romeo and Juliet" and "Entrapment". The final section

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    Gloria Anzaldua How to Tame a Wild Tongue I really enjoyed this particular essay‚ I thought that Anzaldua did an excellent job informing the reader about her struggles and how she refused to reject her culture for the sake of belonging. When she writes in Spanish‚ she is verbally telling us about who she is. I feel as if Anzaldua really tried to stay true to herself and her language‚ which is why she switches to Spanish throughout the essay. I really admired her want to learn and listen to

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    Effects on Same Sex School Does anyone think about what is same sex school? Why any students want to go there? Both single sex school and co-ed school have advantages and disadvantages. If we were parents‚ we would think that which school is better to let children go. Some of them do not care about the issue‚ but it may happen some problems to their children. In other word‚ if parents think about it carefully‚ their children will be successful. Going to same sex schools have had several positive

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    providing a group identity while allowing them to flower into an individual. But what happens when mixtures of opposing cultures come in conflict with imposing societal standards? What form will the culture take? In her book Borderlands/ La Frontera‚ Gloria Anzaldua uses poetic prose to relate her many years of anger from trying to integrate the clashing morals of her Mexican‚ American‚ and Indian cultures. Anzaldua ultimately concludes that for people caught in this clash‚ decolonization from both Mexican

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    Level 2 EWI competence criteria Comply with all workplace health‚ safety and welfare legislation requirements: QCF 641 Communicate with others to establish productive work practices: QCF 642 Moving‚ handling and storing resources in the workplace: QCF 643 Installing External Wall Insulation In The Workplace: QCF448v2 QCF 448v2: 1.1 Page REF:IEI 7 Interpret and extract information from drawings‚ specifications‚ schedules‚ method statements‚ risk assessments and manufacturers’ information

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    The Role of the S.S. in the Holocaust All along people have said that Hitler did the Holocaust. This statement is not entirely true‚ and it was his soldiers did. They marched under the Nazi orders‚ and exterminated men‚ women‚ and children alike. The SS started out with humble beginnings. They were founded and started by Adolf Hitler himself. They were started with no intent to harm or kill‚ but to protect Hitler and his fellow party members. They had 300 members in the beginning. They

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    Mildred D Taylor’s novel shows how racism and injustice continues even after when black slavery was ended as it is an unfortunate part of America’s history. Cassie experiences racism and injustice in the store at Strawberry since she was treated unfairly since she had to give priority to white people in the queue just because of the colour of her skin. In this essay‚ it will contain how racism and injustice is shown when Cassie was at the store‚ how it affects the reader and the intentions of the

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    Sounds are produced by the vibrations of material objects‚ and travel as a result of momentum transfer when air molecules collide. Our ‘subjective impression’ about the frequency of a sound is called pitch. High pitch has high vibration frequency‚ while low pitch has a low vibration frequency. A pure musical tone consists of a single pitch or frequency. However‚ most musical tones are "complex summations" of various pure frequencies - one characteristic frequency‚ called the fundamental‚ and

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