Figures of Speech 1. Alliteration - The repetition of an initial consonant sound. 2. Allusion - Figure of speech that makes a reference to or representation of‚ a place‚ event‚ literary work‚ myth‚ or work of art‚ either directly or by implication. 3. Antithesis - The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. 4. Apostrophe - Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing‚ some abstract quality‚ an inanimate object‚ or a nonexistent character.
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Moonshine and the Lawlessness of the Dark Corner Wesley Burnett History 500: Senior Seminar October 24‚ 2013 The Dark Corner which located in the Glassy Mountain Township‚ in the Northeastern part of Greenville County South Carolina‚ in a region known as Appalachia. The area covers about one hundred and fifty square miles.1 In Appalachia and all across the south moonshine played a large role in the economic part of a community. Distilling
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clouds were low and hairy in the skies‚ Like locks blown forward in the gleam of eyes. You could not tell‚ and yet it looked as if The shore was lucky in being backed by cliff‚ The cliff in being backed by continent; It looked as if a night of dark intent Was coming‚ and not only a night‚ an age. Someone had better be prepared for rage. There would be
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------------------------------------------------- Figure of speech From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia "Figures of speech" redirects here. For the hip hop group‚ see Figures of Speech. A figure of speech is the use of a word or words diverging from its usual meaning. It can also be a special repetition‚ arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning‚ or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it‚ as in idiom‚ metaphor‚ simile‚ hyperbole‚ or personification. Figures of speech often
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Dark energy what is it? Dark energy is a unknown energy said to take up 70 percent of the universe. The energy is a repulsive gravitational effect that is causing the universe to accelerate out-ward. No one knows exactly what dark energy is or where it comes from. Dark Energy is a new idea. Little is known about dark energy‚ yet it takes up a huge amount if the universe. Scientist were able to show the universe was expanding at an accelerated rate by measuring the red-shift of an object by comparing
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Date: August 13‚ 2007 To: Cheryl Nobles From: Iana Machinskaia Subject: A mechanism process description of a stapler Figure 1 Stapler Introduction A stapler is a portable "device which binds together sheets of paper by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and folding over the ends to secure the paper". (Wikipedia) Most office staplers are 30 cm long‚ 9 cm wide and 18 cm tall. The stapler is made of rubber‚ plastic and metal. Main components of an office stapler include
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the mysterious dark energy that’s causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate? Is it some form of Einstein’s famous cosmological constant‚ or is it an exotic repulsive force‚ dubbed "quintessence‚" that could make up as much as three-quarters of the cosmos? Scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Dartmouth College believe there is a way to find out. | | | | The SuperNova/Acceleration Probe‚ SNAP‚ is a satellite designed to study dark energy through
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* We should follow the rules so that we can maintain peace and organization within our society‚ economy‚ and even our country. Without rules no one would be able to work together. * Two different kinds of people can be heard to utter that question‚ "Why have rules?" One of them does not believe in rules; the other believes in rules and adds a few more words to the question‚ "Why have rules‚ if you are not going to enforce them?" I would like to examine both sides of this argument. Many people
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So by understanding what criteria I meet and ones I do not‚ Maslow’s hierarchy of needs should help me to motivate myself and a create and better understanding of what I need to do in order to increase my chances of achieving my goal. This hierarchical model states that when a need is mostly satisfied it no longer motivates and the next higher need takes its place. This theory is supported by Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (1954). * Self Actualisation * Esteem Needs * Social Needs
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interrogatives regarding the structure of authority‚ status and power. How hierarchy set in the playwright; usual or as constructed? Furthermore‚ what are the circumstances when authority is seized? This paper will attempt to answer these questions in a coherent way using textual references‚ as well as the protagonist of the play‚ Prospero‚ to solve the accusations. As the play progresses‚ Prospero constructs the hierarchy in such a matter its returns things to their "natural" state. Any kind of attack
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