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    The poem says it is for “Michael Lonlgey”. I assume this is one of a group that Heaney wrote with and exchanged poems with. The first stanza conveys his compulsion to play around wells. He liked the mechanism and the sound it made. There’s alliteration of “dark drop”echoing the bucket hitting the water. There’s an image of “the trapped sky” as the reflection of the sky at the other end of the tunnel into the earth – to see the sky‚ he looks down‚ not up. When things are down‚ they can be pinned

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    the reader with clever use of onomatopoeia: “Whole days cawing Nooo at the wall” The imagery used by Duffy is very good at deepening the emotion of despair present in the text as the word ’cawing’ has connotations of birds particularly crows making a hoarse raucous. This image creates an impression of Havisham in the readers

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    I will not feel‚ until I have to.” The poet uses enjambment here to make clear to the reader how serious a situation this really is‚ and emphasises on how this emotion of loss can make someone feel so different. This stanza also includes an example of repetition. ‘I will not feel’ repeated‚ along with the enjambment on the word ‘not’‚ collectively shows this explosion of emotions the visitor must be feeling‚ and the poet includes this to make the reader understand what this emotion is all about

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    Barriers prevent individuals from transitioning into a “new world” however overcoming these barriers serve compensate the individual in an array of manners. Therefore yes I do agree with this perspective as this is evident in the feature film “Billy Elliot” by Stephen Daldry and the short story “Only Ten” by Allan Baillie. The composers of these texts convey to the audience that moving “into the world” can encompass many benefits. In “Billy Elliot” many barriers prevent Billy from entering the

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    woman. 5. When using direct quotations in your writing‚ which of the following should be placed outside the set of quotation marks? A. Semicolon B. Period C. Comma D. Question mark 6. Which of the following words is most likely to carry a connotation? A. Walk B. Stand C. Stride D. Run 7. When we speak of the

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    In recent decades‚ the word "culture" has developed a number of very negative‚ very wrong connotations. When a modern American thinks of culture‚ he thinks of snobbish rich people discussing European affairs over fine wine. He cannot relate to this image‚ thinking it pretentious and boring. This may be partially because these same snobbish rich people‚ when thinking of the rest of the American public‚ picture an unkempt hillbilly scratching himself. This notion of culture as something exclusive

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    EXAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR IN THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: * Attitudes Affect Actions * Attitudes predict behavior‚ and persuasion is the means by which we attempt to change attitudes to change behavior * External situations may also influence behavior * Attitudes can still influence behavior when outside influences are not so prominent * Actions Affect Attitudes * Our attitudes represent one of the three divisions described in modern psychology: The cognitive‚ the behavioral

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    tick with a confident smile and pose that can give a standard example for drawing the audience’s attention. (Messaris 1997‚ p.21) All the images and words are clear with the plain white background. It is no doubt that this advertisement is concise enough in contrast with the colorful gossip page. Metaphor means a comparison between two irrelevant concepts‚ terms or images without “as” or “like”. (Marsen 2006‚ p.41-42‚ 44) For example‚ the metallic big tick in the Veet advertisement is a metaphor

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    Stereotypes in Advertising Media stereotypes are inevitable‚ especially in the advertising‚ entertainment and news industries‚ which need as wide an audience as possible to quickly understand information. Stereotypes act like codes that give audiences a quick‚ common understanding of a person or group of people—usually relating to their class‚ ethnicity or race‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ social role or occupation. But stereotypes can be problematic. They can: reduce a wide range of differences

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    In order to maintain accuracy and limit presumption‚ Wikipedia chose to provide actual examples of affirmative action cases across the globe followed by the effects it caused. This produces a more statistical and trusted analysis‚ removing any accusations of biased material. Additionally‚ Wikipedia took a general informative position on affirmative

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