------------------------------------------------- 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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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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FIGURE IN ART CONTEMPORARY VS RENNEISANCE CULTURAL From historical Renaissance aspect‚ the nude figure in art has always been represented as innocent and pure‚ as well sensual and sexual. Therefore contrasting to the contemporary point of view‚ whereas the nude is often a mirror reflecting the darkest parts in society through dehumanization‚ distortion and repulsion. Religion in society was quite superstitious back in the 1400’s and the artists beliefs in God where very strong and faithful‚
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The truth about hunters is that they have major respect for following permits and using their firearms or bows by being educated. Hunting is defined as a sport for people to feed themselves or family by taking an animal’s life. Hunting should be respected because it involves skill‚ an appreciation for animals‚ and it helps regulate balance in the ecosystem. To have a firearm license you have to have a clear criminal record and have to complete an 8 hour course with a written test and a practical
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Tubotein Taylor 2/10/13 Humanities 2 Bastard Children In the story entitled “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin‚ Desiree and her husband‚ Armand Aubigny‚ were blessed with a beautiful child to whom they could call their own. They were very much in love‚ until the site of their child could not go unnoticed any longer. There was no place for two whites to paternally and maternally take care of a Negro child. Since this is a white male dominant society‚ he automatically assumed that she was at fault
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Statues are erected to reflect and / or represent an event or character that it depicts. The St. Catherines City Hall statue‚ erected in 1886‚ represents a militia member from the Winnipeg 90th division named Private Alexander Watson. The statue of Private Alexander Watson should be taken down as it does not represent what was once intended. Also‚ there are other concerns that support the removal of the statue‚ with the restoration price being one of them. As well‚ modern thinking about Louis Riel
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Name ـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ Dateــــــــــــــــــــــــــ Activity 1: Simile and Metaphor Decide whether the sentence contains a simile or a metaphor‚ and identify the two things being compared. Then change the simile into metaphor and vice versa: 1. The lake was a huge mirror in the moonlight. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. The dancer moved around the
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1. Simile My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red‚ than her lips red: If snow be white‚ why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires‚ black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked‚ red and white‚ But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak‚ yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound: I grant I never saw a goddess go‚ My
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Q1 : Five Organizations in Nairobi County and it’s Publics based on categories of Wragg. Unga Group Limited - Unga Group is a flour milling company in Kenya. Unga is headquartered in Nairobi with flour mills in Eldoret‚ Nakuru and Mombasa and is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. The company was founded in the early 1900s. Its name is abbreviated to UGL. It is categorized as a company deals with Functional Publics as they are those publics which enable the organization to perform its chosen
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After hours of walking around the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ I came across a very interesting sculpture. Failing to find anything to catch my attention in previous parts of the museum‚ I finally came across the Kongo Power Figure. This sculpture was located in the African art section of the museum. This sculpture caught my attention because it has hundreds of nails driven into its body. It also has a giant hole in its stomach. The nails caught my attention because it made me wonder if this sculpture
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