What are stylistic devices? In literature and writing‚ a figure of speech (also called stylistic device or rhetorical device) is the use of any of a variety of techniques to give an auxiliary meaning‚ idea‚ or feeling. Sometimes a word diverges from its normal meaning‚ or a phrase has a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it. Examples are metaphor‚ simile‚ or personification. Stylistic devices often provide emphasis‚ freshness of expression‚ or clarity. Alliteration
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Who is Donald Duck? Full Name: Donald Fauntleroy Duck Birthdate: Egg hatched June 9‚ 1934 (Egg laid Friday‚ March 13‚ 1934) Besides in my opinon‚ being the greatest cartoon character ever‚ Donald is the one in the little blue suit that is more often in a rage than not. His personality shows through actions. He gives new meaning to the phrase: "Actions speak louder than words." His lines are few and almost indecipherable‚ forcing his actions to speak the volumeof his parts. His personality
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Victorian period. In his works Dickens has attacked social evils and injustice. This he had experienced in his own youth‚ especially when he was forced to end school in early teens and work in a factory. Dickens’s characters‚ such as the cruel Ebenezer Scrooge of the famous “Christmas Story” fascinated generations. Charles John Huffam Dickens was born on February 7‚ 1812 in Portsmouth‚ Hampshire‚ England. His family moved very often because of the fathers employments. Dickens’s family was a middle class
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RHETORICAL DEVICES & FIGURES OF SPEECH (Bringing Brightness and Buoyancy to Language: Prose & Poetry) 1. allegory: (Greek‚ ‘speaking otherwise’) It is a story‚ poem‚ or picture which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning‚ typically a moral or political one. It has a double meaning: a primary or surface meaning; and a secondary or under-the-surface meaning. It is a story‚ therefore‚ that can be read‚ understood and interpreted at two or more levels. 1. Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is
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Leaders on the grow CMA Management Apr 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors: Jim Clemmer Abstract: Hundreds of management teams and thousands of people are dealing with change. Some are proactively making change happen; others are watching it happen and scrambling to react. When it comes to change‚ people have four choices: 1. Ignore it‚ 2. Predict it‚ 3. Control it‚ or 4. Grow with it. The first three choices eventually
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of Peter Mrs Van Dann: Mother of Peter. Mr. Dussel: An irritable former dentist Characterization: * Dynamic: a literary or dramatic character that undergoes an important inner change‚ as a change in personality or attitude: Ebeneezer Scrooge is a dynamic character. * Static: a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop. * Round: a character in fiction whose personality‚ background‚ motives‚ and other features
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References: i. Joseph Stiglitz‚ Scrooge and intellectual property rights‚ British Medical Journal‚ December 23‚ 2006‚ Volume 333‚ pp. 1279-1280 ii. Daryl Lindsey‚ The AIDS-drug warrior: Jamie Love‚ Salon.com magazine‚ June 1‚ 2001 iii. www.prnewswire.com aids-healthcare-foundation-c
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ONLINE SHOPPING: IT’S EFFECTIVENESS AND CONVINIENCE THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Online shopping or online retailing is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet using a web browser. Alternative names are: e-web-store‚ e-shop‚ e-store‚ Internet shop‚ web-shop‚ web-store‚ online store‚ and virtual store. An online shop evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a bricks-and-mortar retailer or shopping
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Introduction The theory our group will be discussing and explaining in depth is the leadership styles of top management using Mintzberg’s managerial roles. Mintzerg named ten different roles‚ all separated into three categories. The first category is interpersonal. This includes figurehead‚ leader‚ and liason. The second category is informational which includes monitor‚ disseminator‚ and spokesperson. The last category is decisional which includes entrepreneur‚ disturbance handler‚ resource
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The animated film The Snowman is a charming‚ whimsical‚ kid friendly adaption of Raymond Brigg’s classic picture book. The film deals with friendship‚ fantasy‚ Christmas‚ reality and treasure. In the former part of the film‚ it portrays a boy’s nocturnal adventures with the snowman he built. Easiness‚ harmony and happiness suffuse the whole frames. The boy and the snowman creep and frolic in the house; they venture outside and ride on a motorbike; they take flight over the land and reach the Arctic
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