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    Aeneas and Mezentius Book ten of The Aeneid incorporates varied similes on the heroic figures of Aeneas and Mezentius. These similes further illustrate to its audience the character and nature of Aeneas and Mezentius. Lines 778 to 783 offers an epic simile of Aeneas‚ “Just as Aegaeon‚ who had a hundred arms and hands-they say-and fire burning from his fifty mouths and chests‚ when he clanged at Jove’s thunderbolts with his fifty shields‚ each one just like the other‚ and drew as many

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    Isabel Loeper Period 4 10/1/14 Fish Cheeks In Amy Tan’s Fish Cheeks‚ published in a 1987 issue of Seventeen Magazine‚ Tan wishes to let her audience know that it is okay to want to be different‚ but always hold on to who you were before as well. Ms. Tan drew in the audience by beginning her story with the common line about love. She made things interesting by tell us that her crush was set to join her at Christmas Eve. She went on to explain that her Chinese cultural family was an embarrassment

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    Eating fish is labeled as being good for your health; however is farmed fish good for you? More people are opting to eat fish. They have been influenced by reports from the American Heart Association‚ The United States Department of Agriculture and also mass media‚ that eating fish regularly (1 to 2 times a week)‚ may reduce the risk of diseases ranging from asthma and prostate cancer to heart disease. With this increase awareness of healthy benefits of eating fish adds to the trend of fish

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    Elizabeth Timeline

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    ENGLAND UNDER ELIZABETH 1558 - 1603 Outline of Key Dates Events in England… 1536 1. The Pilgrimage of Grace 1543 - Scots forced to accept the Treaty of Greenwich 1541 - Henry VIII declared King of Ireland by Act of Parliament 1547 - Henry VIII died: Ascension of Edward VI - Lord Somerset becomes Lord Protector 1549 - First Act of Uniformity 2. Kett Rebellion 3. The Prayer Book Rebellion - Somerset overthrown as Lord Protector; Warwick

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    The Consolidation of Elizabeth’s Rule‚ 1558-71 Succession and Settlement Legally a simple succession: defined by Henry VIII‚ Mary had named Elizabeth as her successor‚ Philip of Spain had recognised Elizabeth by sending his envoy‚ Count of Feria‚ to see Elizabeth a month before Mary’s death A key aim of Elizabeth’s was to retain the prerogative powers of the Crown: the rights to call‚ suspend and dissolve parliament; declare war and make peace; appoint and dismiss ministers and judges; determine

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    Kapur’s 1998 film Elizabeth gives evidence to how composers use language to construct and perform masculine and feminine aspects of identity‚ investigating its contextual foundations by creating voices and characters to challenge language and gender codes. Language used in Elizabeth with double entendre and metaphor‚ combined with the language constraints of the films context‚ allows for the subtle challenging of established gender roles as a part of identity. Kapur also plays with film devices in

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    Task One: Simile Simile (noun)- a comparison of objects using like or as “And upon a bank overlooking a bed in the big stream we found wild strawberries almost as bright as the red epaulets on the wings of the blackbirds.” (North‚ 37) It strengthens the writing by emphasizing how red the strawberries are so we can “picture”what the strawberries look like in our minds (mental picture/imagery). Task Two: Smile He [Sterling] was as competent as a dolphin. *I compared Sterling to a dolphin since dolphins

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    Personal Response to Elizabeth Bishop The poetry of Elizabeth Bishop appeals to me because she writes about things which are relevant‚ in a remarkably vivid and vital way. Bishops misfortune in life has inspired her to write distressing poems in which she describes to us the loss she suffered at an early stage in her childhood. She also tells us about her deepest and darkest moments in life. Out of Bishops troubled life‚ her poetry was born. Bishop has a painter’s eye and she vividly describes the

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    Elizabeth Bishop poses interesting questions delivered by means of a unique style. Do you agree? Focus on themes and stylistic features. In my opinion‚ Elizabeth Bishop has a unique style of asking interesting questions. Bishop invites us along on the journey with her. She does this by her “painterly eye” which she has been praised for. In her poems she takes the ordinary and turns it into the extraordinary. As a reader‚ I wonder why she goes into so much detail. There is a story behind each of

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    FISH FARMING Fish farming is the principal form of aquaculture‚ while other methods may fall under mariculture. Fish farming involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures‚ usually for food. A facility that releases young (juvenile) fish into the wild for recreational fishing or to supplement a species’ natural numbers is generally referred to as a fish hatchery. Worldwide‚ the most important fish species used in fish farming are carp‚ salmon‚ tilapia and catfish

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