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    that are interested in the security of the nation to read their works‚ and for them to learn new things in regard to current nuclear threat events. In short‚ authors use features to make their genre unique such as structure‚ word choice‚ and rhetorical devices because it allows

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    Hillary Rodham Clinton’s “Remarks to the U.N. 4th World Conference on Women Plenary Session” (1995) The speech that was given by former first lady Mrs. Hilary Clinton is basically about the empowerment of woman. Mrs. Clinton’s speech was intended to “bring new dignity and respect to women and girls all over the world”. I guess the most obvious bias is that Mrs. Clinton is a woman; therefore of course she would want more empowerment for her own gender. She can relate to woman because she is one

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    poetic devices in it. The poem is written by a guy named Alfred Noyes. The poem is about a highwayman that is in love with a beautiful girl‚ Bess. He leaves the home to steal gold. When he is gone‚ the Redcoats come into the home and tie up Bess. She decides she would kill herself before she have to see her lover die. After she kills herself‚ the highwayman gets killed by the Redcoats.This poem is filled with poetic devices‚ which makes this poem a masterpiece. One of the major poetic devices used

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    colonist in the 13 colonial states of the United States of America. The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson use the rhetorical devices diction and repetition to convince the United States to declare independence from Great Britain. The choice of words that was presented in the article makes the context of the article to be presented differently. The diction used was negative due to the actions the British King did. Words such as “abuses”‚ “refused”‚ “harass” not only explain the negativity

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    strictly focused on wicked Puritians and thier belife on their almighty God. Edwards wanted to persue his audience that all wicked people should repent from thier sins or else they would face the consquences of angry God. Thougout this sermon Johnathan Edwards incorpriates retorical devices to persue his audience that they need to repent from thier sins. The retoical devices Edwards uses to emphasize his point are illusions‚ similies‚ and analogies. Jonathan Edwards utilized lots of allusions througout

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    accounting may have different meanings in different contexts. It is not used in the sense of a fundamental accounting truth – it connotes a guiding influence or an accepted rule of action or conduct.  Accounting principles have been defined as the body of doctrine‚ commonly associated with the theory and procedure of accounting‚ serving as an explanation of current practices and as a guide for the selection of conventions or procedures where alternative exist.  In simple words‚ ‘Accounting

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    One of the things that makes Shakespeare’s writing so famous is all of the literary devices he adds in. One of the many devices found is found Act 2 scene 2. At this point in the play‚ Macbeth has just killed King Duncan and is talking to his wife‚ Lady Macbeth about it. Macbeth is very paranoid and freaking out because he suddenly hears a strange knocking‚ but his hands are still covered in blood. This is where a hyperbole comes in and Macbeth says “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood

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    Virginia Woolfe Speech Essay For hundreds of years‚ women have been shackled from their freedom and morally separated from men. They have always been treated as lesser beings by men‚ and have been seen as inferior. However‚ as time went on more and more women emerged from their captors and brought great change to the world. History shows that women indeed had it rough but they have become a more important role to society and have had a strong effect on our current world. One career where

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    persuade Caesar that he should in fact go to the Senate where his doomed fate awaits him. Shakespeare uses many rhetorical devices in Calpurnia’s conversation and Decius’ conversation with Caesar‚ each attempting to convince Caesar to take their side. The first to try and persuade Caesar is Calphurnia‚ his wife; she begins her argument to keep Caesar home by attempting to relay omens she has observed to validate her own

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    In the passage “Joyas Voladoras‚” the author Brian Doyle uses the heart as a metaphor to help him communicate his main idea about the differences between life‚ love‚ and its state of vulnerability. To start‚ Doyle uses many examples to display his ideas‚ but his first example is the hummingbird. He describes how fragile the small bird is by saying‚ A hummingbird s heart is the size of a pencil eraser. A hummingbird s heart is a lot of the hummingbird. (Doyle) This is a great example of how fragile

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