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    yet‚ if unfortunate‚ love may turn into furious tongues of fire that sear one’s heart‚ leaving them with haunting scars. Despite being such a natural phenomenon‚ love continues to be obscurely indefinable- there is no such thing as one specific denotation for the word. In fact‚ love can be defined by each individual‚ according to his or her personal opinions. Perhaps this is what makes love such a beautiful emotion; it takes many forms‚ and is never the same for anyone. Considering that love is

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    Through bellicose diction in “Prayer for the Man Who Mugged My Father‚ 72”‚ Charles Webb conveys a spiteful tone. The stanza: “May you meet him there‚ the same age as you. May the meeting take place in a small‚ locked room” suggests that an altercation will take place. It implies the son wants his father to have retribution for the crime inflicted upon him. The phrase “the same age as you” indicates that the son wants the fight to be a fair fight. “Small‚ locked room” states that the son wants to

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    The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts Donald M. Murray Born in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1924‚ Donald M. Murray taught writing for many years at the University of New Hampshire‚ his alma mater. He has served as an editor at Time magazine‚ and he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for editorials that appeared in the Boston Globe. Murray’s published works include novels‚ short stories‚ poetry‚ and sourcebooks for teachers of writing‚ like A Writer Teaches Writing (1968)‚ The Craft of Revision

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    Kung Fu Panda textual analysis Kung fu panda is set in the Valley of Peace‚ where the people of the valley are threatened by the late arrival of the evil snow leopard‚ Tai Lung. An ancient prophecy states that a hero‚ also known as ‘the chosen one’ will appear out of nowhere to save the people in the valley‚ and the masters of martial arts have devised a competition in order to find this individual. However it is assumed that the chosen one will be a member of the Furious Five-the level-headed

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    Is’t not/ a kind/ of in/cest‚ to/ take life/ Metrics: Straight iambic pentameter. The line is five heartbeats long‚ symbolizing logic Sonics: Enjambment- this line does not finish her statement‚ it runs straight into the next line and finished the thought with “from thine own sister’s shame?” Alliteration- “to take” Dissonance- kind‚ to‚ take Assonance- not‚ of Tropes: Irony- “kind of incest to take life”- talking about an act that creates life‚ but it would take away

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    The author Richard Cassaro from “The Occult Secret” speaks about how this symbol is used in spirituality. He states‚ “The great unknown secret behind the Skull & Cross Bones is that it is not a symbol of death‚ but of life. Ancient priests and priestesses used it worldwide‚ from the Mayans in Mesoamerica to the Etruscans in Europe (Cassaro). The skull and crossbones are found in scriptures as well as engraved into the walls in Mesoamerica and Europe. This symbol has also been used in Antichrist occults

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    International Journal of Industrial Marketing ISSN 2162-3066 2011‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 1 Advertising Social Semiotic Representation: A Critical Approach Maryam Najafian (Corresponding author) Department of English Language and Literature‚ Faculty of Foreign Language Hezarjarib Street‚ University of Isfahan‚ Isfahan‚ Iran Email: m.najafian56@yahoo.com Saeed Ketabi Assistant professor of Applied Linguistics Department of English Language and Literature‚ Faculty of Foreign Language Hezarjarib Street

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    statement. This is because words‚ expressions and statements have often different denotative meaning and connotative interpretation for the sender and receiver. The sender might not have a hint about how his words are taken in the receiver’s mind. Denotations are the dictionary definitions of words. Since these meanings can be mentioned to the receivers to inform them about certain things without pointing to their positive or negative traits‚ most people agree on them. These words give the same meaning

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    of being taken recently. The poem has multiple denotative and connotative phrases such as two roads can indicate more than just two roads in front of you. The two roads can indicate different life decisions and what comes next. First of all‚ denotation is the literal meaning of a word and connotative is the idea or feeling the word invokes.

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