Literary Devices Allegory A form of extended metaphor‚ in which objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a narrative‚ are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral‚ social‚ religious‚ or political significance and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity‚ greed‚ or envy. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings‚ a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. Alliteration The repetition of the same sound at the beginning
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real-life man who was a historian. In the movie‚ the three main types of comedy I recognized were farce‚ parody‚ and satire. Farce is comedy designed to provoke the audience into simple‚ hearty laughter and often uses highly exaggerated or caricatured character types and puts them into improbable and ludicrous situations. It also makes use of broad verbal humor and physical horseplay. Some examples of farce in the movie are: In the beginning of the movie‚ you hear the sound of music and horses. However
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The Effects of Military Corruption (an Opinion by Emil Jurado Published at the Manila Standard‚ February 9‚ 2011) A Reaction Paper Submitted by RAQUEL G. DE LEON A Reaction Paper on “Effects of Corruption in the Military” It is surprising to hear from the news nowadays that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) tops the list of the country’s most corrupt organizations. It seems like gone were the days when the Philippine National Police (PNP) hugs the limelight as the most
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Farce: A comedy; a short play‚ in which both subtle humor and hilarity are developed through improbable situations‚ exaggeration and (often) ridiculous antics. The example in our text was: I’m going! A comedy in one act‚ there was never a doubt that Henri was going to the races from the very start‚ no matter what Jeanne (Henri’s wife) had to say. The comedy behind this was Henri and Jeanne arguing back and forth about Henri going to the races without Jeanne‚ then a sudden twist when Jeanne finally
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A Marriage Proposal (sometimes translated as simply The Proposal‚ Russian: Предложение) is a one-act farce by Anton Chekhov‚ written in 1888-1889 and first performed in 1890. It is a fast-paced play of dialogue-based action and situational humour. Characters Stepan Stepanovitch Tschubokov‚ 70 years old‚ a landowner • Natalia Stepanovna‚ his daughter‚ 25 years old • Ivan Vassiliyitch Lomov‚ 35 years old‚ a neighbour of Tschubukov‚ a large and hearty‚ but very suspicious landowner Plot synopsis
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York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/technology/ibm-exploring-new-feats-for-watson.html?ref=artificialintelligence&_r=0 John‚ M. (2013‚ April 4). Essay-grading software offers professors a break. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/science/new-test-for-computers-grading-essays-at-college-level.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=artificialintelligence& Moshe‚ Y. Vardi (2012‚ October). The Atlantic: The consequences of machine intelligence. Retrieved from
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easy to quickly add new friend’s base on what friends the user has as friends on their account. Flash forward to the year early 2000’s‚ MySpace has been fighting legal issues for privacy violations and a new Social Networking Site has been created called Facebook. With so many social networking sites why make Facebook a target? The answer is simple and the most integrated into everyone’s lives is simply the biggest one of them all. A user cannot even go to most sites without the site asking the user
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The Washington Times 8 July 1999: 15. LexisNexis Academic . Academic Universe. W. I. Dykes Lib.‚ University of Houston-Downtown. 20 Feb. 2010 http://www.lexisnexis.com.ezproxy.uhd.edu/hottopics/lnacademic/ Fumento explains that a nonprofit group called Public Agenda and American Geophysical Union (AGU) has reported on public frustration about global warming and other pollutants. This report shows significant decline in many pollutants and about 50% drop on global warming in the mid to late 20th
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Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama From Elizabethan Drama. Janet Spens. London: Metheun & Co. Of the three types of plays recognized in the Shakespeare First Folio -- Comedies‚ Histories‚ and Tragedies -- the last has been the most discussed annd is clearest in outline. 1. Tragedy must end in some tremendous catastrophe involving in Elizabethan practice the death of the principal character. 2. The catastrophe must not be the result of mere accident‚ but must be brought about by some essential
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Revenge of the Pork Person Dave Barry‚ who is a columnist for a newspaper called The Miami Herald‚ wrote this passage. This passage basically talks about how attractive women and men feel they are. The author says that men are convinced that they are extremely attractive even if they have a huge belly or no hair. On the other hand‚ women are never satisfied. Even though they are perfectly fine‚ they dig in to find physical flaws in themselves. There are no significant characters in this excerpt
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