Figures of Speech 1. Alliteration - The repetition of an initial consonant sound. 2. Allusion - Figure of speech that makes a reference to or representation of‚ a place‚ event‚ literary work‚ myth‚ or work of art‚ either directly or by implication. 3. Antithesis - The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. 4. Apostrophe - Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing‚ some abstract quality‚ an inanimate object‚ or a nonexistent character.
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Unit 5 Assignment 1: Implementing Comprehensive Human Resources Risk Management Plan Human Resources Risk Mitigation: Objective • Human resources policies and practices should reduce the human risk factors in information technology (IT) security and information access controls. Decrease the risk of theft‚ fraud or misuse of information facilities by employees‚ contractors and third-party users. Scope • the organization’s human resources policies‚ taken as a whole‚ should extend to all the persons
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Figure of speech A figure of speech is the use of a word or words diverging from its usual meaning. It can also be a special repetition‚ arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning‚ or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it‚ as in idiom‚ metaphor‚ simile‚ hyperbole‚ or personification. Figures of speech often provide emphasis‚ freshness of expression‚ or clarity. However‚ clarity may also suffer from their use‚ as any figure of speech introduces
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FIGURE OF SPEECH : A mode of expression in which words are used out of their literal meaning or out of their ordinary use in order to add beauty or emotional intensity or to transfer the poet’s sense impressions by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning familiar to the reader. Some important figures of speech are: simile‚ metaphor‚ personification‚ hyperbole and symbol. Adjunction: Adjunction refers to a clause or a phrase‚ usually a verb‚ that is added at the beginning
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Votive Statues o Where: Eshnunna ( modern Tell Asmar‚ Iraq); The Square Temple. o When: c. 2900-2600 BCE. o Votive figures were made as an act of worship to the gods and placed in a shrine before the image of the god. o Writing on the back or bottom state who the statue represents and what they are praying for‚ although a common phrase found on them states "One who offers prayers". o Made of limestone‚ alabaster‚ and gypsum. o Cuneiform text show
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Catherine Tennison Humanities DC A3 Venus Figures Venus figures have been found in various places of the world‚ at different time periods. This implies that all cultures shared a common belief or a common thought of women and their bodies. The Venus figures are most popularly known to represent fertility. These figurines were typically made from soft stone (steatite‚ calcite or limestone)‚ bone‚ ivory‚ wood‚ or ceramic clays. The similarity of each Venus figurine from each time period shows
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for the things in the Reckoning with Mestizaje gallery‚ I decided that the item that most correctly represents the term mestizaje would be the Zemi figure. A zemi is defined as being a deified ancestor revered in the Caribbean. Zemis were among the first indigenous objects collected by Europeans in the New World and sent back as curiosities. The figures originated in the Caribbean and were even prevalent in the lives of the Native peoples well before the Spanish conquest. When the Spaniards arrived
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Clinical Guidelines Introduction This assignment is focused on a schizophrenia clinical guideline. According to NICE (2009) Clinical guidelines are “recommendations on the appropriate treatment and care of people with specific diseases and conditions within the NHS in England and Wales”. Clinical guidelines are based on the best available evidence. Guidelines help healthcare professionals in their work‚ but they do not replace their knowledge and skills. The chosen guideline is called core interventions
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A public figure will always be judged no matter what they do. If they do good public will think highly and good of them but if they do something that is immoral or bad they will be condemned. When a public figure often does charity work and help other people‚ some might think that they are giving back to the community whereas some might think that they are trying to get famous. Nobody should be judged on what they do‚ sometimes its all just circumstances that we cant avoid. Private life and
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Identification The importance of various Roman figures and influences have defined its longevity and success of still remaining in people’s heart. Cicero was an excellent orator and his speeches remained famous for the skill in using the arguments and figures of speech. Even today they are considered wonderful pieces of classical Latin. The quality and ready accessibility of Ciceronian texts favored very wide distribution and inclusion in teaching curricula. This influence increased after the
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