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    Complete destruction is a short poem written by William Carlos Williams. Williams is a famous poet known for his imagism and modernism. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book of poems in 1963. Williams originally went to college to become a family doctor‚ later he obviously switched his career path to become a writer. William Carlos Williams often wrote uncanny poems. If I were to ask him a question‚ I would ask him what situations in his life inspired him to write some of his weirder poems. One can

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    Taiwan‚ undertake basic R&D in California and Switzerland‚ design products in Ireland‚ and coordinate marketing and operations from California?Comparative advantage‚ as proposed by Ricardo‚ says that it is beneficial for nations to involve in trade even when there is absolute advantage for them to produce all the goods. So nations will invest a major portion of their resources toproduce what they can produce with advantage. This theory is being applied to the case in the following way.China: It is cost

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    Stylistic Devices

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    Simile - a kind of comparison in which two things are com¬pared be¬cause they have something in common though they are in all other respects different. The imagina¬tive compa¬rison is explicitly made with the help of like or as. She walks like an angel. / I wandered lonely as a cloud. This simile suggests /implies / illustrates that ... Metaphor - a comparison between two things which are basically quite different without using the words like or as. While a simile only says that one thing is

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    In Memory of WB Yeats‚ discussing how far you find it characteristic of other WH Auden’s poems you have studied W.H Auden’s “In Memory of W.B Yeats” is an elegy to commemorate the life and death of a great poet‚ W.B Yeats. However‚ Auden adds another dimension to the poem by incorporating political references significant during the age of oppression and turmoil of the impending war and the extent of effectiveness of poetry at any point in time. In this poem‚ he utilizes techniques and themes commonly

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    William Faulkner

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    William Faulkner encouraged the graduating class at Oxford that they would have to overcome their fears and stand up for what they believe in. Faulkner organizes his speech by telling the class their faults and weaknesses. Towards the end of his speech he explains to them how they can overcome their fears and change the world. William Faulkner’s purpose of his speech was to encourage young minds all over the world to overcome their fear of certain things that kept them from living up to their potential

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    on the skin are worthless without it. “Last Night”‚ written by Sharon Olds‚ is a perfect reflection of how being in love has a profound effect when in relation to intimacy. Olds compares her experience while being in love‚ to her experience when her feelings for her partner are neutral. Throughout this piece Olds conveys her message with the use of similes‚ repetition‚ imagery‚ and hyperbole. Olds included a variety of devices to convey her message‚ one way was through the use of similes. At the

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    Dramatic Literacy Devices

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    Dramatic Literacy Devices Allegory
A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning. Allegory often takes the form of a story in which the characters represent moral qualities. The most famous example in English is John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress‚ in which the name of the central character‚ Pilgrim‚ epitomizes the book’s allegorical nature. Kay Boyle’s story "Astronomer’s Wife" and Christina Rossetti’s poem "Up-Hill" both contain allegorical elements. Catastrophe
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    William Faulkner William Faulkner was an enormous man in literature despite the fact that he stood less than five foot six. He reshaped the way in which the world views literature today. Faulkner was one of the greatest influences to American culture of his time. In fact‚ his influence spread throughout many years to come. Faulkner started out as a child with a dream‚ and with this dream he redefined the literary society of America. William Cuthbert Faulkner was born on September 25‚ 1897‚

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    Old Timer

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    My definition of "old-timer" would be someone in their 70s.80s.  So I would take the age at which Mr. Old Timer was raising his children‚ which was apparently when he would have been at the age to determine respectfulness of his own children.  Let ’s say 25 years old.  That generation would have had multiple children by then.  If he was born in 1940‚ he would have been 25 years old in 1965.  I would take data from his geographic area from the years 1965 and 2010.  Each group would have 20 people

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    Head: THE LITERARY SCRAPBOOK: ASSIGNMENT 8.2 The Literary Scrapbook Assignment 8.2: Course Project ENG102: English Literature Dr. Cornell Ashley M. Pacheco Jones International University October 29‚ 2011 Pacheco 2 Introductory Essay for the Literature Scrapbook My journey through English Literature comes many thoughts and questions on the knowledge behind the writing. What is English Literature? English Literature was first produced in England from the introduction of Old English

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