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    Source: A. Stein & Company‚ Postcard Paris Garters No Sox Appeal Collectable Advertising Memorabilia‚ 1928 Source: Roy S. Durstine‚ “Making Advertisements: And Making Them Pay‚” 1920. Source: The Butterick Publishing Co.‚ “Butterick Good Will Advertisements‚” 1922. Source: Will Rogers‚ “The Twenties In Contemporary Comment ary‚” 1929-1931. "Advertising in the 1920s‚" EyeWitness to History‚ www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2000). Source: Jakle‚ J.A.‚ City Lights: Illuminating the American Night

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    Ben Benmore How does Dickens present childhood in "Great Expectations"? In Victorian times‚ children had a very suppressive upbringing; "spare the rod and spoil the child" was a common motto. Children were treated poorly and unfairly‚ they were expected to be seen and not heard. In "Great Expectations"‚ Pip is treated very harshly by his sister‚ Mrs Joe‚ "...she had brought me up by hand...and knowing her to have a hard and heavy hand". This shows that Pip is hit by Mrs Joe‚ the use of the adjectives

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    The different tones of the two excerpts emphasize both authors’ reasons to address grammar snobs. In accordance to Emma‚ I also enjoyed the second article’s mocking tone and its utilization of humor‚ overall making it a more informal article. Casagrande’s point that everyone is susceptible to grammar misusage (“all grammar bullies get their comeuppance”) shows her disdain towards the e-mails from sanctimonious readers who sought pleasure from discrediting her own grammar. Casagrande mocks the pretentious

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    Title: A Snitch in the Snob Squad Author: Julie Anne Peters Characters: Jenny Solano‚ Kevin Rooney‚ Lydia‚ Max‚ Prairie‚ Ashley Krupps‚ Mrs. Jonas and Ms Milner Introduction: Jenny‚ Max‚ Lydia and Prairie were friends and formed a group called the Snob Squad. A thief in Jenny’s middle school had been stealing Mrs. Jonas and Ms Milner’s money. They wanted to find out who was the culprit of the thefts. They suspected Max‚ Kevin Rooney and Ashley Krupps. Max suddenly came to school in new expensive

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    Upon first read‚ Craig Raine’s "A Martian Sends A Postcard Home"‚ that was written in 1979‚ may seem to be a poem about random happenings on Earth. However‚ while reading the poem in depth and interpreting the poem it can be read as a Martian that was unfamiliar with Earth and its culture. This poem is filled with metaphors. In Craig Raine’s poem "A Martian Sends A Postcard Home" the very literal in essence it is a Martian writing to his people back home. The theme of difference is represented by

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    In "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home‚" Craig Raine uses many metaphors to describe what a Martian would see if he came to earth. In the first stanza Raine uses metaphors to describe what a Martian may think a book looks like. Raine makes reference to William Caxton‚ who was the first to print books in England‚ in the first stanza; "Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings / and some are treasured for their markings. A book would resemble a bird when opened‚ the wings being the many pages‚ and

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    TITLE 1 (ORIGINAL): The Seductive Power of Velvet Postcards TITLE 2: Experience The Seductive Power of Velvet Laminated Postcards Printing Want a fresh and charming look for your print marketing efforts? Look no further than 4OVER4’s velvet laminated postcards printing! Create both a visual and tactile journey of the senses that advertise your latest products and offerings with our coveted line of special postcards. The seductive texture will entice and spark interest in your prospects at once

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    "alien" point of view. Marxist theories aid in the interpretation of this poem in that Raine suggests that the printing presses rule the world- or at least its censorship. Freudian literary theories also come in useful when analysing "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" especially with the last two stanzas being about the metaphysical world of dreams. Raine ’s unusual world hypothetically assumes a future state‚ where Martians do exist to the extent that they have landed on Earth and are able to have mail

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    Joe Quinn Ms. Sandy Rankin February 12‚ 2013 Point of view paper Essay 1- “A Martian Sends a Postcard Home” Prison is a very dark and desolate place that presents the feeling of being trapped. Chris Rain in his poem “A Martian Sends a Postcard Home” talks literally about how a Martian is confused about everything on Earth. Raine’s dad was a former boxer and then became a bomb armorer for the British army‚ so maybe somehow Raine was exposed to prisoners of war and some kind of prison at some

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    Peter Skrzynecki’s poems "Feliks Skrzynecki" and "Postcard" both explore complex idea about belonging. Both poems suggest that belonging comes from a connection to place and people‚ people can choose to belong and that belonging can be modified over time. Feliks in Peter Skzynecki’s poem "Feliks Skzynecki" feels a close connection to places and people. He is described at the beginning of the poem as loving "his garden like an only child"‚ sweeping "its paths/ Ten times around the world." The simile

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