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    False Memory Study

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    effects of repetition on age, and time pressure on false memory. Two experiments were performed. In the first experiment researchers predicted that the effect of repetition would differ in outcome between young and elderly participants. Between younger and older participants, younger participants will show a decrease in false memory while it might increase for older participants. This study involved two different age groups, three different word types, and two categories of repetition. 31…

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    twin brothers took it upon themselves to regain their sister’s and families honor by killing the man that “took” their family honor. Marquez uses repetition of motifs throughout the text to amplify the tone and overall theme of the story. In the scene that contains this quote, Marquez displays symbolism in many ways throughout the story, his use of repetition with symbolism is what he uses to his advantage. Santiago…

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    madrigali [The Sixth Book of Madrigals], 1614; text by Francesco Petrarch, Canzoniere, sonnet no. 267). This madrigal can be seen as a piece that works as a coherent piece of music. This is madrigal works as a coherent piece of music with the help of repetition of motives in the madrigal, the divisions of the madrigal add to the whole piece to unify it, and relationship between the music Monteverdi and the sonnet Petrarch wrote. These three main reasons prove that when a composer wants to…

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    leader of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, articulates that their convictions are wrong. In his response letter, King argues that nonviolent resistance promotes peace, and by using many rhetorical devices but mainly allusions and repetition and imagery, he eloquently justifies that his demonstrations advance camaraderie in the community and a lack of them leads to disparity. One of Dr. King’s rhetorical methods of encouraging peace in his community is his exemplary…

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    create a better understanding for the audience by explaining often misunderstood concepts. When analyzing, intricate concepts are broken down into simpler terms then reorganized in a way that is easily understood. A commonly used device, known as repetition, encourages readers to re-evaluate their previous thoughts and feelings about certain events or characteristics, and how important they truly are. Published in 1844 a well-known poem, tells the details of a narrator’s perspective of the…

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    because thing we're getting really rough for him, but he preservers and decides to keep going. This poem uses literary devices such as repetition and verbal irony. In Langston Hughes poem life is fine he highlights repetition and verbal irony to get his point across. Hughes uses repetition in a way to give us an image of what he wants us to know. He uses repetition a lot in this poem mostly at the end…

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    book, To Kill a Mockingbird , creates suspense in the mind of readers through uncertainty. Lee fashions suspense countless times by using numerous techniques. To generate suspense, the author uses vivid imagery. Repetition is also often used to produce suspense. Applying imagery and repetition to her story, Harper Lee increases suspense. When reading vivid imagery, readers realize the powerful suspense that is created. During To Kill a Mockingbird , Jem, Dill, and Scout try to sneak into the…

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    Beach Sand Poem Analysis

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    that encourage the readers to imagine it with him. Fosses uses repetition, rhyme, and figurative languages as poetic devices to helps readers in imagining the scene and gradually understand the beauty of nature through what he saw on the beach. First of all, to help readers recognize the beauty of nature, he uses repetition in several significant point of the poem. According to Haruki Murakami, noted in brainpicking.com, a repetition is a form of words/phrases that could catch the attention of…

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    Speech to the Democratic National Convention, in 1976” made Barbara Jordan the first African-American woman to deliver the keynote address at a Democratic National Convention. During Barbara Jordan's speech the listener can hear the accent, pace and repetition Barbara Jordan uses, while the reader can not. Reading a speech is different from listening to a speech because when listening one can…

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    strong. Telemachus for instance, is almost ordered by Athena to go on a journey in order to seek information about his father. His departure would turn the little boy who had no control over the suitors into a man, the son of the great Odysseus. The repetition of these scene clusters helps to remind the audience of the tradition prevailing during that era. Since this Homeric poem is a fictional poem, we are put into the context and the culture in…

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