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    As the puritans were losing faith and going away from religion in the 1700s, a period known as the great awakening, revivalist hoped to bring them back and show them the right path. In his famous sermon, Sinners in the hands of an angry god, Jonathan Edwards strives to bring to help them gain salvation. Through the use of his acerbic tone, Edwards is able to fully convey multiple rhetorical techniques: repetition, imagery, and metaphor. Edward uses repetition to firmly express his acerbic tone.…

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    After reading Roll of thunder hear my cry I seemed to love the novel better than the film, because it provided more necessary details and had more events. the Logan children went into the shed at school and grabbed Shovels and buckets to build a ditch in the middle of the road to get revenge on the jefferson davis school bus for getting them wet and dirty. Therefor, the kids collect water and make holes in the middle of the road, so when the bus comes by it hits the holes and flips over but in…

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    Futility 1918 Death

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    soldier’s body which has been possessed of life as a woman’s body is possessed of her unborn child , is delivered , as it were ,of life by the bullet that kills him , as the woman might be delivered of her child by abortion. This result in both cases is unnatural death by violent interference with creative processes.(White;1969,61) The Poem Futility 1918 juxtaposes the purposeful endeavour with sterility , man and nature a birth and death ; in attempt to pity the dead solider who laid…

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    Zeus and Jupiter are the king of the gods in Greek mythology and Roman mythology respectively; they protect mankind and help them when called upon. Although they are the king gods, they are also the god of the sky and thunder who uses lightning as their main weapon and used an eagle to retrieve the lightning bolt. Zeus and Jupiter are both married to their sisters Hera and Juno respectively and have many children from different women. Although the names of the gods in Greek mythology differ from…

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    How do volcanoes affect the atmosphere and climate? During an eruption there is often a lot of rain, lighting, and thunder. This happens because all the ash particles that are thrown up into the air are good at collecting water droplets. Another problem is that it forms in a fog or volcanic fog. If the volcanic fog only gets into the troposphere it gets washed away with the rain. Most of the particles that come from volcanoes and go to the atmosphere cool the planet by shading incoming solar…

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    What if you walked into an old abandoned house, and met an interesting old man? In the story, ¨Treasure of Lemon Brown¨ by Walter Dean Myers, he uses dialogue and figurative language to develop characters and character relationships. In the text it states, ¨look into the moon and see anything you want.¨ This dialogue shows that Lemon brown is trying to tell Greg what his boy looked like. I think he is trying to tell that his son was hopeful, young, naive but by doing this he used a hyperbole.…

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    I have gotten through most of my school career and am facing my last few years as a student in high school student. As I am just beginning, I don’t really know what to expect. As it stands, my biggest fear related to high school is failing all of my classes with a zero since it is extremely easy to do this here. This is hard considering at least three of my class grades depend on tests and quizzes, including Algebra, there is almost no hope for me. I am not sure if I can get through these…

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    One of the Romantics' most emphasized feature is Nature. It was not only appreciated for its beauty and scenery but for it's ability to help man find his true identity. Nature is also important in order to give the reader a sense of belonging to the physical place. The use of nature in many scholars opinion is because of the industrial revolution, it made a huge shift in the life of people back then from the serene beautiful country side to the modernized cities, In consequence poets used it to…

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    Kapoor 5 to scrub the blood – stain, a fearful peal of thunder starts and Mrs. Umney falls in a very faint. The ghost angular distance s blood- shot eyes, he vanishes from the time of area, he becomes light, makes a deep God's acre grin, he will hiss, he will frighten with palsy – stricken fingers. writer with…

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    Another character that showed big amounts of courage was Papa or Mr. Logan. In the text roll of thunder hear my cry Mr. Logan (Papa) has shown acts of courage throughout the novel many times. At the beginning of the book, papa brings home Mr. Morrison because of all the burnings and other things. Mr. Morrison was there to protect his family with him being there away from his family because of his job. Another act of courage was Mr. and Mrs. Logan planned to boycott the biggest white store in…

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