...Vivid Memory of My Mother A vivid memory that I have regarding my mother was of her heath concerns. When I was seven years old my mom, brother, sister, and I lived in a small town of Cranston, in the state of Rhode Island, in a three bedroom one bathroom apartment. My mom had long, brown, and wavy hair with light green, but tired eyes. She was a very quiet, soft-spoken, and hardworking woman. When she would smile, I felt that I could do no wrong. One evening after dinner my mom stood on one of the wooden dining room chairs to get something down from one of the shelves in the living room. Before you could blink twice, I heard this loud horrific crashing sound. It sounded as though lightning had struck the ground and carried the vibrations from the floor of the apartment to the bottom of my feet. With wide eyes, I ran to the living room not knowing that the terrifying thundering was the sound of my mom falling hard to the floor. The next thing I knew my mom was shaking vigorously. Frightened, I ran to my bedroom to hide under my bed, crying, and curling into a ball as though that ball-like shape would protect me. My heart was beating like a thousand drums pounding in unison. Next, I remember hearing the faint sound of sirens. As they got closer, the sound screamed through the thin walls of the bedroom. I could hear the brakes squeaking as it came to a stop, doors opening and closing, and feet quickly racing on the thin paper floor...
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...1. What do you think will be your most vivid memory of high school thus far when you are 50? Why? I think that when I am 50 my most vivid memory of high school will be when my friends surprised my twin sister and I on our fifteenth birthday at school. The reason for this is because of all the happiness and gratitude I felt that day as they had decorated lockers for us, gave us many gifts and cards, brought food and made us laugh all day. This may not seem like much, but it meant the world to me. 2. Are you better at taking recall tests (essay, fill-in-the-blank) or recognition tests (multiple choice, matching)? Has this changed since you started school? I am much better at recognition tests rather than recall tests as the key words in recognition tests help to make me remember more about the topic. As it was many...
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...As beautiful and fulfilling as pregnancy is, you’ve gotta admit, it can be a rather nightmarish experience. And, even though it is considered a time of vivid dreams during pregnancy, sometimes, you end up experiencing nightmares during pregnancy? As if a pregnancy isn’t scary enough? Forgive our indignation, but if these scary experiences have kept you awake during the day, don’t panic because you are not alone. Nightmares during pregnancy are quite normal. Read all about it here and soothe those jangling nerves. Bad-Dreams-Nightmares-During-Pregnancy What Are Dreams? Dreams have long mystified humans. Why do we dream? What do our dreams convey to us? Do our dreams have meanings or are these simply ethereal visions just gibberish? We’ve...
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...Vast numbers of stylistic choices present themselves to an author during the writing process. The impact stylistic choices make on a piece can determine the overall effectiveness of the message being conveyed. While choosing an effective device can prove difficult, Nancy Mairs expertly implemented the use of several devices in her piece “The Unmaking of a Scientist,” to amplify the influence a person's style has on their work. Mairs’ use of juxtaposition, through imagery and similes, emphasizes the stark contrast between straightforward scientists and cultivated essayist. Although juxtaposition may seem unnecessary to some readers, the use of juxtaposition in Mairs’ piece allows for the reader to understand the stark contrast between a scientist...
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...In chapter nine of “The Jungle”, we these vivid details when Jurgis and a secondary character “Szedvillas” are describing workers in the meat packing plant. “Of the butchers and floormens, the beef-boners and trimmers, and all those who use knives, you could scarcely find a person who had the use of his thumb; time and time again the base of it had been slashed, till it was a mere lump of flesh against which the man pressed the knife to hold it. The hands of these men would be criss-crossed with cuts, until you could no longer pretend to count them or to trace them. They would have no nails,-they had worn them off pulling hides; their knuckles so swollen so that their fingers spread like a fan. (APL pg. 217)” This is just one the many vivid details in the novel that were able to persuade people about the...
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...Charles Dickens is considered one of the greatest authors of his time. In his well-know classic, A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens uses vivid imagery and strong diction to create suspense. Dickens uses vivid imagery to paint a picture of suspense in the passage. He immediately describes a “steaming mist” followed by a “clammy and intensely cold mist” moving slowly through the air. These phrases set the scene and overall tone of the passage. The mist allows the reader to create a dark and fearful image, drawing out fear and creating suspense in the passage. He also describes the characters as “wrapped to the cheekbones end over the ears.” The cold and dreary weather does call for warmer clothing, but the passengers of the mail coach literally...
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...Heine himself was a minority who had to suffer under an oppressive ruler, and wrote The Lorelei out of personal prejudice he felt against him growing up as a Jewish child in 19th century Prussia. Instead of just coming and saying it, Heine uses vivid imagery to show the discriminatory ideals of Prussia rulers and citizens. Heine would go on to be one of most celebrated German poets of all time. During the Holocaust, his name was removed from his work and replaced with “Unknown Author”. Often times Jews in ghettos or concentration camps would read Heine’s work as a reminder that once, and hopefully once again, Jews can be great artists and rise up from oppression and prejudice. A major takeaway from The Lorelei is don’t judge a...
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...and the vivid remembrance of her childhood. The content of the active poem contradicts its title “Still Memory” by displaying sudden changes of time, the human senses and the breakdown of what Mary’s household looked like before death came over her family all through a nostalgic tone. Through the first 4 stanzas of Mary Karr’s poem “Still Memory” one is given a feeling of what mornings were like at her house through...
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...(NO 2) CASE STUDY 2: BENEFIT SEGMENTATION IN THE ORAL CARE MARKET. 5 PRODUCT VERSION THAT OFFER SIMILAR BENEFITS BY COLGATE. 1. Colgate Total 12 New advanced Colgate Total provides 12-hour protection against bacteria build-up for Superior Oral Health vs regular fluoride toothpaste. Provide 12 hours protection against bacteria build up for superior Oral Health. Fight germs 12 hours and help prevent plague, gum problems, tartar build up, cavities and bad breath. 2. Colgate Advanced White Colgate Advanced White with micro-cleansing crystals is clinically proven to gently polish and effectively whiten your teeth in 14 days. Help to whiter teeth in 14 days, prevent stains from adhering, fight tartar, cavities and palgue and freshens breath. 3. Colgate Triple Action Colgate Triple Action for stronger teeth, whiter teeth and fresher breath. There are three stripes for three way protection, fluride strengthens teeth agains tooth decay, gentle cleaning crystals help remove surface stains and freshens up your whole mouth. 4. Colgate Maximum Cavity Protection Colgate Maximum Cavity Protection with a liquid Calcium and Fluoride formula, gets all around and in-between teeth, even places that toothbrush cant always reach, and gives two times better cavity protection. Help fight cavities, cleans teeth throughly, leaves whole mouth feeling clean, strenghtens teeth, freshens breath and great mint taste. 5. Colgate Optic White™ Colgate® Optic White™ has Whitening Accelerators...
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...9/10/2009 The Sonnets of Robert Frost In the sonnets, Design and Putting in the Seed, by Robert Frost, every word in each poem takes on a powerful meaning enhanced by aspects of poetry such as form, rhyme, imagery, caesura, and metaphor. Both sonnets are very resembling in form, but are a far cry from being similar in meaning, emotion, effect, and essence. Frost soundly blends all of the aspects of poetry in these two sonnets to make them delightfully unique. The first sonnet by Frost, Design, is a very dismal yet captivating poem written in a rhythm of iambic pentameter. The first thing that struck me about this poem was the way Frost hooks the reader with imagery in the first line. “I found a dimpled spider, fat and white”, the vivid description of the spider is eerie and chilling, but very effective. . The rhyme scheme of the octave is ABBAABBA and the rhyme scheme of the sestet CDCCDD. Masculine rhyme is used exclusively in Design. Masculine rhyme added to the ease of reading this poem, which made it easier to identify the meaning of the poem. Frost uses the form of the octave and sestet in the sonnet very effectively. Caesura and enjambment are used in the octave to make it one long run-on sentence. Frost uses the octave to give the reader a visual picture of the spider and graveyard of its web. He uses a metaphor to compare the spider’s web on the flower to a “witches’ broth”. Using imagery, similes, and metaphors, he builds up the octave to conclude the poem in...
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...Summary 1 At the beginning or Part 2 Chapter 1, Tocqueville says that the most vivid affection equality creates is passion for that equality. Then he says equality can be instituted in civil society and not be in power in the political world. He then goes on to say that in different times and in different conditions freedom has embodied itself to men. It is not connected entirely to one social state and one run into it elsewhere than in democracies. For this reason it cannot build the discrete characteristics of democratic centuries. Towards the middle of the chapter Tocqueville says the belongings that freedom brings display themselves only in the long term, and it is forever successful to fail to admit the cause that gives life to them. One sees a continuation from their birthplace each day. The convenience of equality make themselves acknowledgeable from now on. Lastly Tocqueville says that democratic people have a familiar attachment for freedom; left to themselves they chase it, they adore it, and they will see themselves subdivided from it only within affliction. Revised Summary 1 At the beginning or part, 2 chapter 1, Tocqueville says that the most vivid affection equality creates is passion for that equality. In a slight shift he points out that equality can be instituted in civil society and not be in power in the political world. Elaborating on this point he points out that in different times and in different conditions freedom has embodied itself to men...
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...Introduction to Memory Techniques [pic] Use your whole mind to remember. © iStockphoto/Yakobchuk The tools in this section help you to improve your memory. They help you both to remember facts accurately and to remember the structure of information. The tools are split into two sections. Firstly you'll learn the memory techniques themselves. Secondly we'll look at how you can use them in practice to remember peoples names, languages, exam information, and so on. As with other mind tools, the more practice you give yourself with these techniques, the more effectively you will use them. This section contains many of the memory techniques used by stage memory performers. With enough practice and effort, you may be able to have a memory as good. Even if you do not have the time needed to develop this quality of memory, many of the techniques here are useful in everyday life. Mnemonics 'Mnemonic' is another word for memory tool. Mnemonics are techniques for remembering information that is otherwise quite difficult to recall: A very simple example is the '30 days hath September' rhyme for remembering the number of days in each calendar month. The idea behind using mnemonics is to encode difficult-to-remember information in a way that is much easier to remember. Our brains evolved to code and interpret complex stimuli such as images, colors, structures, sounds, smells, tastes, touch, positions, emotions and language. We use these to make sophisticated models of the world...
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...to recognize ethical issues. Using a highly interesting and engaging film will increase the vividness of moral issues; thus, heightening student awareness of ethical issues in the workplace. Vividness of information is its capacity “to attract and hold attention and to excite imagination” (Nisbett & Ross, 1980, p. 45). Information is vivid “to the extent that it is (a) emotionally interesting, (b) concrete and imagery-provoking, and (c) proximate in a sensory, temporal, or spatial way” (Nisbett & Ross, 1980, p. 45). The researchers also maintain that vivid information has more judgmental impact than pallid information. There is some evidence that visual images can enhance retention of learned information (Blanchard & Thacker, 2005; Honeycutt et al, 1993), because visual images are more readily coded symbolically and recalled. The Enron film, with its creative use of popular music, cartoons like the Simpsons, news clips, and candid interviews, is emotionally interesting, imagery-provoking, and proximate in a sensory way. We hypothesize that the film will attract and hold the attention of students more substantially than less vivid methods of conveying information like, for example, lecturing. Increased attention should lead to increased awareness of ethical issues. Increased awareness of ethical issues will in turn result in a change in...
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...In Animal Farm, Orwell also uses connotative meaning. For example, Animal farm’s main connection to the outside world is a man named Whymper. Observe that Whymper sounds similar to whimper. This shows that Orwell is trying to imply that this man is weak and possibly untrustworthy due to the fact that his name is “coincidentally” akin to whimper. Another style of writing that the Author uses is vivid imagery. When Mr. Jones hears the animals shout The Beasts of England repeatedly from the barn, and fires shots into the barn, thinking that a fox had gotten in, is an example of a vivid image “He seized the gun which always stood in a corner of his bedroom, and let fly a number 6 shot into the darkness. The pellets buried themselves in the wall of the barn and the meeting broke up hurriedly. Everyone fled to his own sleeping-place. The birds jumped on to their perches, the animals settled down in the straw, and the whole farm was asleep in a moment” (34). This is an example of vivid imagery because his superb use of pictorial...
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...In Cold Blood Imagine an old long lost forgotten town. This is Holcomb. Holcomb is a quiet little town in the book In Cold Blood. Truman Capote the author of In Cold Blood describes the town with imagery words and decent diction. Capote captivates you with examples of imagery like “rawhide jacket”, “ramshackle mansion” with doing so he paints a vivid image of the town. Capote makes you feel as if you are in the town of Holcomb. From this vivid detail to words you can pick up that Holcomb is flat, dry, and very small. Capote tells us that it’s “on the high wheat plains.” You really can tell what kind of people live there when he writes words like “narrow frontier trousers, high-heeled boots.” From this story you can tell that they care...
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