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    Use of Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado” Set in the gloomy, damp catacombs of the Montresor home, “The Cask of Amontillado” is anything but a pleasant tale of friends conversing over wine, yet the humor added by irony would suggest otherwise. Irony is used in everyday language when someone says something the exact opposite way they mean it. This short story displays the complex way irony can be used to further the plot of a story by adding twists in the plot the audience did not see coming. Edgar

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    Why Poe Died of Cooping Edgar Allan Poe’s death was caused by the infamous act of cooping. He was found outside of a bar during voting time; delirious and dressed in second hand-clothes, he was later sent to Washington College Hospital to be taken care of. This theory is the most plausible because it explains why he was drugged, how they found him in other people’s clothes, and the reason why he was a victim of cooping. “Others believe that Poe fell victim to a practice known as cooping “… an unsuspecting

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    USA Service Leads LLC. dba. 24 Hr Motorcycle Towing is a nationwide referral service offering professional quality roadside services in Charlotte, NC. We tow all makes and models, change tires, jumpstart cars and unlock vehicles 24 hours 7 days a week, such as motorcycles, cars, rv's, suv's, box trucks and medium sized vans at cheap rates. Local Motorcycle Towing: Are your facing an emergency breakdown on the side of the road, stuck in the mud or snow or an accident just happened. Relax and call

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    The article was about one of the most brought up topics recently in cars. Which is the evolution of cars in which they are programed to be able to operate themselves. Or As the article suggested driverless cars. The article fist started with the introduction asking questions about the drivers and how they can get distracted easily. For example one question asked “Might the driver choose to speed up as he approaches a yellow light at an intersection, in order to avoid stopping short when the red light

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    3 Reasons Why Google Self-Driving Cars are Our Future Google has dipped their hands into anything that you can imagine, and self-driving cars is no exception. The future of automobiles is autonomous driving, and that is something that everyone needs to realize. Many companies have started to work with this kind of technology, and Google has as well. FIRST REASON Google is going to make self-driving cars the future, and one of the biggest reasons is because they have already started. A couple of

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    Dreaming about the realistic probability of a self-driving car is certainly fun to think about. However, like all at is fun in America, the stuffy, tediously boring throngs of beaurocracy are here to ruin it. Unfortunately, they are right. We do need some discipline. While Google and Apple dance about filling our heads will idealistic visions of the future, we often forget the semantics of such an endeavor. GOOGLE AI CARS ARE MORE THAN JUST A CAR According to U.S federal transport safety regulator

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    The first thing you think of whenever you are looking for a car or buying a car is if its safe. Safety is an important part when driving a vehicle of any kind. If I were to build my own car I would make sure the car is safe in all categories. First off, I would build in an automatic speed limit reader that keeps the car within the speed limit.Next, I would also build in a better seat belt. One that is easier to adjust at the top but also at the bottom near your stomach. Lastly, I would build a better

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    I am going to compare and contrast two stories I read. The stories are titled “Cat and Rat:The Legend of the Chinese Zodiacs” and “How Cats and Mice Became Enemies”. These stories are both legends. They both have many similarities and differences. In this paragraph I am going to compare the two stories. One is that in both stories the cat and mouse/rat started as best friends and ended as enemies. Also the mouse/rat cheated and had negative character traits in the stories. The cat got angry because

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    Tips For Maintaining Your Car’s Tires And Identifying When Replacement Is Needed Many drivers do not even think about their car’s tires until there is a major problem. The truth is that poorly maintained tires can affect the performance of your car and potentially put you and your passengers in danger. For example, having your tires underinflated by 25% can cause tire failure to occur. Her is how you can maintain your car’s tires along with signs of when it is time to replace them. Maintenance Air

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    What if the cars we drive, drive themselves? The driverless cars have history from the 1970s. Although driverless cars are not on the roads yet, many companies have already installed self-driving features. New laws will have to be established in order for driverless cars to be on the road by 2018. Driverless cars were thought of in the 1970s but were never fully researched and developed. Multiple experiments have been conducted on driverless cars since the 1920s; trials took place in the 1950s

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