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    metaphor, juxtaposition, and point of view to describe the writing process in comparison of building a house, which shows that Oliver sees poetry as something that involves mental labor which is a different challenge than physical labor . Through the use of extended metaphor, Mary Oliver is allowed to express both the mentality and physicality when writing a poem, which is able to show the differences and similarities by comparison. The extended metaphor works to compare the process of writing poetry to

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    Angela Huang ENG 101 Essay 4 – First Draft [Consider developing your introduction with relevant background information about adolescents use of social media. What would useful for your audience to know?] Social media – something we all use in excessive amounts without realizing that we are using it or how much we are using it. When most people think of social media, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram are probably the first platforms that come to mind. They are fun and an extremely easy way

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    test. In that moment, I found myself comparing our differences, I work hard for my grades. I study and work my butt off then there's those people that don't do anything in class but are the first ones to complain. The book recognized this as Social Comparison: “Evaluating ourselves in terms of how we compare with others.”(Page 66) Throughout the rest of my day, I noticed I compare myself to a lot of different people without even noticing. Like when I was driving home I saw all these people texting and

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    Relationships, Comparisons, Assumptions, and What Lies Beneath As time passes in a relationship, it is inevitable that confrontations are bound to occur. Whether small disagreements created from minor issues, to mediocre arguments based on daily matters, to serious incidents that can reflect relationship taboos, it is a couple’s perception and understanding of each other that can strengthen or weaken their union. The poem “How It Will End” by Denise Duhamel portrays two couples involved in similar

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    comparing ourselves to others. While comparison motivates us to learn good qualities, pursue a brighter future and own a grateful hearts, it also has an adverse effect when we compare our true inner selves to the pictures of perfect life created by others on social media. To begin with, Amanda Chan’s article “How To Keep Jealousy And Envy From Ruining Your Life” serves as a foundation which introduces both positive and negative sides of comparison. On the one hand, comparison makes us more likely to be occupied

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    As Confidence is generally described as a state of being certain either that a hypothesis or prediction is correct or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective. Or as Self-confidence is defined as having confidence in one's self. More than a million people in the United States suffer with Obsessive Comparative Disorder, which will lead to anxiety, and Depression. As these forms of lack of confidence drags people down into the abyss only showing them in the darkness. While millions

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    Machiavelli And Love

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    instilled a healthy fear in his army and, as a result, has remained victorious and united in the face of war. By using these techniques, he effectively argues that the impacts of being feared are far better than those of being loved. This method of comparison is different from Nietzsche’s because Machiavelli assumes the definitions of his terms and goes right ahead to showing causes and effects of love and fear. Nietzsche

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    Comparison of Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth and London by William Blake Throughout the coursework I will refer to William Wordsworth as Wordsworth and William Blake as Blake. The poems of Wordsworth and Blake are both about London however, Wordsworth’s poem was written when he came to visit London whereas Blake lived in London. Wordsworth’s poem is about the finery of London one can see this as he writes in line 1; “Earth has not anything to show

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    Romantic poetry, both “The World Is Too Much With Us” by William Wordsworth and “To Wordsworth” by Percy Bysshe Shelley convey a similar message of loss and death. However, Wordsworth focuses on the loss of connection between human beings and nature. Shelley, on the other hand, directs his poem to Wordsworth himself and focuses on the symbolic death of Wordsworth’s poetic style. For instance, in “The World Is Too Much With Us”, Wordsworth personifies the sea and winds by saying that “she (the sea) [used

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    Sleeping softly, many dream of their loves, world peace, and life after death. These things, while at the center of the dreams of many, are often compared to the grandest things in life. The allusion in the poems “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, “Peace” by George Herbert, and “Hymn to God, My God, In My Sickness” by John Donne most accurately craft the author’s purpose of the need for love, peace, and acceptance from God. Since Andrew Marvell bases his poem, To His Coy Mistress, around his

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