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... things — are another way to enliven descrip- tive writing . Similes use the words like or as when comparing ; metaphors state or imply that two things being compared are alike ; and personification attributes human characteristics to ...
... things — are another way to enliven descrip- tive writing . Similes use the words like or as when comparing ; metaphors state or imply that two things being compared are alike ; and personification attributes human characteristics to ...
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... things , deal- ing with the complications they create , and work- ing madly to buy more things or pay for the things we already have . We devote a great deal of our lives to acquiring the material goods we imagine are essential to our 1 ...
... things , deal- ing with the complications they create , and work- ing madly to buy more things or pay for the things we already have . We devote a great deal of our lives to acquiring the material goods we imagine are essential to our 1 ...
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... things about which blacks make this 12 assumption are things that do not contribute to their career suc- cess - except for that handful of the truly gifted who can make it as entertainers and athletes . And many of the things we concede ...
... things about which blacks make this 12 assumption are things that do not contribute to their career suc- cess - except for that handful of the truly gifted who can make it as entertainers and athletes . And many of the things we concede ...
Contents
Ellen Goodman FAMILY COUNTERCULTURE | 6 |
THE WRITING PROCESS | 13 |
MEANING IN LIFE | 60 |
Copyright | |
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