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AP English Language: Conforming To The Passage 4 Views


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Conforming...ideal (line 26) is an example of


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All right people Next up ap england here we have

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line twenty six is an example of what from conforming

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to ideals Let's just cruise line twenty six and read

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this puppy Here we go Husbands were advised to keep

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up with the joneses by conforming to the clean cut

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clean shaven corporate ideal If they ever hope to fit

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in and do well well let's take a close look

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at line twenty six conforming to the clean cut clean

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shaven corporate ideal Well probably not a coincidence that most

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of those words start with a c It's a case

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of alliteration or the repetition of words beginning with the

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same letter and a fora requires the repetition of a

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word or group of words at the beginnings of phrases

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for emphasis so we can get rid of a accidents

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is not a name for a congressman It implies a

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vowel rhyme like time and light or high and kite

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So give it to be Ambiguity just means an unclear

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meaning And an aphorism is a proverb like stuff he

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stop in Gandhi would say like the early bird catches

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the worm eh So get rid of the right answer

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here It's e alliteration I'll pick up that garbage That's 00:01:10.809 --> [endTime] not alliteration Come on guys

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