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Your mindset is the sum of your knowledge, including beliefs and thoughts about the world and yourself in it. It is your filter for the information you get in and put out. So it determines how you receive and react information. A positive thinking can produce positive attitude and positive attitude leads to positive results. It […]
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Appraise and Apprise are not etymologically related and share no definitions, yet they’re easy to confuse because they sound similar and are both somewhat rare. If you need help remembering them, keep in mind that appraising something often involves praising it (when it is worthy or valuable), and apprise both rhymes with and is similar in meaning
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You ever wonder why some people shed tears unnecessarily? Just cry over little things and trivial issues? Some people are just so soft and emotional that you wonder if they are suffering from depression. Scientists have discovered that being sensitive may have to do with your genes. Over the years, scientists have conduct gene research with the
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An Irony is the use of words or phrases that express a totally different meaning from their literal meanings. Simply put, Irony is to say one thing but to mean something else. Example: Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room. The speaker meant to say: This is the best place to fight
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A cloud is a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals. The droplets are so small and light that they can float in the air. All air contains water, but near the ground it is usually in the form of an invisible gas called water vapor. When warm air rises, it
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Making a career choice can be very difficult but it is not impossible. This is probably what you will do for the rest of your life after obtaining your degree so you have to be careful about it if you don’t want to be in the “I hate my job” category. These are the steps you need
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Oxymoron An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which seemingly contradictory words appear side by side but still involving a point. That is, two opposite words are placed side by side to bring out a point. Examples are act naturally, original copy, conspicuous absence, found missing, alone together, criminal justice, old news, peace force, even odds, awful good,
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Volcanic Eruption A volcano is a mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock below the surface of the earth. When pressure builds up, eruptions occur. Gases and rock shoot up through the opening and spill over or fill the air with lava fragments. Eruptions can cause lateral blasts, lava flows, hot ash
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Firstly, a Figure of Speech is a figurative language in the form of a single word or phrase. It can be a special repetition, arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words e.g Simile, Oxymoron, Metonymy e.t.c. Simile A Simile is
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Tornado A tornado is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of up to 300 mph. They can destroy large buildings, uproot trees and hurl vehicles hundreds of yards. They can also drive straw into trees. Damage
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