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Conforming...ideal (line 26) is an example of
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- 00:05
All right people Next up ap england here we have
- 00:08
line twenty six is an example of what from conforming
- 00:12
to ideals Let's just cruise line twenty six and read
- 00:17
this puppy Here we go Husbands were advised to keep
- 00:20
up with the joneses by conforming to the clean cut
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- 00:23
clean shaven corporate ideal If they ever hope to fit
- 00:26
in and do well well let's take a close look
- 00:29
at line twenty six conforming to the clean cut clean
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shaven corporate ideal Well probably not a coincidence that most
- 00:35
of those words start with a c It's a case
- 00:37
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
- 00:49
is not a name for a congressman It implies a
- 00:51
vowel rhyme like time and light or high and kite
- 00:55
So give it to be Ambiguity just means an unclear
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meaning And an aphorism is a proverb like stuff he
- 01:01
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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