Literary Devices are the peculiar structures used by writers in their works in order to convey their messages in a simple manner to the readers.The various literary devices used in English Literature areAlliteration, Analogy, Allegory, Anaphora, Metaphor, Simile, Aphorism, Oxymoron, Onomatopoeia, Eulogy, Elegy, and others.Alliteration: It is the device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.Example- He had a haunting hat.Analogy: It is the comparison of an idea or a thing with another. Metaphors and similes are used to draw analogies. A metaphor is an implied comparison while a ... Read More

In rhetorics, a rhetorical device is called a stylistic device too. It is a technique a speaker uses to convey to the listener in order to persuade him. It is also used by authors or writer in order to persuade them in considering a topic from a different perspective. It may involve using sentences designed to provoke emotions.English Literature and Rhetorics uses many Rhetorical devices. They are namely: Irony, metaphor, ethos, pathos, logos, various sonic devices like Onomatopoeia.IronyIt refers to the use of words where the meaning is opposite to their usual meaning or what is expected to happen.It is ... Read More

Simulation and EmulationEmulation is the process of the replica of the visible behavior in order to match the existing target. The inner state of this mechanism does not need to reflect the internal state of the target precisely. The emulator is used in order to emulate.Simulation, in fact, involves modeling the inner state of the target to which stimulation is done. The end result of a noble simulation is that this mechanism will emulate the target that it is simulating. A simulator does this process.Except for the actual definition, the other points of difference between the Simulator and an Emulator ... Read More

Home is where the heart is! And one feels like calling a house as a home if the home is well decorated or is made attractive using flowers or fragrances that please the senses. But, gone are the days when only flowers or bonsai plants could decorate home. The latest trend is the use of electronic devices for home decor.Some of them areClocks: Clocks were used earlier just to note the time. But, these have actually become a luxury symbol now. Not only the brand makes it look costly, but also the design. The other day, I went to a ... Read More

There are various trees used for furniture, depending on their desired characteristics. For example, in order to get the durable material, some particular type of wood is used, while in order to get a luster and shine in the product, a different wood is used.Different Trees Used for FurnitureOak Trees: These trees are famous for hard-grade wood red, or white color. Its property of absorbing any color is evident from the fact that it has large annual rings inside.Maple Trees: The good thing about Maple is that it is less expensive than most of the alternatives of the same hardness ... Read More

'India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters.' This is the oath we used to take every day when we were in school. This pledge and many more books and texts remind us of our moral and legal responsibilities. Our nation is our motherland. It never asks anything in return from us as it is our motherland and a mother is selfless in giving.Even if the nation does not expect anything from us, we hold an obligation ourselves.The first and foremost responsibility we have towards our country is to respect not only the land where we ... Read More

India is a country which offers good education with a large number of professional and non-professional courses. However, any course one takes up must depend on two factors- How much passionate one is about that course and how much scope does that course offer in terms of future job opportunities especially.Technical Courses Offering a Promising FutureB.Tech: An acronym for Bachelors in Technology, this is probably one of the most widely chosen courses in India. The reason being it lands the candidate into a four-year program which will eventually turn him/her into an engineer. Now, we all know how much significance ... Read More

BPO stands for Business Process Outsourcing. This is a great career option for freshers, whether they are technical or nontechnical students. Here a company or a country delegates or employs people to get non-core work done by experts from other companies or other countries. BPO outsourcing can be two types.Back office outsourcing: Herein the jobs are offsite and entail dealing mainly with customer care, data processing, accounting, finance or other technical work. This is a non-voice based BPO category.Front office outsourcing: Here the job is front office service oriented. The nature of the job is to provide customer related services ... Read More

An idiom is a wise saying with an underlying meaning that packs a punch with societal principles and cultural values packed into it. An idiom is a combination of words that have a figurative meaning yet express an idea with it. It is a word or phrase that is understood differently but actually means different from what it denotes.The dictionary meaning of the words or phrases used in idioms is different from the contextual meaning that is denoted by idioms when used in speech. The meaning is contextual, informal and culturally understood.There are thousands of idioms used in the English ... Read More

Zero (0) is used as a number and also as the numerical digit. Zero gives the additive identity of the integers, real numbers, and many algebraic structures. It is used as a placeholder for writing numbers.Natural numbers start from 1, then 2 and so on. We cannot count backward with them. Integers, on the other hand, allows us to count backward. Zero winds up being a good choice for the number that should come after 1 as we count backward. Integers can go in both directions, to a positive infinity and also in the reverse direction to a negative infinity. ... Read More