ORATORS OFOLD USED METAPHORS, SIMILES, AND ANALOGIES TO PERSUADE THEIR LISTENERS AND TOGET A POINT ACROSS. THESE DAYS, WE HAVE THE INTERNET MEME AND INFOGRAPHIC TOEXPLAIN COMPLEX IDEAS THROUGH A SIMPLE AND OFTEN HUMOROUS IMAGE. NICE ONES I’LL ADDSOME MORE: A MEXICAN CORPORATION: YOU HAVE 2 COWS. DRUG CARTEL TAKES 1GOVERNMENT CLAIMS 2 YOU END UP IN BANKRUPTCY AND MAYBE MURDERED. IRAQI CORPORATION: EVERYONE THINKS YOU HAVE LOTS OF COWS. YOU TELL THEM THAT YOU HAVENONE. NO-ONE BELIEVES YOU, SO THEY BOMB THE **** OUT OF YOU AND INVADEYOUR COUNTRY. YOU STILL HAVE NO COWS, BUT AT LEAST NOW YOU ARE PART OF ADEMOCRACY.. A GREEK CORPORATION: YOU HAVE TWO COWS BUT YOU DON'T OWN THEM AS THEY WERE BOUGHT ONCREDIT.
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