Liberty's School Motto Knowledge Aflame

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A metaphor is a word or phrase that describes an object, which content cannot be taken literal. An example of a metaphor is Liberty’s school motto, “Knowledge Aflame”. The school is not going to actually set knowledge on fire. The phrase represents the faculty’s goal is to spark an interest in education and learning among their students. Liberty University wants to provide the best education to its students and in return expects the attending and future students to come to be educationally hungry. The motto represents a “fire” of knowledge, a burning desire to learn more and to glorify God throughout the process of learning (LU, 2015).
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Language is a technique of communication, written or spoken, verbal or nonverbal and also a system of communication that involves the tools used to speak to one another. Although Liberty University is based in the United States of America, it has 900 international students enrolled in both the online and residential to accommodate students around the world. The primary language of the school is English but there is a chance that if you are walking around on campus you may meet someone who’s native tongue is from another country. The university has many forms of communication that it uses to keep in contact with students and faculty. Liberty University utilizes the use of school email, airmail, and social media. For the online
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It has grown into the nations fifth largest university with 95,000 students as of today and it is the biggest and the largest Christian university in the world. The school’s purpose and mission has always been to education young men and women in not only their choice of career field but from a Christian perspective. Liberty University has become a part of thousands of students’ own personal stories and continues to play an important role in their lives (LU,

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