Metonymy

her duty to connect with her father, mother, and sister by replacing them with their clothing. She believes that she can not only express her love for them through this, but also mend all of their troubles. The author Julia Alvarez constantly uses metonymy, (replacing the name of a thing with the name of something else that is associated with it) to help emphasize on the concept of feeling alone. This is understandable depicting that solitude stimulates…

For example something like rain stands for something like sorrow. In the gothic novels, the metonymies for “gloom and doom” all suggest an element of mystery, danger, or the supernatural. Wuthering Heights is a metonymy because often in literature storms are frequently associated with conflict, unhappiness, troublesome times, etc. Thus, the stormy weather is representing what is occurring to Wuthering Heights…

This is because it adds euphony to this passage. This euphony allows the feeling of Clarence and his experience he had during his dream be conveyed effectively to the readers or the audience. This metonymy also gives insight into the character of Clarence. It describes the personality of Clarence because of his word choice. The readers get a sense that Clarence is a very poetic person and his choice of words are very elegant. One of the predominant…

In John F. Kennedy’s “We Choose to go to the Moon”, there are multiple examples of rhetorical devices throughout the speech. These devices include anaphora, metonymy, and parallelism. When Kennedy says, “no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space”, he is used parallelism to emphasize that space is just as dangerous as anything else, but it is our choice to go. Almost everyone supported this risk taking idea, but the way in how he delivered his words was what gained his support…

one all too often. He is sickened by the shear senselessness of it all. The phone rings and he hopes that it is anybody except another mother crying “fix my boy”. It seems to be an endless cycle for this mortician. Patricia Smith uses the metonymy…

“Lines on Childbirth Jane Colman Turell was one of the many astound female poets and writers of her time. Turell, much like Anne Bradstreet, was known for her expression of religion and her wit in resisting conformity of typical behaviors of women (Levine 2012). Because of these characteristics, it is important to study Turell’s word choice and figurative language in her works. In the poem Lines of Childbirth, Turell uses her profound use of words to express the emotional, physical,…

action to something that can’t actually happen Ex: In the book I read the author used many metaphors to help the reader understand how the character is feeling. Metonymy- the use of a word to take the place of the thing meant which allows you to see the bigger picture. Ex: To avoid confusion James used a commonly know metonymy in his speech. Paradox- a statement or situation that is logically unacceptable or self contradictory. Ex: When I traveled into the future, I created a…

speech however, Obama became well known throughout America which was good news for John Kerry, as Obama’s speech was intended to persuade voters to support Kerry as president. Obama uses rhetorical devices such as climax in structure, epistrophe, and metonymy to persuade skeptical voters to vote for John Kerry as their next president. Obama makes his speech more convincing by using climax to split his speech into multiple sections; the first section is used…

assurance that America’s future is strong, and nothing can disrupt this power. Bush attempts to inform people in various countries that the potential of the United States is not affected after such devastating events by means of figurative language, metonymy, and repetition devices. A very influential strategy Bush uses to strengthen his case is the use of metaphors and allusions. He states, “Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the…

Despite her effort, the family members do not respond with the same amount of love from them and often her affections are ignored. Alvarez initially develops the speaker’s action of showing love towards her family members through asserting cheerful metonymy and imagery associated with the speaker’s meticulous ironing of family’s clothing. However, by providing explicit statements that describe the family member’s harsh and empty response and forms that do not exhibit detailed descriptions of how…