Synecdoche

figurative devise that is employed to further establish the overwhelming silence is the use of a simile when comparing the stillness between the “heaves of storm” which would be relatively silent compared to the raging storm. The author also uses synecdoche to suggest that this person is not dying without care, there were evidently mourning in the room who eyes were “wrung dry” who are gathering for the speaker’s last breath. The speaker…

Michelle Williams and daughter Matilda Ledger were spotted at Broadway's "Finding Neverland" on September 27. The show "Finding Neverland" is a musical that explores the power of the imagination to open up new worlds, and the pressures put upon those worlds by the inevitability of growing up. Matilda Rose Ledger was born on October 28, 2005, in New York City. Her parents are Michelle Williams and the late Heath Ledger, who met on the set of the film Brokeback Mountain, in which they played…

rush up the canyon like a locomotive,” one can tell that Thomas grew up in the area. The simile she uses shows that she has seen and is familiar with the behavior of the fire. She also uses synecdoche when saying “locomotive,” rather than train, because a locomotive is actually an engine. This piece of synecdoche lets the reader see even further that she is from the region as it is a colloquial phrase. Thomas uses a large amount of anecdotes, that come from her own life, and provide a lot of…

THE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF CONNOTATION MEANING IN THE HOUSE OF MANGO STREET BY SANDRA CISNEROS I. INTRODUCTION I.1. Background From generation to generation, literary work develops continuously. As we know literature is a feeling, experience or imagination of human life. Literary work which is written in the form of beautiful words is important to many people because it can gives happiness of the life. According to the Oxford Advance Learner’s Dictionary, literature is the writings that…

Whether it is another character, or internal loss. The dead pig head can also be a synecdoche for the loss of a larger population of animals or people, or the large-scale loss of something significant in general. This is because the dead pig may refer to, or foreshadow the loss of something in the novel on sizeable immense scale. The pig…

Different Educational Conversations Education takes many different forms. It does not always have to involve an academic setting with a person who takes the role of a dominant teacher passing on known information to students that are not knowledgeable in the subject. Education also take place in a peer-to-peer conversation, in other words among those with equal amounts of knowledge who exchange ideas and/or perspectives. Education, in my theory, is when people become present in each other’s…

Definition: Litotes is a figure of speech that uses negative words but promotes a positive statement. Its meaning is not meant to be taken literally. The double negative words are intended to express a contrast.This literary term is used to state a positive statement, without actually stating an affirmative. They are usually expressed through an understatement. Litotes are most often used in rhetoric and speech (Litotes). Function: Litotes use two negative terms to express a positive. This…

what the public assumes, a savage South Vietnamese general breaking the laws of the Geneva Convention during the Tet Offensive. The antiwar movement rallied behind this photo because they characterized the brutality of the apparent war crime as a synecdoche of the entire war; however, the photo is heavily taken out of context (Elon). The man being executed, Nguyen Van Lem, was a NLF officer and assumed leader of a death squad who had just murdered an ARVN colonel, who is believed to be…

Study of Femininity and Psychological Effect in Sula There are several pages of literary criticisms to sift through about Sula, but the most prevalent themes are based on the feminine and psychological lenses that can be applied to the novel. Both are large parts of the book, and without them, large points are missed. Symbolism of the characters is another large part of the work that cannot be overlooked without missing out on a large portion of what gives the book a deeper meaning. The…

As one of the most prominent poets of the USA, Carl Sandburg revealed numerous significant issues of the US development in the 20th century. In his poem Chicago, Sandburg depicts the American city as vibrant, progressive, and going through transformations. Despite several dark sides of its development, Chicago appears to be a beautiful and attractive city, worthy of glorifying. Strong imagery, unusual structure, divided into short and long stanzas, and metaphorical language make the poem…