Synecdoche

Litotes Definition: Litotes is a figure of speech that uses negative words but promotes a positive statement. 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 typically put in use during speeches and rhetoric (Litotes). Function: In litotes, two negative terms are used to portray a positive statement. This therefore…

personality through his personas. In closely reading his two poems: "Ugly Feelings" and "Mission Statement", the readers will not only understand the meaning which Cayanan wishes to impart, but also realize how the strategies such as enjambment, synecdoche, repetition, and diminishment work together to illustrate the persona used in the poems. As a matter of fact, The New Princeton Encyclopedia of…

Kennedy’s inaugural address artfully combines stylistic devices and figurative language to create a speech rich with meaning, both on the surface and at deeper levels. Kennedy’s diction serves to let his words reach a variety of people. He used abstract words so his speech would appeal and connect with more people, as everyone’s definition of freedom and sacrifice are different. This allowed his speech to have a greater impact on a larger number of people. He then used rhetorical tropes and…

He reminded listeners that Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation 100 years before, yet the Negros were still not free. He emphasizes this point by repeating " one hundred years later". King stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial and opened his "I have a dream" speech with the expression "Five score years ago," which is an echo of Lincoln’s words. A literary device that has a lot of influence is his use of metaphors. “One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled…

a note for her one day, Hanna insists that she could not find it in an attempt to hide her illiteracy. Furthermore, she reacts with violence “hitting [Michael] across the face with [a belt].” (55) In this situation, the author uses Michael as a synecdoche of the larger community. Hanna’s deception is fuelled by her worries of how everyone will feel and treat her if they know about her illiteracy. Therefore, she is motivated to use any means, including violence, to prevent others from uncovering…

For instance, Dickinson employs synecdoche by referring to the people gathered in the room by their “eyes” and the speaker to her “Breaths”(5-6,). Obviously, Dickinson draws focus away from the people in the room who have overcome grief and reached acceptance and instead upon the speaker’s…

Increase of shallow values lowers man’s self-value to the point where he does not even want to exist within the world, where one thinks “[I] should have been a pair of ragged claws/Scuttling across the floors of silent seas” (5). The claws are a synecdoche to crabs, which are lowly, simplistic creatures thought to have only two directional movements and to roam, isolated on the ocean floor– unknown and…

capital. This disjunction becomes personified through the minds of Barton, a struggling writer, and Charlie Meadows, a mundane insurance salesman. Barton’s artistic integrity involves advocating for the common folk. Seeming as Charlie serves as a synecdoche for everyday people; he poses as a suitable muse for the Wallace Beery script. Unfortunately, Barton’s self-absorbance prohibits him from seeing Charlie as a reference for his assignment on the wrestling picture. Grappling to maintain his…

Tracing the Roots of Nontraditional Rhetoric In the first semester doctoral program in rhetoric and composition at the University of Texas at El Paso, I had an opportunity to study a course entitled “Introduction to Rhetoric and Writing Studies” in a multicultural setting in which there were students from Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. Like the composition of the class, the syllabus was constituted by diverse thematic titles such as civil discourse, contemporary rhetoric, composition…

fact did not, for he had discovered something. The difficulties of life are worth suffering through for the simplest feeling: love. There are many difficulties in life that makes it seem like it is not worth suffering through. Shakespeare uses the synecdoche for eyes, specifically how he feels shamed in…