ENTRY 1_ PHAN TIẾN ĐẠT
ITEM 1
RHETORICAL
DEVICE:
- Simile: The Great Wall and The Great Wallet of China
- Overstatement: The US debt to China is so much that
Obama and Ho Cam Dao(in the picture) can see from the Great Wall.
- Metonymy:
- Ho Cam Dao => The Chinese and the developing
economy of China
- Obama => The American and the economical
crisis of USA
MESSAGE: Because of the economical crisis, USA Government
are selling too much bonds to China, so that the US debt to China become bigger
and bigger. It also shows that Chinese economy is developing strongly
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ITEM 2
Once
upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness,
Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was
announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats
and left. Except for Love.
Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.
When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said,
"Richness, can you take me with you?"
Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."
Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. "Vanity, please help me!"
"I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat," Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by so Love asked, "Sadness, let me go with you."
"Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.
Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will take you." It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed the elder,
Love asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who Helped me?"
"It was Time," Knowledge answered.
"Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, "Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is."
Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.
When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said,
"Richness, can you take me with you?"
Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."
Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. "Vanity, please help me!"
"I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat," Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by so Love asked, "Sadness, let me go with you."
"Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.
Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will take you." It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed the elder,
Love asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who Helped me?"
"It was Time," Knowledge answered.
"Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, "Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is."
RHETORICAL DEVICE:
- Repetition: Love said , Love decided to ask , Love asked , Love asked , asked Love
- Personification: The feelings,richness, vanity all can act and feel like people
MESSAGE: Only by wisely treasuring the love across the time can a person understand how immense the love could be
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ITEM 3
FISH DISH
Give a man a fish to make a dish
And you will feed him for a day
But teach a man how to fish
And help keep his hunger away
RHETORICAL DEVICE:
- Metaphor: A fish , a dish, fish, hunger
- Rhyme: - Perfect rhyme: fish- dish
- day- away
- Parallelism: Give - teach ; feed him for a day - keep his hunger away (a day-forever)
in the 1st item, I think 2 presidents just represent for their countries, not development:D
ReplyDelete1) Item 1: +)I think the overstatement here is that : the huge U.S debt to China can see from the space not "from the Great Wall".
ReplyDelete+) About Metonymy : I agree with the Nga's comment.
2) Item 2: I think Repetition is not a rhetorical device in this story.Because " Love asked", "Love said",... don't aim at achieving any emphasis in this story.
3) Item 3 : *) I think The Metaphor in this poem is shown through :
+) Give a fish--> a worthless helping
+) teach how to fish--> an invaluable helping.
*) And I think parallelism is not a rhetorical device of this poem.
*) About the message :I think this poem also talks about how to help others wisely.
Item 3:
ReplyDeletegive a fish → a temporary helping
teach how to fish → a persistent helping
I think the message here is: helping others by giving them our results and sucess is a temporary way, true help is teaching them how to make it.
I think in item 1, we should pay attention to the wallet: It is so big that can be seen from outer space
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