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1_Bùi Thị Phượng
Item 1: Poem [1]
Peace
Peace
Peace to release dove
Peace to lease love
Peace to piece heart
Peace to decrease smart
Peace to increase justice
Peace to cease injustice
Lack of conscience
Caprice
War
by Persian Nightingale
Peace to release dove
Peace to lease love
Peace to piece heart
Peace to decrease smart
Peace to increase justice
Peace to cease injustice
Lack of conscience
Caprice
War
by Persian Nightingale
Rhetorical devices:
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Repetition:
Peace to…
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Rhyme:
peace-release/lease/piece/decrease/increase/cease
dove-love, heart-smart, justice-injustice
Message: Peace on earth is all we want and
we need.
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Item 2: Story [2]
Treasure in Heaven
A wealthy man lay on his deathbed. His entire life had been
centered around money. As his life ebbed away, he presumed that in the
afterlife, money would also be everything. So he gave orders that a purse
filled with gold coins be placed inside his casket alongside his body. His last
wish was carried out. In the next world it took the bookkeepers a long time to
find his name in any of the good books. In fact it took so long that he got
very hungry and thirsty just waiting. He looked around and sure enough, he saw
an attractive eatery not far away. "Aha," he said to himself,
"it's just like I thought. It's a good thing that I brought some money
along with me." His mouth was already watering as he approached the
restaurant. But before he sat down to eat, he was told that the money he had
brought along had no value now. In fact, only money that was of any value now
was the money he had given away on earth. The rich man dropped his head in deep
thought, but could not remember having given any money away... so now he had
none.
As an Englishman of another stripe let his tombstone explain:
"What I spent I had. What I kept I lost. What I gave I have."
Rhetorical devices: Statement
Message: Life should not be too
greedy, to live is to give away, what you gave are the things you have.
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Item 3: Cartoon [3]
Rhetorical devices: irony
Message: The environment is polluted;
a tree is used to provide breathable air.
you picture is very interesting. I think that we are on the edge of being damage.
ReplyDeleteI really like your poem. We need peace and we must strugle for protecting it.
ReplyDeleteI really love your picture in the third item.However, in my opinion, the message should be shorter, just " The air is being polluted heavily"
ReplyDeleteI think so. Join hands to protect our environment for a green planet and join hands to built a peaceful world!
ReplyDeleteI was impressed by your picture so much. In fact, I like your short story more. Another thing is that I just like to discuss about the rhetorical devices in the poem. As I think, the author also uses antithesis such as in "peace-war, decrease-increase" In addition, the message is the importance of the peace towards human life. In my opinion, we need peace to live happily. Happiness for everyone in this world is all we want.
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