Farm: George Orwell=s Animal Farm: A metonym for a dictatorship Harry Sewlall Vista University Distance Education Campus PRETORIA E-mail: swlll-h@acaleph.vista.ac.za It seems‚ to warp George Orwell’s elegant phrase‚ that “All animals may speak freely but some may speak more freely than others” (Ronge‚ 1998:13). It is the lesson of George Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ a little book I am sure much of the ANC leadership would have read‚ if not always taken to heart (Carlin‚ 2001:4). Abstract Orwell= Farm:
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Allegory – a symbolic representation Ex: The blindfolded figure with scales is an allegory of justice. Alliteration - the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row. Ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Allusion – A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature. Ex: She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa Analogy - the comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship. Ex: shoe is to foot as tire is to wheel
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quite different without using like or as. While a simile only says that one thing is like another‚ a metaphor says that one thing is another. (adj. metaphorical) All the world’s a stage / And all the men and women merely players ... (Shakespeare) Synecdoche A figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole or where the whole stands for a part. All hands on deck. (Alle Mann an Bord) / Germany (= the German team) lost 1:2. Climax A figure of speech in which a series of words or
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Jessie Edmond Mrs. Jennings ENG100 1/10/13 THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED: A RESPONSE TO JOHNSON and LAKOFF’S METAPHORS WE LIVE BY (1980) Argument is war! Or at least this is what Johnson and Lakoff would have you to believe after reading their 1980 publication Metaphors We Live By. In fact‚ one should be prepared for battle any time you have a verbal argument with your employer‚ professor‚ or family member. This is because‚ according to Johnson and Lakoff‚ “The language of argument is not poetic
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Zachary Madison Mrs. Rich G 11/21/14 Figurative Language in The Fault in our Stars Authors use figurative language because it helps the reader describe the character or the place. Such as symbolism; this defines an item in a story. It could be a picture of something or it could be something. Metaphors are a figure of speech containing an implied comparison. John Green‚ author of The Fault In our Stars‚ uses figurative language; including metaphors and symbolism to define various aspects of Hazel
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eechhttp://engquizzitive.wordpress.com/gk-for-snap/ Simile: A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things‚ usually by employing the words "like" or "as"... "if" or "than" are also used though less commonly. A simile differs from a metaphor in that the latter compares two unlike things by saying that the one thing is the other thing. Using ’like’ A simile can explicitly provide the basis of a comparison or leave this basis implicit. In the implicit case‚ characterized
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Function/s of Space in Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street Space occupies a central role in Sandra Cisneros’ coming-of-age novel The House on Mango Street. Using the example of the house shows this very plainly. This can be seen at the very beginning of the book‚ namely the title. Although it is a female Bildungsroman‚ the novel is not named after its protagonist Esperanza Cordero‚ but her residence. It shows that Cisneros attached much importance to the house on Mango Street and the reader
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PARAGRAPH BY PROCESS Process Signal words Context Clues PARAGRAPH BY DESCRIPTION Description Signal Words Figures of Speech Among the signal words to denote time sequence are: first‚ second‚ third‚ next‚ until‚ then‚ later‚ while‚ to begin‚ to start‚ at the end‚ afterwards‚ soon‚ meanwhile‚ eventually‚ subsequently‚ lastly‚ finally‚ and so on. Context Clues are hints provided by the words and the sentences surrounding the unfamiliar word. What Is a Description Paragraph? Preferably
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List of Figurative Language and Rhetorical devices Alliteration‚ assonance and consonance: Alliteration is the repetition of the first sound in nearby words‚ for example: Always avoid alliteration. Assonance is the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds within‚ for example‚ words in the lines of a poem. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in the words. All three techniques can be combined: And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
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Thornburg 2004‚ The role of conceptual metonymy in meaning construction Raden and Kovecses ‚ Towards a Theory of metonymy Otono 2001‚ High level metonymy and linguistic structure Gibbs 1994‚ Figurative thought and figurative language Metonymy and synecdoche are ill-defined. Essentially‚ they are not defined at all. Instead of providing a definition of Metonymy the authors merely assemble an extensive range examples in order to show how Metonymy is characteristically used. An obvious problem with
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