Item 1: Poem
Life
By Adnan Asim
By Adnan Asim
One
day I was thinking what is life,
A
sweet girl told me love is life,
My
friends told me faith is life
And
my mother told me courage is life
I
was puzzled in search of life
In
a dream, an old man appeared,
He
said:
“
Don’t waste your time adding three or four
Time
is less and work is more
Time
is a name of mix and naught
Somethings
are valuable and short
The
longest life at death must end.
Your
length of days can’t extend.
So
search for ever, never to fall
If
you fall, then don’t recall
If you are fair in your role
You
will soon achieve your goals…”
He
said this and disappeared…
Now
I knew life is sweet,
Which
money can never buy.
Source: http://aka26446.blogspot.com/2011/02/glimpse-of-adnan-asims-awards.html
Rhetorical devices:
- Repetition: (Noun) + is life
If you....
The time is....
Life
- Rhyme: End - extend; ever - never; fall - recall; role - goals
- Antithesis: Less- more
- Rhetoric: Love is life
Faith is life
Courage is life
Life is sweet
Time is a name of mix and naught
Message:
There are many way to definite "life" which depends on each person. On the whole, life is very diversity and it seems to be difficult to definite its meaning exactly. In addition, the time for each person is short, so everyone should not waste time for useless things. If you try to achieve your goals, you will fell sweet of the life which can't buy by money.
Item 2: Story
Nails In The Fence
There was a little boy with a bad temper. His
father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper,
to hammer a nail in the back fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails
into the fence. Then it gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to
hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day
came when the boy didn"t lose his temper at all. He told his father about
it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day
that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was
finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
The father took
his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done
well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the
same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You
can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won"t matter how many times
you say I"m sorry, the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a
physical one.
Source: http://forum.tienganh123.com/threads/11784-nhung-mau-chuyen-ngan-bang-tieng-anh.html
- Rhetorical devices:
+ Metaphor: Each of nail refers to every time the boy lost his temper and scars on the fence is wounds he put on other people.
- Message:
When you say things in anger, they can leave a wound for other people no matter you say sorry after that. Therefore, It is so necessary to control your temper
Item 3: Cartoon
- Rhetorical devices:
The truck symbolizes European economy
The bathos refers to Greece
Message:
Behind the Greek abyss, the front is endless ... potholes, vehicle EU economic still gropes on the way out of the crisis
In my opinion,you should list the rhetorical devices in your cartoon item . Moreover,the author used Metaphor instead of symbol.The truck indicates European economy. The potholes refer to the crisis in Greece. And the message should be more clearer.
Trả lờiXóaHere are my thoughts ;) Hope you can consider ;)
Trả lờiXóa- Item 1 : I think now we are practising capturing only the message so it's sounds better if we just concentrate on the moral lession in short way. For example, instead of indicating a long message like above, you can say :"Life is short so we shouldn't waste time for useless things"
However, you show the rhetorical devices so clearly.
- Item 2 : I agree with you in terms of rhetorical devices. Once again,I think it's better when you say :" let's control your temper because you say things in anger, they can leave a wound for other people no matter how many times you say sorry after that"
- Item 3 : I completely agree with Trà My
Thank you for all your comments
Trả lờiXóai see that you work your assignment careffully. congratulations
Trả lờiXóai love your poem. the rhetorical devices is quite full. however i agree with Lan Anh that the message you show is too long, let make it shorter and more concised.
about item 2: i think you do it well
about item 3: i don't remind Tra My comment. however, personally I appreciate the picture which you choice because it relates to the field of economic. :)