Entry 1_ Nguyễn Mạnh Cường

Item 1 :

·         Rhetorical devices

Metaphor

·         Analysis

Human being is ruining our own and only planet by any means that satisfy our needs. One of those is the need of beauty and entertainment. In this picture, we have seen a skinned – woft, being angry and walked a way with a fur coat in his hand after he had knocked out the rich woman ( who definitely paid a lot of money to purchase her clothes ). The inspiration idea is the pay- back of mother nature to human being after all we have done. The message from the artist is short : “Protect the environment, stop killing animals for fur or other product or you‘ll pay the price “

·         Source of image:  http://9gag.com/gag/6597293

Item 2 :

                           The Fox and The Crow

A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree.

     "That's for me, as I am a Fox," said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree.

     "Good day, Mistress Crow," he cried. "How well you are looking today: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds."

     The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox.

     "That will do," said he. "That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future: "Do not trust flatterers."

Author: Aesop

Source: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-

stories/UBooks/BoyCri.shtml

Analysis:

In my opinion,there are two rhetorical devices  employed in 

this story as follows:

- Metaphor: First, the artist has personalized the animals ( a fox and a crow ) and turn them into the living characters. This will make a good influence to the audience and specially the young children. Second, the smart Master Fox represent a part of our social which living and profiting by their “smoothly speak” and calculating minds. On the other hand, the Crow represents the part of people ( mostly included by the rich and bosses ) who’d love to hear flattery words and have no idea who they are.

- Parallelism: That can be seen in such sentences as: “How well you are looking today: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye” to add rhyme.

Item 3:

The Road Not Taken

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

Author: Robert Frost (1874–1963).

Source: http://www.bartleby.com/119/1.html

·        Rhetorical devices :

          Repetition: And ( 5 times )

·         Terminal thyme:  
         wood – stood – could , fair – wear – there, claim –   same, lay – day – way, black – back, sigh- I – by

·         Analysis:

A story of a day turn to a meaning of life. There are some occasion in our life, we would have to face two or more option and have to make a decision. By any cost, our decisions define who we are and none of these decisions should be taken again.