Synecdoche

It is no doubt that even before our time, rhetorical devices were being used in all genres of writing style. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is an immense amount of rhetorical devices being used. These literary works of writing are both set in the early day Massachusetts colony. There are many similarities and differences, rhetorically speaking. Despite the fact that there is a similar use of rhetorical devices there are many differences.

learns to accept that she is her language. She is able to incorporate her audience of other Chicana women who are still struggling with their identity throughout the nonfiction/ autobiography through the use of code switching, personification, and synecdoche. Through this she is not only to precious experiences to show her audience how she become who she is today through them, but show her audience how they are not alone if they are struggling as she was to find her identity through her language. In

I love Hawaii(simple). I am drawn to the water and the beautiful weather(compound). Because I like the weather, I like to go outside(complex). Whenever it's the weekend, I go surfing(complex). I like going to the beach but I hate getting sunburn(compound). I have never been a good surfer, however since I like the water, I have been going every weekend(compound complex). My friend, Skylar, likes to go surfing with me(apposition). Sometimes I meet new people on the water and we would become good

with a bee inside, in Lines 43-44. Is this because he is afraid of being stung by her eyes upon their open, or is this a sexual metaphor? Bees pollinate flowers, so is this meant to represent the desire in her eyes? He continues in Line 45, using synecdoche to make her blue eyes represent her as a whole woman. In the line, it states, “Laughed the blue eyes without a stain”; the stain could be used as a metaphor. The eyes could be filled with broken blood vessels due to the strangulation, or the stain

the dialogue is the use of a synecdoche. He states, “This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.” When King utters the words “long night of their captivity” he is not referring to just one night. He uses this synecdoche to represent centuries of black suffering. Not only does King utilize a synecdoche to refer to time, he also uses

In Joshua Keating’s essay “If It Happened There: In Brutal Contest of Strength and Strategy, a Culture Is Revealed” published on Slate.com in January 2014, the author utilizes polarizing diction, juxtaposition, pedantic diction, and synecdoche to achieve the purpose of showing that the Super Bowl is a tradition that unifies American Society. The author sets the stage of his article by talking about the upcoming Super Bowl. He uses distinct adjectives to create imagery that in turn sets the mood

Throughout this soliloquy in act 3 scene 4 of Shakespeare's Richard III Lord Hastings is led to his execution. This scene portrays how the cycle of nemesis turns for all who choose to chase earthly glory. He projects his regret to chase power alongside Richard as well as when he neglected to acknowledge the many implications that led to his demise ultimate punishment, death. He is currently being lowered off the wheel of fortune while simultaneously Richard has come one step into his goal with his

My text, Luke 24:1-11, has a narrative literacy form. The literacy device of narrative is contained of scenes, point of view, dialogue and rhetorical devices. My text contains what I would consider two scenes, the scene at the tomb and the scene after the woman’s experience at the tomb. Scene one starts in 24:1-8 and scene two starts 24:9-11. Typically, the action of the story is broken up into scenes. Each scene offering what events occurred at a place, setting or time. The first scene in my text

whole ball of wax”(204) is an example Heinrichs uses in the text. A metaphor is also discussed which is comparing two things not using like or as. To add on, Heinrichs discusses synecdoche which is defined as a word that is to represent a whole bigger meaning. The Patriots scored a touchdown is an example of a synecdoche because it is representing the Patriots football team. One important literary term is antithesis which is a contrast of opposite things where a decision usually has to be made. A

since Whitman utilized free verses uninhibitedly. In any case, his verse is not the verses controlled tightly in order to maintain the rhyming sequence. The melody is a posting of manual laborers, their work substance and chiming in the way. In the synecdoche we see all the "I Hear America Singing" scholarly terms, none makes its check