Metaphors, a rhetorical device in the English literature are frequently used in advertising as a way to enhance the perceived value of a product and often times help to create a particular brand image. For example “Axe’s campaign focuses on the main idea of a man aggressively pursued by a multitude of young, attractive women.” This theme has been coined as “The Axe effect” and has become the main slogan for all the products. The impression that this slogan implies is that once the man applies the product, he is appeal of any attractive women he passes. Therefore mirroring the fourth law stated by Richardson, “in practice women are defined in terms of their sexual desirability to men; and men are defined in terms of their sexual prowess over
women.” It becomes clear that the imagery of a man being able to bend any women to fulfill his desires is extremely damaging to its viewers as it denotes women as sexual objects and men as the performers.
Richard Wilbur's use of imagery and extended metaphor in "The Writer" help to reveal the that an individual may run into obstacles, but perseverance will help them reach past them.
Analyzing innocence has always been a difficult task, not only due to it’s rapid reevaluation in the face of changing societal values, but also due to the highly private and personal nature of the concept. The differences between how people prioritize different types of innocence - childhood desires, intellectual naivety, sexual purity, criminal guilt, etc. - continually obscures the definition of innocence. This can make it difficult for people to sympathize with others’ loss of purity, simply because their definition of that loss will always be dissimilar to the originally expressed idea. Innocence can never truly be adequately described, simply because another will never be able to precisely decipher the other’s words. It is this challenge, the challenge of verbally depicting the isolationism of the corruption of innocence, that Tim O’Brien attempts to endeavour in his fictionalized memoir, The
The books Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, and The Last Book in The Universe, written by Rodman Philbrick, are similar in plot and theme. Both books highlight the negative effect of technology in futuristic dystopian worlds. The ideas of censorship play a big role in the two stories. While the ideas of both books may be similar, the way they have been written are very differently. Fahrenheit 451 has a unique style, full of symbolism, figurative language, and rich vocabulary which is Bradbury’s trademark. On the other hand, The Last Book in The Universe has a more informal style, that would be a target novel for young readers. Symbols still plays a big part in Philbrick’s book, but it is more overt. Philbrick’s use of dialogue is less
In both the Pride and Prejudice excerpt written by Jane Austen and Dickens’ Our Mutual Friends passage, several rhetorical strategies, including assumption, tone, diction, and arguments, are strategically used in order to affect the women that the speakers are addressing in positive ways. However, the probable effects on the receiving end of these statements are not quite the same as the intended effects.
In Susan Bordo’s “Beauty (Re)discover The Male Body, she uses advertisement as a form of her argument on how we observe images through the views of the female and male body in advertisement. Also, the many assumption we come across in Bordo’s argument is how the female and male body is objectified in a sexual content in advertisement that has an effect on how we view the portrayed images. Bordo’s rhetorical strategies were employed effectively throughout her argument. She formatted her essay by the use of ethos and logos, so her reader had a clear understanding on how learning assumption cause portrayal of images. There are a host of different quotes she cites in her work to make it logical, and that her message is being comprehended. For example, “...I knew women legs were supposed to be sexy. I had learned that from all those hose- straightening scenes in movies. But men legs? Who had ever seen a woman gaga over some guy’s leg in the movie?” (Bordo 191). This comes to show that we are taught to think women legs are sexy, and that men legs are not seen as sexy until they started being objectified. We...
if the speaker wishes to convey to the reader that she is so tired of serving others that she does
Advertisements are all over the place. Whether they are on TV, radio, or in a magazine, there is no way that you can escape them. They all have their target audience who they have specifically designed the ad for. And of course they are selling their product. This is a multi billion dollar industry and the advertiser’s study all the ways that they can attract the person’s attention. One way that is used the most and is in some ways very controversial is use of sex to sell products. For me to analyze this advertisement I used the rhetorical triangle, as well as ethos, pathos, and logos.
Literary; associated with literary works or other formal writing; having a marked style intended to create a particular emotional effect. Term; a word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept, especially in a particular kind of language or branch of study. Device; a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose. Literary terms/devices is defined as the typical structures used by writers in their works to convey his or her messages in a simple manner to the readers. When employed properly, the different literary devices help readers to appreciate, interpret and analyze a literary work. Hello, I am Miya Cole and today I will explain to you my four literary terms/devices.
1) People with Autism and Aspergers often behave in an “eccentric” way. When Christopher first sees Wellington’s dead body, he stroked it and wondered who had killed him. Someone who isn’t on the spectrum would have reacted differently, most likely panicking and attempting to get help. Like most Autistics and Aspergians (people with Aspergers), Christopher has a narrow field of interests which he excels at. His knowledge of prime numbers surpasses those of most people who don’t have the condition. Patients with Autism and Aspergers are sometimes unable to distinguish the emotions someone might be feeling, even if the look is clearly conveyed on their face. Christopher writes, “I got Siobhan to draw lots of these faces and then write down next to them exactly what they meant…and took it [piece of paper with faces] out when I didn’t understand what someone was saying” (Haddon, 3). If he wasn’t considered to be on the autism spectrum, he wouldn’t need the paper with the faces to discern what someone was feeling.
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is a classic novel written in the 1850’s by Charles Dickens. The novel is set in London and France during the French Revolution. The novel features an amazing use of themes as well as sensational development of characters. Charles Dickens and his feature style of the poor character who does something great is very evident in Sydney Carton, a drunken lawyer who becomes the hero of the book.
The short story “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield gives understanding of what it is like for the life of lonely people. Since they are lonely, they begin to imagine things that are not true to allow themselves to feel like a part of the world. Because individuals do this, they deny their loneliness and create a world of their own.
In the book Metaphors We Live By, authors George Lakoff and Mark Johnson address the traditional philosophic view denouncing metaphor's influence on our world and our selves (ix). Using linguistic and sociological evidence, Lakoff and Johnson claim that figurative language performs essential functions beyond those found in poetry, cliché, and elaborate turns of phrase. Metaphor permeates our daily experiences - not only through systems of language, but also in terms of the way we think and act. The key to understanding a metaphor's effect on behavior, relationships, and how we make sense of our environment, can be found in the way humans use metaphorical language. To appreciate the affects of figurative language over even the most mundane details of our daily activity, it is necessary to define the term, "metaphor" and explain its role in defining the thoughts and actions that structure our conceptual system.
Through vivid imagery London is able to make the reader feel like they are standing in the midst of the rubble in San Francisco. Literary devices are used several times throughout the story. One of the metaphors would be when he mentions the flames of the fire leaping around. This gives primal qualities to the fire which makes it seem like a horrific animal that resides in the deep depths of Hades somehow got loose and is now crawling from street to street eating everything in its path. This plays on people's fears of rapid, ferocious animals, it assigns blame to nature, the destruction was caused by a natural disaster so by giving it relatable qualities it draws out more emotion from the reader.
Axe advertisements works and appeals to its target audience through rhetorical strategies from pathos, logos, to ethos. Pathos is used in the ad to target the audience through its emotions which is evident to the viewer. It’s the ideals of “boy meets girl” that is instilled in young men, if they use this product you will get the girls. Axe created new Axe Dark Temptation that is as irresistible as chocolate. Women ranked chocolate as more irresistible than shopping, jewelry or even sex. The ad shows women licking chocolate off the guy because chocolate is irresistible to woman thus wearing the fragrance makes you irresistible. The ad tells young men that using the...
Metaphors by Sylvia Plath describes feeling heavy, fat, and nauseous literally. However every phrase, every line, and every word in Metaphors symbolizes a deeper alternate meaning. Sylvia Plath uses metaphors, symbolism, and motifs to explain the feelings associated with pregnancy.