Entry1_Phạm Thị Lệ ChinhE7

Name:  Pham Thi Le Chinh

Class: QH10E7

Entry 1

   Item 1: The picture

  Rhetorical devices:

      -Metonomy : bulldozer (people's destroyment to the wildlife  )

                           forest fire( the cause of losing animal's habitat )

   Message: The human race is constantly growing so people need to use more land. This made the habitat of many animals limited and they can be killed. Therefore; we need to act so as to save the wildlife.

   Item 2 : The song : Tomorrow  

                                     By Arvil Lavigne

And I wanna believe you,
When you tell me that it'll be ok,
Ya I try to believe you,
But I don't

When you say that it's gonna be,
It always turns out to be a different way,
I try to believe you,
Not today, today, today, today, today...

[Chorus:]

I don't know how I'll feel,
tomorrow, tomorrow,
I don't know what to say,
tomorrow, tomorrow
Is a different day

It's always been up to you,
It's turning around,
It's up to me,
I'm gonna do what I have to do,
just don't

Gimme a little time,
Leave me alone a little while,
Maybe it's not too late,
not today, today, today, today, today...

[Chorus:]

I don't know how I'll feel,
tomorrow, tomorrow,
I don't know what to say,
tomorrow, tomorrow
Is a different day

Hey yeah yeah, hey yeah yeah, and I know I'm not ready,
Hey yeah yeah, hey yeah yeah, maybe tomorrow

Hey yeah yeah, hey yeah yeah, and I know I'm not ready,
Hey yeah yeah, hey yeah yeah, maybe tomorrow

And I wanna believe you,
When you tell me that it'll be ok,
Yeah I try to believe you,
Not today, today, today, today, today...

Tomorrow it may change [4x]

                                                                                                                            

   Rhetorical Devices:

1.     Rhyme: way-today-may-say, to-do, try-while.

2.     Metonomy: today (present) - tomorrow ( future).

3.     Repetition: Chorus, tomorrow, I try to believe you, today.

    Message:  In the real life, belief is very important  and people need to be honest  to make others believe us. When belief is lost, it is really difficult  to go back.

   Item 3: The poem: A Family Is Like

                                       By  Nicole M. O'Neil

A Family is like a circle
the connection never ends
and even if at times it breaks
in time it always mends
a family is like the stars
somehow there always there
families are those who help
who support and always care
A Family is like a book
the endings never clear
but through the pages of the book
their love is always near
A family is many things
with endless words that show
who they are and what they do
and how they teach you so you know
but don’t be weary if it's broken
or if through time its been so worn
families are like that-
they're split up and always torn
but even if this happens
your family will always be
they help define just who you are
and will be apart of you eternally
 

  Rhetorical devices:

1.     Simile: family-a circle, the stars, a book.

2.     Rhyme: end-mend, there-care, show-know, worn-torn, teach-split, clear-near, even-happens

  Message: Family is a place for us to care, learn, help,  love and there, members have  much  influences each others.

  

References:

-www.exploringnature.org/db/ ...(picture in item1)

-www.lyricsfreak.com/…..

-www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/a-family-is-like-a-circle

ENTRY 1_ NGUYỄN ANH TUẤN

Entry 1

Item 1: Poem

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.

Rhetorical devices:

 Ø  Rhyme: wood- stood-could; fair- wear-there; claim- same; lay-day-way; black- back; sign-I-by.

 Ø  Metaphor: road (one’s life or journey), fork (which way one has to take )

 Ø  Antithesis: there are two ways to take but traveler could not take both because he is a single person

Message:

A traveler comes to a fork in the road and needs to decide which way to go to continue his journey. After much mental debate, the traveler picks the road "less traveled by."

Item 2: A story

TRUE FRIENDS

This story is dedicated to all those who believe in friendship.

Once upon a time there lived two great friends in a hamlet near Jaipur. Jay and Vijay had been friends since their childhood. Now, they were studying in a college, which was at far distance from their place. In the way, they had to cross a river, pass hills and sandy area too. They used to go to college together. Their friendship was famous in college.

One rainy day the two friends set out for college as usual. They were chatting while walking. Perhaps they were discussing some point of atomic theory which was taught the previous day. The two had different opinions which led to heated arguments. This was followed by abusive language by both sides. Things got so bad that in a fit of anger Jay slapped Vijay. Shell shocked Vijay stared at his friend and wrote on sand that “today my best friend slapped me.” Both resumed their walk but now they were silent.

Meanwhile, they reached the river which was overflowing today. Vijay was not a good swimmer. He stepped into the river but began to drown and flow with force of water in the direction of the flood. Jay saw this and without thinking for a second jumped into the river. With difficulty he could drag Vijay out of the river. He helped Vijay restore his normal breath.

When Vijay became normal, he wrote on a hill that “today my best friend saved my life.” Jay who was observing all this could not help asking, “why did you write it on sand when I slapped you and why are you writing on the hill when I’ve saved your life?” Vijay replied that “we should soon forget wrong done by our friends and dear ones as writing on sand gets erased in no time, but if they do something good for us we should always remember their kindness just as writing on stones is forever.” Saying this Vijay hugged his friends and two went to college as if nothing had happened.

Rhetorical device (s):

Metonymy: sand (mistakes, bad argument among people); stone (true friendship, good relative); Vijay: embodiment of ones who are selfless and scarifies to others.

Message: 

Writing on sand is an action of forgiving others’ mistakes. All things written on sand must be flown to wind, water and nothing left in mind. Nevertheless, writing on stone means to remember wonderful moments in life.

Item 3: Cartoon

 

Rhetorical device:

Overstatement: Arctic habitants, say, bears, have no many iced places to stand but small pieces of floating ice.

Metaphor: action of teaching his son to swim denotes that ice will smelt in near future. Hence, learning to swim is an emergency solution before it is too late.  

Message:

Inferential meaning is that global warming is resulting in ice melting, which causes unwanted outcomes for arctic “dwellers”.

      1.    http://poetrypages.lemon8.nl/life/roadnottaken/roadnottaken.htm

     2.       http://www.instablogs.com/a-short-story-true-friends.html

     3.       Unknown 

Entry 1_ ĐINH KIM ANH

ENTRY 1

ITEM 1: Poem: How Do I Love Thee?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints -- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! -- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Source: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15384

Rhetorical devices

-         Rhymes: height – sight; Grace – day’s; candlelight – right; praise – faith; lose – choose; breath – death

-         Metaphor: I love thee to the depth and breadth and height (She loves every single piece of him)

-         Repitition: I love thee to; I love thee with

-         Parallelism: depth and breadth and height; I love thee freely, as men strive for right - I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.

-         Rhetorical question: How do I love thee?

-         Overstatement: love thee better after death

-         Paradox: I love thee with a love I seemed to lose.

-    Message: The author describes her pasionate feeling of love for someone.

ITEM 2: Cartoon: Alternative fuel

Source: http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/a/alternative_fuel.asp

Rhetorical devices

-         Metonomy: Mirrors – Solar energy

-         Overstatement: The variety of the mirrors

-         Message: People should use the alternative energy especially, the solar power to replace the fossil fuel.

            

         ITEM 3: Fable: Flower and litter

In the litter bin on the pavement, a withered flower sorrowfully said to an old newspaper:
-where is here? how fetid it is!I'm the queen of beauty and scent.I can't stay here for only 1 minute.
The old newspaper laughed:
-don't be too sorrowful! Accept reality! Yesterday, you were flower,but today you are litter.

Source: http://www.tienganh.com.vn/showthread.php?16523-d%E1%BB%8Bch-truy%E1%BB%87n-ng%E1%BB%A5-ng%C3%B4n-%E1%BA%A1-!!!

Rhetorical devices

-         Metaphor: flower (success), litter (failure)

-         Overstatement: I can not stay here for only 1 minute.

-    Message: People should not compare the present with the past, no matter how glorious it was. Besides,they should adapt to each situation whether they succeed or not.

Entry 1_ Bui Thu Hang

Entry 1

Item 1: Story

Poverty

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from the trip, the father asked his son: “ How was the trip?”.

“It was great, Dad.”

“Did you see how poor people live?” the father asked.

“Oh, yeah” said the son.

“So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?” asked the father.

The son answered: “I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.”

“We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sights.”

“We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs.”

“We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them.”

The boy’s father was speechless.

Then his son added, “Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are.”

- Rhetorical devices:

     + Paradox: The rich family turns out to be the poor one in the point of view of the little boy.

+ Repetition: We have…and they have…

     + Climax: in the last sentence of story: “Thanks Dad for showing me how how poor we are.”

- Message: The most precious richness of life does not depend on properties but on the outlook to life.

Item 2: Poem

Friend and lover

Gentle and kind

you’re on mind.

Sure and strong

don’t mind being wrong

So alive and aware

you always care.

Open and true

you help when I’m blue.

Friend and lover

you’re like no other.

Rhetorical devices :

-          Rhyme : kind – mind, strong – wrong, aware – care, true – blue,lover  - other.
-     Parallelism: Gentle and kind / Sure and strong / alive and aware / Friend and lover.

Message:  Friend and lover are very important in our life. 

Item 3: Picture
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Rhetorical:

Antithesis: “The Rich” and “ The Poor”

Message:

The different between the rich and the poor about the way they get what they want.

Entry1_Nguyễn Thị Hiền

Entry 1_ Nguyễn Thị Hiền

Entry 1

Item 1: Picture

" Cá hóa thạch" - Nguyễn Hữu Lộc

Rhetorical device:

-         Irony: The carps which are drawn beautifully in Hang Trong picture  now become ugly with exposed bones in the black water near the factory.

-         Symbol: The black river stands for the polluted environment caused by the factory. The exposed bones stand for the death of creatures in water.

Message:

               Factories are releasing toxic chemicals into rivers, which makes the environment seriously polluted and destroys the lives of many creatures there.

Item 2: Fable

The fox and the crane

              The fox invited the crane to dinner and served the meal on the plate. The crane could pick up nothing with his long beak, and the fox ate everything herself. Next day the crane invited the fox and served dinner in a jug with a narrow neck. The fox could not get her muzzle into the jug, but stuck his long neck in and drank everything himself.

Rhetorical devices:

-         Metaphor: The way that the fox and the crane treat with each other ( The way that people treat with another ones)

Message:

              How you treat with other people around, you will receive the same way from them.

Item 3: The song “ rolling in the deep”- Adele

There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch, and it's bringing me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your sheet bare
See how I'll leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do

There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch
And it's bringing me out the dark

The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

Baby, I have no story to be told
But I've heard one of you
And I'm gonna make your head burn
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Making a home down there
As mine sure won't be shared

[chorus…]

Throw your soul through every open door
Count your blessings to find what you look for
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold
You pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow

(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
We could have had it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
It all, it all, it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

[chorus…]

Rhetorical devices:

-         Overstatement: Count your blessings; turn my sorrow into treasured gold; throw your soul through every open door.

-         Metaphor: Fire ( hatred); scar ( the sadness was caused in love)

-         Repetition: Chorus

Message:

                    In the real life, when you are lovelorn, it is your bravery that can help you see the truth clearly and overcome the sorrows which were caused by love.

[1] http://www.baomoi.com/Biem-hoa-va-trach-nhiem-xa-hoi/52/8191771.epi

[2] http://bacbaphi.com.vn/entertainment/showthread.php?70142-Learn-English-through-parables-H%E1%BB%8Dc-ti%E1%BA%BFng-Anh-qua-truy%E1%BB%87n-ng%E1%BB%A5-ng%C3%B4n

[3] ] http://mp3.zing.vn/bai-hat/Rolling-in-the-Deep-Adele/ZWZCOEI9.html