Entry 1_Nguyễn Thị Long Phượng

Item 1:  Cartoon

 

 

Source:

http://jayesh.profitfromprices.com/Fun_Best_Computer_Cartoons.htm

 

Rhetorical devices:

• Overstatement:   The Dad on the downstairs sends a message to Andy on the upstairs via a computer connected with Internet.
• Metonymy: computer- modern technology
• Irony          : people live in the same house but they have to use internet to contact with each other.

Message:

The Cartoon talks about the relationship among parents and children nowadays. They are too addicted to modern technology that they can be isolated from the other members in their own family.It is an alarming problem in today world.

Item 2: a story

                              The Most Important Body Part!

My mother used to ask me what is the most important part of the body.

Through the years I would take a guess at what I thought was the correct answer. When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us as humans, so I said, “My ears, Mommy. ” She said, “No. Many people are deaf. But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.”

Several years passed before she asked me again. Since making my first attempt, I had contemplated the correct answer. So this time I told her, Mommy, sight is very important to everybody, so it must be our eyes.” She looked at me and told me, “You are learning fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.”

Stumped again, I continued my quest for knowledge and over the years, Mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer was, “No. But you are getting smarter every year, my child.”

Then last year, my grandpa died. Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. Even my father cried. I remember that especially because it was only the second time I saw him cry. My Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final good-bye to Grandpa. She asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?” I was shocked when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a game between her and me.

She saw the confusion on my face and told me, “This question is very important. It shows that you have really lived in your life. For every body part you gave me in the past, I have told you were wrong and I have given you an example why. But today is the day you need to learn this important lesson.” She looked down at me as only a mother can. I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder.”

I asked, “Is it because it holds up my head?”

She replied, “No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or a loved one when they cry. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life, my dear. I only hope that you have enough love and friends that you will always have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.”

Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a selfish one. It is sympathetic to the pain of others. People will forget what you said … People will forget what you did … But people will NEVER forget how you made them FEEL.

source: 

http://www.motivateus.com/stories/mibp.htm

 Rhetorical devices:

•   Metaphor: The shoulder - The sympathy and sharing

  Message: In real life ,people need to sympathize with others' situations , share their feelings and thoughts, especially when they are sad or painful. This action can help to release their sadness as well as pains.

Item 3: a poem

                                  
                                 On Mother’s Day

                                                                             
                                                              by Ashmeet Kapoor

Mother is a gift,
That makes us swift.
Mother is to care,
And always spares.
Mother is friend,
Who gives us trend.
Mother is to love,
As sweet as a dove.
Mother always cheers,
As fast as a deer.
Mother is a need,
That speeds & speeds………..

source: 

 http://www.childplanet.com/engpoems/ash.htm

 Rhetorical devices:

• Rhyme: gift – swift; care – spares; friend – trend; love – dove; cheers – deer; need – speeds.

• Simile: a gift, friend,a dove, a need,  a deer

• Repetition: Structure:  "mother is............, " and followed by an explanation.

Message: This poem emphasizes the significant role of the mother in anyone’s life. She is like a friend, a lover and a mother and always stand by you to share with you, love you and care for you.