Synecdoche Essays

“Today’s Demon: Common Scents” Lynda Barry represents that being an individual and not conforming to societies idea of perfection is better than pretending to be someone she is not. “Common Scents” tells of a young girl, N’ako who notices the specific smell in each house; although, she is told her house has a foul smell she states that should prefer that smell because it represents her own identity. The message presented throughout the story is first shown when the young girl notices a distinct smell

Primarily, the centre of the research on Japanese cultural identity for this paper will be of two very different Japanese cultural identity groups; mixed race Japanese citizens and a selection of Japanese subcultures. Although both of these groups have a definite connection with the English language, the nature of this connection is vastly different. This connection also is heavily subjected to prejudice and other’s attitudes regarding an identity, all of which will be elaborated on in the appropriate

There have been tons of wonderful, inspiring, and intriguing speeches in the world throughout time. From Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a Dream Speech”, to the “Gettysburg Address” written by Abraham Lincoln, or even a speech by a girl or guy running for class president. Either way, while listening to these great speeches, a thought might cross a person’s mind that says “man, this is a great speech. It is so inspiring. I agree with everything this person is saying”. But here is the question that

Throughout Lucille Clifton’s poem “homage to my hips” she uses lots of literary devices such as symbolism, imagery, and synecdoche. However, the one that begins and closes her poem is Anaphora. She does this with the use of the phrase “the hips are” (Clifton, pg. 707) in lines 1, and 11-12. She only uses it in three lines but is shows the reader the growing power of her words. It also pulls the reader into her message and gets them to believe her a little more every time its written. Her use of Anaphora

Throughout the tragedy Romeo and Juliet, playwright William Shakespeare employs a variety of figurative language, including oxymorons, metaphors, synecdoches, and juxtaposition to develop the internal conflict within Romeo and Juliet, which is caused by the external conflict of the warring families. Playwright William Shakespeare utilizes figurative language to convey the turmoil that evolves both within

Caesar, Antony devised this soliloquy subsequent to Caesar's assassination to divulge the tempestuous emotions he is experiencing to the audience. To express his feelings, Anthony pathologically uses the rhetorical devices of an apostrophe and a synecdoche. Primarily, Antony's usage of an apostrophe unveils his turbulent inclinations as he is alone with Caesar's post-mortal corpse. Anthony utters "O, pardon [him], thou bleeding piece of earth" for being "meek and gentle" to the "butchers" as he grieves

emotional journey through intense guilt, internal conflict and urgent prayer. All of these devices imply and highlight his moral confusion as he attempts to achieve salvation. Whether it is through an allusion, rhetorical question, metaphor, simile, synecdoche, or imagery, Shakespeare utilizes rhetorical devices to underscore Claudius’ hesitancy and cowardice. Through a biblical allusion and an antithetical metaphor, Shakespeare characterizes Claudius’ confession as dramatic and regretful, but also reveals

Andrew Marvell uses hyperboles, rhyme schemes, and synecdoche to develop a theme of carpe diem in a coquettish manner in "To His Coy Mistress". The speaker uses unequivocal diction to persuade his mistress to lose her virginity to him. Throughout the poem he attempts to impress upon her that she should stray away from her coy mentality with him because life is too short. The narrator shares the consequences of not acting on the lust for her that he expresses. Hyperboles are used throughout this

reflection can lead you to discoveries about yourself”. Kay Ryan also uses synecdoches and symbolism as tools to support the theme and translate the real connotation of the poem. In the beginning of “ Winter Fear”, the speaker begins to question the unraveling of her life with questions, “ Is this winter or is it worse/Is this the year/ when outer damp obscures a deeper curse/ that springs can’t fix”. I think the reader is using synecdoches to convey her true state in her life. Others believe “winter” is

War and to list reasons why the war started. In the speech, Lincoln addresses the reasons and causes of the war and tries to bring the North and South together. In order to convince the two to unite once more, Lincoln uses alliteration, allusion, synecdoche, and metonymy to make his point and purpose clear. Lincoln utilizes alliteration in order to achieve his purpose of uniting the two unions together. In the second paragraph, he uses words such as dreaded, delivered, devoted, destroy, dissolve

In Frost’s poem Nothing Gold Can Stay, he describes the changing of nature and possibly referring to a person event in his own life. Through paradox, imagery, and synecdoche, he supports a message that his life is changing to beauty. Overall, the mood of the poem is joyous and peaceful. To show Frost’s message, he uses several paradoxes in his poem. One of which is the first line of the poem, “Nature’s first green is gold”. This portrays his message in a way that somewhat makes the reader think

In Frost’s poem Nothing Gold Can Stay, he describes the changing of nature and possibly referring to a person event in his own life. Through paradox, imagery, and synecdoche, he supports a message that his life is changing to beauty. Overall, the mood of the poem is joyous and peaceful. To show Frost’s message, he uses several paradoxes in his poem. One of which is the first line of the poem, “Nature’s first green is gold”. This portrays his message in a way that somewhat makes the reader think

In the letter by Elizabeth Barret to the Emperor Napoleon II, to explains how Barret was personality the Emperor Napoleon II to pardon the exile Victor Hugo. Barret uses rhetorical strategies to persuade the Emperor to pardon Victor Hugo. First, Barret was really humble in her letter to Napoleon II. According to the letter, “I’m only a woman who have no claim on your majesty’s attention except that of the weakest on the strongest,” (paragraph 1). This quote explains how she is trying to be humble

plan for a turning point for the world. He first uses luminous metaphors to show the United States as the light for a world threatened by darkness. Acting as a blacksmith, he uses his hammer to shatter the shackles of servitude. Finally, He uses synecdoche to show that the responsibility of freeing the world lies solely with the United States. Through the use of these metaphors

faithful towards the conspirators completely against them with emotional appeals. In Antony’s speech, one of his uses of emotional appeals is to create a kind and friendly relationship with plebeians. At the beginning of his discourse, he uses a synecdoche and asyndeton with his appeal. His first sentence was this: “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears” (3.2.82). Here, Antony is appealing to the plebeians’ feeling of friendship. His asyndeton involving the words “friends,” “Romans,” and

exhausted. With the Daniels's specific use of simile, metaphor, synecdoche, symbolism and personification, the poem emerges from an allegorical story about the life of a pair of boots to the reveal the present and future hard work the laborer has to do. First, the diction and structure of “Work Boots”. Daniels is using free verse writing in the poem. He uses very simple language, but uses literary devices (simile, metaphor, synecdoche,

more poetic devices than the song, the poem also has Synecdoche, imagery, and enjambment in which the song does not have. The poem “Blessings” by Jay Parini is more artistic along poetic devices than the song “When we were young” y Adele. The poem uses around 6 different poetic devices including Synecdoche and Imagery. The poem uses Imagery to make their summer memories more visual for the reader as if they were there. The poem uses Synecdoche, which

Controversy of the Iraq War sparked an ethical conversation that was similar to the Vietnam War, authors such as Tim O’Brien and Chris Kyle share their primary accounts on their thoughts of war. In 1990, about 15 years after the Vietnam war ended, Tim O’Brien publishes his work of fiction called, The Things They Carried. The Things They Carried was a melancholy, detailed collection of short stories that follows the protagonist, Tim O’Brien and his company of men before, during and after the Vietnam

congressional speech, “We Shall Overcome”, which took place in Washington D.C on March 15th, 1965, asserted that the voting rights should also apply to African-American citizens. Mr. Johnson used a variety of rhetorical devices, such as climax, synecdoche, personification, ethos, logos, etc, in order to develop the art of his effective speech. On the purpose of persuading and convincing the congress to pass the Voting Rights Act, Johnson gave this speech during the meeting of congress on March 1965

powerful rhetoric. As the newly elected president, Ronald Reagan’s first speech to America, was full of patriotism as he told America his plan to lessen the government's power during his time in office. He effectively used rhetorical devices such as a synecdoche to optimistically show we are a whole made up of strong individuals. He also uses anaphora to repeat the main message to convey the seriousness of his message to establish a trust between him and his audience. Along with the rhetorical devices he