TROPES
metaphor:
o "Life is a
run, it’s not about the destination but
the experiences we have in the journey "
o Life is not literally
a run, but one can see that both in life and in running we can get lost by only
thinking about the destination. Learning to enjoy the journey is an important
part of both life and running.
paronomasia
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| Excuses are like worries, Everybody's got some, but as we get lose them we feel happier. |
o The words “Feat”
and “Feet” are homonyms, one referring to achieving something difficult, the
other the reason why it is difficult.
anthimeria
o "Sometimes you
just have to NIKE your way through life."
o The Nike slogan “JUST
DO IT”, a noun, being turned into a verb
hyperbole
o "They say he
runs faster than the speed of light!"
o It is unrealistic
to think that anyone could run as fast as the speed of light. This exaggeration
would indicate that someone was moving fast.
oxymoron
o "To run is to
feel both alive and dead"
o
"alive" and "dead" demonstrate the feelings
of exhilaration and adrenaline (alive) and the feelings of exhaustion and wear
and tear on the body. Because these two feelings are opposites, and felt
simultaneously, it makes it seem paradoxical.
SCHEMES
parallelism
o "Whether
winter, spring, summer, or fall, it’s always a good time to run."
o The parallel parts listing
the different seasons
anastrophe
o "Swiftly you
must run, if the race, you wish to win."
o Normally the
expression would have read, “You must run swiftly if you wish to win the race”
ellipsis
o "There are two
kinds of people in this world: runners, and those who wish they were”
o “runners”
was omitted from the end of the second phrase, we assume that this is what those
who didn’t run wish they were
alliteration
o "The relict
reebok, ran ragged, rushed relentlessly through ravines, reeds and
roads."
o Although I would
never really use this in trying to persuade someone, I did want to see how many
words I could use that all began with the letter “r” A reebok is a type of African Antelope,
relict is “last, or surviving”.
The following is a clip about some cheetah's chasing a herd of gazelle into some tourists. Kinda cool. Start watching at 30 seconds!
The following is a clip about some cheetah's chasing a herd of gazelle into some tourists. Kinda cool. Start watching at 30 seconds!
Love this one, you came up with a lot of great figurations. They fit very well with your topic if your audience is someone who knows about running and is or wants to be a runner. I could definitely relate to your oxymoron and the example of ellipsis because I used to run when I was in junior high.
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I really like your anthimeria! Whenever I watch a Nike commercial it makes me want to get out there and "Just Do It"; using it as a verb really does fit the definition of just getting out there and going for it.
ReplyDeleteYou did a really good job on this post! I could tell you had a good grasp on each of the schemes and tropes because you used them almost naturally. I especially liked that your metaphor was relating something else to running as opposed to putting running in the perspective of something else, if that makes sense. I feel like that flowed better than the alternative.
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