Metaphor
-“Down-time can be the cooling salve to a burning mind.”
-This makes a comparison to something dissimilar to how
one spends time, but shows the positive effects of it.
Paronomasia
-“I’m not talking about down-‘thyme’, which the ancient
Greeks burnt as incense for a source of courage.
-Thyme and time sound the same, but have completely
separate usages.
Anthimeria
-“Last week I jiu-jitsued my friend during some
down-time.”
-Jiu jitsu is a form of martial arts, actually a
noun. Using it as a verb helps the
audience visualize it more as an action.
Hyperbole
- “A few moments of down-time makes a world of
difference.”
- Those few moments do not necessarily have an impact on
the current state of things in the world, but an individual’s perception of the
world may change with a moment of down-time.
Oxymoron
-“Structured down-time can be much more refreshing than a
moment of laziness.”
-Generally people would think of down-time and structured
time as two separate things; be unproductive during one and be very productive
in the other.
Parallelism
-“Whether it be coloring, playing the piano, going for a
jog, or just reading a book, these forms of down-time bring peace and balance to
the soul.”
-These activities can easily form a list of things to do
for down-time.
-“With a busy schedule, discouraged you may become.”
-Yoda would agree that with this arrangement, emphasis is
placed on the result or consequences of having too busy of a schedule.
Ellipsis
-“Down-time not only brings rest to the mind and body,
but peace as well.”
-It is implied that down-time also brings peace to the mind
and body.
Alliteration
-“Being too busy can break the mind and body, but
down-time develops dreams.”
-This sentence is separated into two parts and ideas by
the use of two alliteration structures.
I suppose the urge to incorporate Yoda into the section on anastrophe was too much to bear. Still, his phrasing is the perfect example of the concept. It's just nice to have a word to identify that technique though. Also, maybe I am just partial to metaphors, but I really liked what you had to say in that section. All of the methods of figurative language are meant to produce some sort of reaction within the audience, but metaphors just seem to hit me the hardest. Interestingly enough, both of us chose also to add in the opposition of "hot and cold" to our metaphors. I doubly enjoyed your metaphor because of that. Good job!
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