Rhetorical Device: Hyperbole!!

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What is 'Rhetorical Device'?

Rhetorical Device is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading him or her towards considering a topic from a different perspective.

 

What is Hyperbole

Hyperbole(과장법) is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech from a Greek word meaning excess. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally

-wikipedia

Hyperbole is often used in poetry and is frequently encountered in casual speech.

 

Examples

-“It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets”

           One easy example explaining hyperbole.

           Polar bears live in Arctic and they don't wear jackets.

           Didn't really saw polar bears wearing jackets but it is used to describe the weather is frigid.

 

-Hyperboles shown in advertisements

iPhone 5: Browse, download and stream content at blazing-fast speeds.

           Blazing-fast speed is an exaggeration. Everyone knows that iPhone is not that fast.

 

Samsung GALAXY Camera: Shoot, Edit and Share instantly to get a thousand likes on your photos!

           Thousand likes is an exaggeration. It is really hard to get thousand likes on facebook.

 

Why do they use these hyperboles?

           They use it to persuade customers. It enlightens the product value.

          Better than saying you can instantly get 10likes.

 

-"My toaster has never once worked properly in four years. I follow the instructions and push two slices of bread down in the slots, and seconds later they rifle upwards. Once they broke the nose of a woman I loved dearly."

Speech of Woody Allen for college graduates.
This time, hyperbole was used to add humor to the speech. Rifle upwards, broken nose.

Group discussion on TOEFL!

In Mr. Menard's class, we gathered in groups of four and discussed about TOEFL writings written by our classmates. Our topic of  TOEFL writing was to write about the changes that new 21st century will bring. Everyone did good on their writings but I thought Jinuk's essay was the most creative one among them. And here's the result of our group discussion!

Hyunsoo Jeon (Seunghyun's response) http://bloglogfogmog.blogspot.kr/
1. Great examples (Specific & appropriate for the topic)
2. Great organization (Very TOEFL-style, but still, great branching out & great wrap-up)
3. Various changes in various fields (Communication, science & education)

Seungjun Lee (Jaewan's response) http://menboong.blogspot.kr/
1. Gave nice examples (Kyoto Protocol, etc.)
2. Out of the three reasons he used as support, two of them are really strong
3. No grammatical errors.

Jonghyun Wang (Jihun's response) http://jihunkmla.blogspot.kr/
1. Not an overview of the 21^st century, but very focused on one topic (power shift)
2. Might better to use objective POV for examples
3. Good organization

Yong-han Jung (Jinuk's response) http://kmlaenglishwriting.blogspot.kr/
1. Title: WWW (World Wide Web) – also an example of world w/o wires
2. Divide the use of wires into two parts (connect info & charging)
3. Good response to prompt: It’s future technology that we’re looking at
4. Making his own equation for the technology: Creative; Help the readers understand what he’s trying to say.

Song for my art project!!

VIVA LA VIDA

 

 

I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemie's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
Now the old king is dead, Long live the king

One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered the my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand


I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what's I'd become

Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavaly choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world


This is a song that I choose for my art project. It is a song by coldplay and  I have to make an album cover for it!! It is a quite interesting topic to do a project on but I'm actually writing on my blog about this because I cannot come up with any more ideas how I should make the album very creative. I don't know if someone will see my blog, but if you are please comment on my post about how you feel about this song and some ideas how I should make my album cover :)
Thank you~ (And maybe later, I'll post  my album cover here)

Montly TOEFL Essay #2: 3 keywords to 21th century

What change will 21th century will bring to us?

 

            It is now 21th century when people all look forward to see a new development that 21th century will bring. Humans have developed many things in 20th century and the progress still continues. By looking at the age of planet earth, 100 years is not a big thing. However, humans were able to accomplish many things in a very short period. I'm going to talk about the things that technological advancement will bring to our lives in 21th century by giving 3 key words.

smart       fast       eco

 

SMART!

          
'Smart' became a widely used word after the introduction of smart phones in 21th century. Smart phones are more than a device, it enable people to communicate rapidly and fast even in the far distance. Many people might think even 2G phones were adaptable to do these tasks but smart phones are the actual ones that made people live in 21 century. Facebook, Twitter are one of the most widely used social network system that everyone at least one account. By this people were able to communicate not just thorough voice or text, but even videos, pictures, and their own handwritings. This created something called smart revolution. In the future, wearable computers will be commercialized. Google launched their own wearable computer called Google glass. This enables people to communicate by eyeball movements. Wearable computers were invented by engineers in the past but it was hard to actually commercialize. Thus, Google has possibility to create a new device that will lead the 21th century.

 

FAST!

"The early bird catches the worm". This is one of the most well known quotes all around the world. It teaches us a lesson to act more rapid to gain benefits. 21th century will be a fast moving century like an early bird.
People want to use their time efficiently and the desire has lead to the creations of cars, trains, and airplanes. Now, people are moving faster than ever and world is being globalized. On the other hand, it is not only the humans that are moving fast, information moves even faster. On the internet we are able to communicate with friends all over the world, and it makes a whole new society that they can share their information, ideals, and emotions.
People living in 21th century say that it doesn't matter how much knowledge you have it in your mind, but what matters is to draw knowledge out of the internet faster than others. 21th century will demand people who are able to extract information in just seconds.

 

ECO!

21th century is the century that we have to start concerning about our environment. Our usage of resources has boosted as the result of technological advancement. In other words, people's pursuit of convenience has created something inevitable to change. Nowadays, almost every family has at least one car and some have two, producing huge amount of carbon dioxide resulting global warming. This wasn't a common thing even in late 20th century, and this is expected to increase in the future. Beside cars, smart phones are  also threatening the ecosystems, especially gorillas. Smartphone uses coltan which is used to store electircal charge. Since, coltan is found at the eastern regions of congo, gorillas are loosing their territory due to human's minning activity. 
We cannot make our environment as same as the old times, but we can start to reduce our usage of resources. Our little habits of not taking the convenient route will save the environment of 21th century.

 

           In 21th century, people will live a life that is much better than before. However, we always have to think that easier path isn't always a good one. World isn't made just for people living in 21th century, it is made for us and our future generation. Like our ancestors have build the earth of their descendents, our job is to protect the earth and making it a better place for our sons and daughters.