ENGL 233 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Literal And Figurative Language, Metonymy, Moodle
19 Oct 2015
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Quiz next week: 10 questions, 1 or 2 sentence answers per questions on the stories we have read up to now (this includes beattie"s snow) First paper is due the following week, topics posted on moodle this weekend (600-750 words, 2. 5-3 pages) Thesis must be at the end of the first paragraph, argument focused paper (page 1235 of textbook for thesis) Abstraction/concept, example rose: symbol of love, romance, abstraction. Traditional: white dove, peace/love, symbol of the spirit. Literary elements that recur in the literature of multiple cultures. Allegory: story seems to be about something but it is about something else example the bible. Metonymy: use of one thing to refer to another thing (208) Synecdoche: part represents the whole, a sail refers to a ship. Haitian descent, the first caribbean island to become independent. One room, small shack, home with the little guy. Boukman: leader of revolution, given lesson in haitian history.
