Entry1_Nguyễn Thị Hồng Liên
CRITICAL THINKING
Item 1: Poem
I saw
I saw an apple tree in full bloom;
I saw a firefly lighting the gloom;
I saw a boat with wind in its sail;
I saw a butterfly perch on a nail;
I saw a cloud that looked like a dog;
I saw a worm hiding under a log;
I saw moonbeams dancing on the lake;
I saw candles lighting up a cake;
I saw poplar leaves playing in the air;
I saw a clown at a county fair;
I saw a bird with bright red wings;
Did you ever see all these lovely things?
Agnes Curren Hamm
Rhetorical devices:
§ Rhyme: bloom- gloom; sail- nail; dog- log; lake- cake; air- fair; wing- thing
§ Repetition: I saw
§ Simile: a cloud= a dog
Message: Every day we missed to see many things, though the world is very beautiful and colorful. Therefore, in life-time we should try stopping to enjoy the lovely things in the world, and feel the precious things that seem to be very simple around us.
Item 2: story
Discouraged?
When I was driving home from work one day, I stopped to watch a local little League baseball game that was being played in a park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the fist baseline. I asked one of the boys what the score was.
“We’re behind 14 to nothing” he asked with a smile. “Really I said. “I have to say you don’t look very discouraged.”
Discouraged? The boy asked with a puzzled look on his face. “Why should we be discouraged? We haven’t been up to bat yet.”
Rhetorical:
· Metaphor: a local little League baseball game is the difficulties and challenges in our life
Message: there are always difficulties and challenges that we have to face every day, but never give up, be optimistic.
Item3: picture
Rhetorical:
· Overstatement: there is not space for people to live, the earth is deep in water
· A rhetorical question: how tax cuts can protect you from global warming?
Message: the earth is being destroyed and immerged into the water. The people’s life, therefore, will end and no tax cuts can protect us from the global warming.
Reference: 1. Sunflower, Dong Nai general publishing house, September 2006
2. Chicken soup for the soul, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
3.http://www.google.com.vn/search?hl=vi&sugexp=gsis,i18n%3Dtrue&cp=10&gs_id=jc&xhr=t&q=gio+trai+dat&pq=nhung+hinh+anh+mang+thong+diep+ve+ngay+trai+dat
In my opinion, your entry is quite good. However, I have some comments for you as follow:
Trả lờiXóa- Item 1: I think that you should add some rhetorical devices:
+ A rhetorical question:
Did you ever see all these lovely things?
+ End-rhyme:
I saw an apple tree in full bloom;
I saw a firefly lighting the gloom;
I saw a boat with wind in its sail;
I saw a butterfly perch on a nail;
I saw a cloud that looked like a dog;
I saw a worm hiding under a log;
I saw moonbeams dancing on the lake;
I saw candles lighting up a cake;
I saw poplar leaves playing in the air;
I saw a clown at a county fair;
I saw a bird with bright red wings;
Did you ever see all these lovely things?
+ Message: Life is very wonderful, so everyone should live optimisticly and enjoy it.
I agree with Huong about the rhetorical question in item 1. Your poem give me lots of beautiful images. And I think the message here is "Find your happiness in the smallest things of life".
Trả lờiXóaAbout item 2: I think you should add metaphor:the score- final result, the game-our life. Your story give me a lesson: Don't give up until the last minute. Thank you
May be I'm not intelligent but I can not understand Item 3. i hope you can explain to me later. hi
First of all, I suggest you to rearrange your entry because it is hard to follow.
Trả lờiXóaI want to give some commnents:
Item 1: I really like your poem and I think there still some more rhetorical devices you can find like cuc and huong said above.
Item 2: THe story is good but somehow i fell it hard to understand. I that the metaphor is: the score - the goal of people life, etc.
Item 3: For this item 3, you did a good job. The picture is very funny and I think this is rhetorical "metaphor" here: people are standing in the box - human being
Thank for your entry!!!
Keep
I agree with Linh that you should make your entry clearer and more well-dedined.
Trả lờiXóaI also have some comments for your three items.
Item 1:
Message: Just pay attention to these things around and you will find our life really wonderful and meaningful!
Item 2:
Metaphor: the boy - hopeful, optimistic people
Message: Don't loose all faith if you still have a chance.
Item 3:
I am a bit confused. What the message in the picture means.
personally,i partly disagree with you on item 1. i think these images like apple trees, the boat, a cloud, a worm...symbolize unafected un beautiful things surviving around us but we may not realize their beauty.happiness sometimes comes from dear events, people, images in life.
Trả lờiXóathank for your entry.
I am very interested in the story in your entry. It brings a meaningful lesson about the patience and optimism. It is very valuable for me.
Trả lờiXóaAbout the item 3, I think that "the tax cuts" can represent economic problems while "global warming" can represent environmental problems. Therefore, the message is that the human cares about economy so much and we are indifferent to the environment. It's my opinion,so you can consider it! ^^
In general, your entry is quite good!!!