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Item 1: Idioms

1, Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat

Source: http://www.thptanlao.com/t408-topic

Rhetorical devices:

ü Simile: Hating people = burning down your own house to get rid of a rat

ü Metaphor: “burning down your own house to get rid of a rat”è destroy your life and the enemy’s life

Message:

If you hate someone and want to harm him, you also harm yourself. You should forgive to feel peaceful.

2, Nothing is impossible, because impossible itself is “I M Possible”

Source: http://www.thptanlao.com/t408-topic

Rhetorical devices:

ü Pun: impossible è I’M Possible ( divide the word “impossible” into 2 parts: “ I’m” and “possible” )

Message:

Human’s ability is unlimited. We should not feel disappointed or give up when we meet difficulties or failures. Try our best and we will achieve all goals

Item 2: Story

Heaven and Hell

A holy man was having a

conversation with the Lord one day and said,
‘Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.’
The Lord led the holy man to two doors.
He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew, which smelled delicious and madethe holy man’s mouth water.
The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful. But because the handle was longer than their arms, t

hey could not get the spoons back into their mouths.
The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering.
The Lord said, ‘You have seen Hell.’
They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man’s mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking.
The holy man said, ‘I don’t understand.’
‘It is simple,’ said the Lord. ‘It requires but one skill. You see they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only of themselves.’

Source: http://www.engleo.com/2008/03/heaven-and-hell.html

Rhetorical devices:

ü Simile : The first room is like the Hell

The second room is like the Heaven

ü Metaphor: People in the first room are like people who live separately and indifferently in society

People in the second room are like people who live in a united society. They work together and live better

Message:

Union is the strength to overcome all obstacles. In addition, different actions can lead to different conditions.

Item 3: Picture

Source: http://hoasibiem.com/8/tranh-biem-hoa-my-gallery.html/tranh-biem-hoa-cartoon-52

Rhetorical devices:

ü Metaphor : cigaretteè bullet

ü Symbol: gun è death

Message:

Smoking is also suicide. Nobody should try to smoke and smokers should give up this habit to save their life and other’s life