Friday, 20 April 2012

Analogies

Analogy is based on comparison between two or more things or events. Often contain words or phrases such as like, as, similar, or compared to.



Analogies use objects;
Metaphor- Equate particular concept with particular object
                  - Subject as exactly the same to the object


     * Metaphor are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one             important way
     * Metaphor category contains;
           Allegory: An extended metaphor wherein a story illustrates an important attribute of the subject.
           Catacheresis: A mixed metaphor used by design and accident (a rhetorical fault)
           Parable: An extended metaphor narrated as an anecdote illustrating and teaching a moral lesson
        


Simile      - Figure of speech draws similarity between to different things but otherwise not the same between                     one another


            eg: -He fights like a lion.
                 -He swims like a dolphin

Analogies use stories situations;
Parable/Allegory - symbolic expression of a deeper meaning through a story or scene acted out by human,                                   animal or mythical characters.
                   
                            eg: -Ignacy Krasicki's "Son and Father"

                                 -The Drunkard

Satire                  - The use of wit especially irony, sarcasm, and ridicule, to criticize a particular subject as                                    depited in literary works, plays / films.


                               eg: George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm
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