Țurlea Mihaela

R-E,Anul lll,Semestrul ll
Analiza textului de expresie engleza

Figurative language
1.Match the figure of speech with its definition.

1 an understatement in which a positive statement is expressed by negating its

opposite;-LITOTES
2 a part of something represents the whole, or a whole is used to represent a part;-
SYNECDOCHE
3 a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural,
literary or political significance;-ALLUSION
4 words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the
actual meaning of the words ;-IRONY
5 two seemingly contradictory words are placed together because their unlikely
combination reveals a deeper truth;-OXYMORON
6 a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in
a series;-ALLITERATION
7 a comparison, showing similarities between two different things;-SIMILE
8 an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis;-HYPERBOLE
9 an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated,
but which share some common characteristics;-METAPHOR
10 the juxtaposition of opposing or contrasting ideas;-ANTITHESIS
11 a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes;-PERSONIFICATION
12 the name of a thing is replaced with the name of something else with which it is
closely associated/ a related thing.-METONYMY

2.Which figures of speech were used for the following titles?

Dead Souls-OXYMORON
The Great Gatsby-ALLITERATION
Angels and Demons-ANTITHESIS
East of Eden-ALLITERATION AND ALLUSION
Pride and Prejudice-ALLITERATION
One Thousand and One Nights-SIMILE
Cloud Atlas-METAPHOR
Midnight’s Children-METAPHOR
Master and Margarita-ALLITERATION
The Buddha of the Suburbia-IRONY AND ALLUSION
Songs of Innocence and Experience-ANTITHESIS
Life Is a Dream-METAPHOR
Dubliners-SYNECDOCHE
As You Like It-SIMILE
The Wind in the Willows-ALLITERATION
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus-ALLUSION
War and Peace-ANTITHESIS
A Woman Killed with Kindness-ALLITERATION,METAPHOR
Tender Is the Night-ALLITERATION
Foe-ALLUSION
The Call of the Wild-METAPHOR
Like Water for Chocolate-SIMILE
Ulysses-METAPHOR

3.Which figures of speech are used for the following examples?

When he checked for a pulse, he realized that the man was dead as a doornail.
-SIMILE
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. (Dickens)-OXYMORON
He isn’t the brightest bulb in the box.-HYPERBOLE
That last slice of pizza was calling my name. -PERSONIFICATION
All hands on deck! -SYNECDOCHE
He is the neighbourhood Casanova. -METAPHOR
Grandpa lounged on the raft in the middle of the pool like an old battleship. -SIMILE
“Did you take the whole house with you? This suitcase weighs a ton.” -IRONY
We used to call him Mr. Busy Bee. -METAPHOR
Mary was determined to transform her backyard into her personal Garden of Eden.-
ALLUSION
The marriage counsellor divorced her husband a year ago. -IRONY
She was beginning to suspect that life was a grotesque circus act. -METAPHOR
Has he always been so passive aggressive? -METONYMY
He drank the whole bottle. -SYNECDOCHE
Justice is blind and, at times, deaf. -ALLUSION
Give us this day our daily bread. -SYNECDOCHE
Love is a battlefield. -METAPHOR
It’s not bad at all. -LITOTES
What icon should we choose: Marilyn Monroe or Minnie Mouse? -METAPHOR
He was supposed to be on a diet, but fries were his Achilles’ heel. -ALLUSION
It is never too late but it is never too soon. -ANTITHESIS
Our teacher is as old as time. -SIMILE
The animal rights activist had a lovely leather coat. -METONYMY
The pen is mightier than the sword. -METONYMY
By forcing me to enter a profession that is against everything I represent, you’ve
condemned me to a living death.-METONYMY
The typical teenager’s room is a disaster area. -METAPHOR
He manipulated the people in his life as though they were chess pieces. -SIMILE
“Did you hear about Mark? He was hit by an ambulance as he was crossing the
street.” -SIMILE
She’s not that easy to talk to. -ALLUSION
Our sleeping schedule is a bit problematic, because she’s a night owl and I’m a lark.-
ANTITHESIS
Americans fought a revolution against the British crown.-ALLUSION

IMAGERY
1. Write a descriptive paragraph of one of the following places from the
perspective of a blind person: railway station, bookshop, café, seaside, forest,
mountain top.
2. Read the paragraph you wrote and underline the examples of imagery you
used.
Imagine what life would be like if you had been born without the ability to see.A
person born blind can experience the warmth of sunlight oh his face,but the beauty
of a sunset can only be experienced with the eyes.She can inhale the aromas of a
garden but the words red,yellow,purple and green are meaningless to her.He can
hear the crashing surf and even taste the salty air at a seaside resort,but the
panorma of a briny,blue-green ocean with massive waves meeting gleaming white
sand is beauty he will never know.These rich experiences would be lost or
diminished without the ability to see,yet those who are born without sight literally
don’t know what they are missing.Their perspective is limited to what they can
experience.And were it not for the testimony of sighted friends and loved
ones,people born blind would never suspect they were missing much at all.

3. Determine what type of imagery is used in the following sentences, i.e.

visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory:
• He was nearing home; he could feel it in the touch of thin air on skin. (Charles
Frazier)-TACTILE
• It must be on charcoal they fatten their fruit. I taste in them sometimes the flavour
of soot. (Robert Frost)-GUSTATORY
• Her voice is full of money ... that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in
it, the jingle of it. (Scott Fitzgerald)-AUDITORY
• The stench of death massaged my skin; it didn't wash off for years. (James
Wilde)-TACTILE
• The tavern was worn down with age, the wooden bar chipping away, the floors
looking black from the dirt, and the ceiling carrying dark brown stains from water
damage.-VISUAL
• The scream she let out was bloodcurdling.-AUDITORY
• The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his
youth.GUSTATORY
• The animal let out a shrill meow of hunger. -AUDITORY
• The perfume she sprayed reminded her of the sweet and calming scent of
mangos and vanilla. -OLFACTORY
• The shadows crisscrossed the rug while my cat stretched languidly in one of the
patches of sun. -VISUAL
• The first bite he took filled his mouth with a spicy kick from the jalapeños, and so
he drank the sweet and fruity drink he had been given. -GUSTATORY
• The blanket was as soft as cotton and as smooth as silk.-TACTILE
• I was awakened by the strong smell of a freshly brewed coffee. -OLFACTORY
• The woods are lovely, dark and deep. (Robert Frost)-VISUAL
• While swimming for the shore, Mark unintentionally took a gulp of the briny, bitter
mass, causing him to cough and gag. -GUSTATORY
• The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward. -AUDITORY
• The sun was bleeding its last over the cursed city. -VISUAL
• The tree bark was rough against her palms. -TACTILE
• She ran through the dark, gloomy passage until she could see the exit. -VISUAL
• Finally, he was able to get into bed and he exhaled happily as he stretched under
the soft comforter.-TACTILE
• The warm, sweet chocolate drink made her happy on that winter day.
-GUSTATORY
• It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. (George
Orwell)-VISUAL

4. Find examples of kinaesthetic and organic imagery in the sentences above

(ex.3).
Kinaesthetic imagery=
-He was nearing home;he could feel it in the touch of thin air on skin.(Charles
Frazier)
-The stench of death massaged my skin;it didn’t wash off for years.(James Wilde)
-The blanket was as soft as cotton and as smooth as silk.
-While swimming for the shore,Mark unintentionally took a gulp of the briny,bitter
mass,causing him to cough and gag.
-The tree bark was rough against her palms.
-She ran through the dark,glommy passage until she could see the exit.
-Finally,he was able to get into bed and he exhaled happily as he stretched under
the soft comforter –tactile
-It was a bright cold day in April,and the clocks were striking thirteen.(George
Orwell)
Organic imagery=
-The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his
youth.
-The animal let out a shrill meow of hunger
-The perfume she sprayed reminded her of the sweet and calming scent of
mangos and vanilla
-The first bite he took filled his mouth with a spicy kick from the jalapenos.and so
he drank the sweet and fruity drink he had been given
-I was awakened by the strong smell of a freshly brewed coffee
-Finally,he was able to get into bed and he exhaled happily as he stretched under
the soft comforter
-The warm,sweet chocolate drink made her happy on that winter day

5. Read the description below and underline the examples of imagery, also
paying attention to the types that predominate. What type of imagery is least
utilized? How unusual is that for the description of a restaurant?

Everything in the restaurant smacked of old England: heavy beamed ceiling, dancing
fires in all three fireplaces, dark brown creaking tables with ages-old initials carved in
their tops.(visual) One had only to look about, sink back into one of the sumptuous
green leather easy chairs that surrounded the tables, and feel an overwhelming
sense of mellow contentment. This would soon be replaced with anticipation,
however, as the smells of the kitchen pervaded the atmosphere.(olfactory) Few
would fail to be stirred by the rich earthiness of the roast haunch of venison with red-
currant jelly and chestnut puree, let alone the chicken cooked in red wine with
mushrooms or the trout poached in white wine with shrimp and mussels.(olfactory)
And as waiter after waiter moves from kitchen to table, the easy anticipation is
replaced by impatience. Taste buds at attention, knife and fork at the ready,
(tactile)the cozy room seeming to be getting too warm, a little voice (auditory)–
inside - begins to murmur, “Where’s mine?”

The type of imagery less is used is gustatory.It wasn’t used at all in the paragraph.

Recommendations: deal with the tasks in order; use full sentences (except for
tasks 1&4), but try to keep your answers brief and to the point.
1. Read the fragments included in the handout entitled “beginnings” and imagine
what could happen next in the story. What type of text/genre could follow? You can
choose from the following list or add your own: historical, autobiography, fantasy,
fantastic, horror, detective, thriller, romance, psychological, moralizing, adventure.
Historical.

2. What figures of speech are used in each of the fragments? How do you account
for or what is the effect of one of the fragments lacking such stylistic devices?
In the first text is used personification because the wolf can talk “It is time to haun
again”
The figure of speech in the second text is simile “with manny others officers who
were in the same situation as myself”
In the third text, the “family” can be synecdoche for each member involved
The fourth text has antithesis “i heard many things in hell”.
In the fifth text, the name Grubach can be an allusion to the city of Austria,
In the last text, the figures of speech used are simile (“His mother had a nicer
smell than his father”) and antithesis (warm-cold).
3. What types of imagery can you find in each of the texts? Provide examples.
What explanation can be given for the richness of imagery in two of the fragments
and the lack/scarcity of imagery in all the others?
In the first text we can notice the following types of imagery: visual (“spread out
his paws one after the other”, “Mother Wolf lay with her big gray nose dropped
across her four tumbling, squealing cubs, and the moon shone into the mouth of the
cave where they all lived.”, “He was going to spring down hill when a little shadow
with a bushy tail crossed the threshold”), kinesthetic (“scratched himself, yawned,
and spread out his paws”, “Mother Wolf lay”), organic (“sleepy feeling”), auditory
(“squealing cubs”).
4. Which is the focus/main idea in each of the fragments? Find appropriate titles to
express that. (no more than five words each)
1-survival,searching for food
2-a new surgeon in the army
3-looking for a wife
4-madness and denial
5-arrested for nothing
6.a family with children
5. Comment on the vocabulary used in fragments 4 and 6: what semantic fields
predominate in each? Relate your findings with the titles you chose previously.
In the fourth fragment predominates the semantic field of madness. The
madness makes the narrator nervous “True! – nervous – very, very dreadfully
nervous I had been and am!”, not accepting his illness “but why will you say that I am
mad?”, saying unreal things like “I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth.
The semantic field of madness consists of adjectives/adverbs as well:nervous,
dreadfully, mad, (hearing) acute, but also states of denial of madness as well:
healthily, calmly.
In the sixth fragment, the semantic field is that of music. This semantic field
includes the following nouns: song, dance, piano, hornpipe.