Thứ Bảy, 4 tháng 2, 2012

Entry 1_dong thu thuy

Item 1:

ABOUT FRIEND 

I believe in angels,
The kind that heaven sends,
I am surrounded by angels,
But I call them friends.
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Thanks for the little things!
Little stones make big mountains,
Little steps can cover miles,
Little acts of loving-kindness...

Little words can soothe big troubles
Little hugs can dry big tears,
Little candles light the darkness,
Little memories last for years...

Little dreams can lead to greatness,
Little victories lead to success
It's the little things in life
That brings the greatest happiness...

When I think about all the little things,
Warm thoughts of you always come to mind
And all the joy that friendship brings,
Always and forever sharing it 

I.Rhethorical device:
1. Antithesis: little stones >< big mountain 
Little step >< miles
Little hug >< big tears
Little things >< the greatest happiness
2.assonance: send - friend; tears - years
Greatness - happiness, things - brings, mind - online
3.repetation
"angel", "little" 
4.parrellism:
Little......make......
Little.....can....
5. Metaphor:
Angels imply your friends

II. Message:having a true friend is one of the best things in our life. Maybe that is only a little thing, but it is the little things that make the gratest 

Item 2:



I. A bottle contains much water. There is a person using the rope ladder to come in the bottle and drink. He drank so much that he can’t reach the rope ladder to get out.
II. Message:
You shouldn’t be so greedy that you may harm yourself. When you try to plunder benefit for yourself, which means you may bring unlucky things to you.

Item 3:

Sand and Stone

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE."

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one, who had been slapped, got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After the friend recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE."

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?"

The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."
I. Rhethorical: 
Metaphor: write in the sand or the mistakes will be forgotten easily and quickly.
Writing on a stone means that the gratitude will be always remembered. 
II. Message: each person should learn to tolerate, know how to forgive and specially always remember what the other helps.

2 nhận xét:

  1. I really like the second item. It is not only funny but meaningful. I was interted and surprised when I read the message. it gave me a meaningful lesson. However, you should point out " Rhetorical devices" in the picture. I suggest that :- metaphor: Water( benefit)

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  2. I really like the picture in your Item 2. It's not only funny but also meaningful. The man is so fool :))
    However, I think you should add more your thoughs in 3 item's messages. They are quite short and I expect more reflection in them

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