figures of speech

   A figure of speech is a way of using words creatively.The fact is,whether we're conscious of it or not,we use figure of speech every day in our own writing and conversations.I chose some of them to introduce :

Metaphor : An implied comparisom between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.It's etymology is from the Greek," carry over ".There are some interesting examples :
1-"A man may break a word with you,sir,and words are but wind."( Shakespeare,The Comady Of Errors )
2-"Language is a road map of a culture.It tells you where its people come from and where they are going."( Rita Mae Brown )
3-" Metaphor is a device for seeing something in terms of something else.It brings out the thisness of a that , or the thatness of a this." ( Kenneth Burke,A Grammar Of Motives,1945 )
Metaphor is also known as lexical metaphor.

Simile : A stated comparison ( usually formed with "like" or "as" ) between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.It's etymology is from Latin," likeness" or "comparison".Examples:
1-"Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep."( Carl Sandburg )
2-"My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain."( W.H.Auden )
3-"Good coffee is like friendship: rich and warm and strong."( Slogan of Pan-American Coffee Bureau)

Anaphora : Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses. ( Contrast with epiphora and epistrophe.) It's etymology is from the Greek,"Carrying back".Examples:
1- "I needed a drink,I needed a lot of life insurance,I needed a vacation,I needed a home in the country.What I hadwas a coat,a hat and a gun."(Raymond Chandler,Farewell,My Love)
2- "I'm not afraid to die.I'm not afraid to live.I'm not afraid to fail.I'm not afraid to succeed.I'm not afraid to fall in love.I'm not afraid to be alone.I'm just afraid I might have to stop talking about myself for five minutes." ( Kinky Friedman,When the Cat's Away )
Anaphora is also known as epanaphora,ineratio,relatio,repetitio,report.

Antithesis : The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases.It's etymology is from the Greek,"opposition". Examples:
1- "Love is an ideal thing , marriage a real thing."( Goethe )
2- "You're easy on the eyes.Hard on the heart."( Terri Clark)
3- "All the joy the world contains
     Has come through wishing happiness  for others.
     All the misery the world contains
     Has come through wanting pleasure for oneself."( Shantideva )

What's up?

   I'm writting this post ,while four weeks are passed from starting my class.Do you want to know what happened during these weeks.wow! lots of things.We finished unit one from passages and also select readings .The discussions in the class which our teacher forces us to speak about, were wonderful and even the writing lessons were useful.It shows us how to write a paragraph with only one topic sentence.we are now familiar with the main idea ,each paragraph should describe one main idea.I really love the impact book,the subjects in this book are so fun and make us to know about American's lifestyle.In my idea ,as we are learning english,it's really important being familiar with the U.S or U.K's culture and this book can help us a lot on this way.Each session ,one of us should bring some interesting issue and share it with our classmates , finding new words from the text and explain them in the class is one of our responsibility.Totally,we have fun in the class,don't you believe it,then join us.

Finding the III

Hi,I am one of the students in the III institute.I'm glad to find this again which was closed about 2 years.Everyone can improve his/her knowledge of english language through this institute.It's not an advertising message ,it's just something that I have experienced it & I want to let you know about our activities in the class which are quite different from other classes.