Thứ Hai, 17 tháng 9, 2012


Entry 1_Vũ Thị Hiền
Entry 1: Capturing the message
Item 1: Poem
                                                              True beauty
            True beauty is in the way she laughs
            True beauty is in her eyes
            True beauty is how she acts
            True beauty is inside
            True beauty is unseen
            True beauty is only felt
            True beauty is not mean
            True beauty is herself
            True beauty can't be cruel
            True beauty is bare
            True beauty within you
            True beauty is always there
            True Beauty can't be covered with makeup
            True beauty means true love
            True beauty can't be baked up
            True beauty is the flight of a dove
            True beauty has no flaws
            For True beauty is all that matters after all
Rhetorical devices:
·        Repetittion: There are repeated items in the poem:  “true beauty”, “true beauty is”, “true beauty can’t be”.
·        Simile: There are similes in the poem: “true beauty” – “true love”, “true beauty" – “the flight of a dove”.
 Message: True beauty is nice and pure, nature and innocent. It can not be faked or imitated by any way.
Item 2: Fable

The Three Fish

Once, three fishes lived in a pond. One evening, some fishermen passed by the pond and saw the fishes. 'This pond is full of fish', they told each other excitedly. 'We have never fished here before. We must come back tomorrow morning with our nets and catch these fish!' So saying, the fishermen left.
When the eldest of the three fishes heard this, he was troubled. He called the other fishes together and said, 'Did you hear what the fishermen said? We must leave this pond at once. The fishermen will return tomorrow and kill us all!' 

The second of the three fishes agreed. 'You are right', he said. 'We must leave the pond.'
But the youngest fish laughed. 'You are worrying without reason', he said. 'We have lived in this pond all our lives, and no fisherman has ever come here. Why should these men return? I am not going anywhere - my luck will keep me safe.'

The eldest of the fishes left the pond that very evening with his entire family. The second fish saw the fishermen coming in the distance early next morning and left the pond at once with all his family. The third fish refused to leave even then.
The fishermen arrived and caught all the fish left in the pond. The third fish's luck did not help him - he too was caught and killed.
The fish who saw trouble ahead and acted before it arrived as well as the fish who acted as soon as it came both survived. But the fish who relied only on luck and did nothing at all died. So also in life.

Rhetorical device:
Metaphor:
·        The pond - Life;
·        The fishermen and their plan of catching the fish - challenge and danger in life;
·        The three fish - human beings;
·        The two older fish - intelligent humans;
·        The youngest fish - the fool with hesitation;
·        The two older fish’s thought: the wisdom;
·        The youngest fish’s thought: the hesitation and foolishness.

Message:
Life is full of danger; hesitation and foolishness in dangerous situations can kill us. Take action right away whenever necessary.


                                                                         Item 3: Cartoon
Rhetorical devices: Metaphor, irony, overstatement
Message: The environment is seriously polluted, by which we are all influenced.


                                                                       Item 4: Cartoon
Rhetorical devices: Metaphor, overstatement
Message: The air pollution is threatening natural life. 
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Entry 1_ Nguyễn Thị Mai Thu


Entry 1: Capturing the massage

Item 1: Poem

Little Things in Life (1)

     By Regina Riggs  

Too often we don't realize
what we have until it is gone;
Too often we wait too late to say
"I'm sorry - I was wrong"

Sometimes it seems we hurt the ones
we hold dearest to our hearts;
And we allow foolish things
to tear our lives apart

Far too many times we let
unimportant things into our minds;
And then it's usually too late
to see what made us blind

So be sure that you let people know
how much they mean to you;
Take that time to say the words
before your time is through

Be sure that you appreciate
everything you've got
And be thankful for the little things
in life that mean a lot


  •                   Rhetorical devices:
* Rhyme: gone – wrong, heart – apart, minds – blind, you – through, got – lot
* Repetition/ Parallelism: Too often we don’t realize... – Too often we wait... Be sure that you let... – Be sure that you appreciate...
  •                 Message:
 We should to appreciate little things in our life in order not to regret after it is gone.

                                 
                          Item 2: Story
                       The Faithful Dog and His Master (2)


Once, there was a man living in a village. He had a baby. The baby's mother had died soon after its birth. He loved it very much. He also had a faithful dog. The dog was eager to serve his master.
One day, the baby had high fever. The father went to the town to bring medicine for it. He left the baby in the cradle. The dog was there to look after.
              In the old man's absence, a wolf entered the house and attacked the baby. The dog fought with the wolf and killed it. After sometime, the old man returned with the medicine. He saw that the paws and the mouth of the dog were covered with blood. He thought that the dog had killed his baby. While the dog was licking his master feet, he shot the pet dead.
            When the man went into the bedroom, he found the baby sleeping soundly in the cradle. He also saw a wolf lying dead nearby. He at once realized his folly but it was too late. He felt guilty and repented for his blunder.

  •                   Rhetorical devices:
Climax: He noticed the blood-covered mouth of the dog, so the man thought that the dog had killed his baby. In a fury, he shot the pet dead. But when he entered the house, his baby was sleeping soundly. Nearby a big wolf lay dead.
  •                   Message:
You should look before you leap because sometimes haste makes waste.

                   Item 3: Picture (3)


  •                   Rhetorical devices:
* Metaphor: The tree – the environment/ forest
                       The finger – human being’s life
* Irony: The man is cutting down the tree – the finger of a human being.
* Overstatement: People are destroying the nature.
  •                         Massage:
Those who has destroyed the environment are directly harming their own life.
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(1)   http://www.ellenbailey.com/poems/ellen_121.htm
(2)  http://writing.wikinut.com/The-Faithful-Dog-And-His-Master/1p4g.nha/
(3) http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/2012_05_01_archive.html


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Entry 1 _ Mai Thị Huế

                                          Entry 1 _ Mai Thị Huế
 Item 1 : Poem

She Walks in Beauty
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent !
Rhetorical  devices : 
Alliteration : cloudless climes; starry skies, day denies, which waves, serenely sweet; So soft, so; Heart Whose
Simile : comparing the movement of a beautiful woman with the movement of skies 
Metonymy : heaven (upper atmosphere)
Metaphor : raven tress (the grace), serenely sweet thoughts, pure and dear dwelling-place ( the quality)
Overstatement : "The smiles that win, the tints that glow"
Parallelism : One shade the more // one ray the less, on that cheek // on that brow,..

 Message : The exceptional beauty of a woman, external as well as internal.

                                                            Item 2 : Cartoon

 Rhetorical divices : 
Irony, Metaphor
Message : Global warming effects not only polar extinction, but human life also.

Item 3 : Story

The important things in life
A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2 inches in diameter.

He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.”

“Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health, your children – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter – like your job, your house, your car.

The sand is everything else. The small stuff.”

“If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued “there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life.

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal.

Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”


 Rhetorical divices :  
Metaphor:  pebbles - your job, your house, your car, The sand - small stuff, The rocks - your family, your partner, your health, your children, the jar - your life.
Repetition : he asks the same questions three times .
Message : identifying the really important parts of your life and treasuring them.

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Entry 1_Vũ Thị Thúy Nga



Entry 1
Item 1: Short story

Look inside before  you judge others

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning, while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hang the wash outside.
That laundry is not very clean, she said, she doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.
Her husband looked on, but remained silent. Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.
About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband: "Look! She has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this."
The husband said: "I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows!"

     Rhetorical devices:
   Metaphor: the women (people who like to criticize and judge others), window(our outlook on life )
         Message: What we see when watching others depends on the purity of the window through which we look. 

Item 2: Cartoon




Rhetorical devices:
- Metaphor: the two rabbits (facebook addicts)
- Overstatement: the seriousness of facebook addiction of two rabbits
- Irony: the two rabbits are talking about the disadvantage of facebook  but they are still addicted to it.
Message: Facebook has serious effects on daily communication.

Item 3: Lyrics

Because you loved me

For all those times you stood by me 

For all the truth that you made me see 
For all the joy you brought to my life 
For all the wrong that you made right 
For every dream you made come true 
For all the love I found in you 
I'll be forever thankful baby 
You're the one who held me up 
Never let me fall 
You're the one who saw me through through it all 

You were my strength when I was weak 
You were my voice when I couldn't speak 
You were my eyes when I couldn't see 
You saw the best there was in me 
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach 
You gave me faith 'cause you believed 
Em everything I am 
Because you loved me 

You gave me wings and made me fly 
You touched my hand I could touch the sky 
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me 
You said no star was out of reach 
You stood by me and I stood tall 
I had your love I had it all 
I'm grateful for each day you gave me 
Maybe I don't know that much 
But I know this much is true 
I was blessed because I was loved by you 

You were my strength when I was weak 
You were my voice when I couldn't speak 
You were my eyes when I couldn't see 
You saw the best there was in me 
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach 
You gave me faith 'cause you believed 
I'm everything I am 
Because you loved me 

You were always there for me 
The tender wind that carried me 
A light in the dark shining your love into my life 
You've been my inspiration 
Through the lies you were the truth 
My world is a better place because of you 

You were my strength when I was weak 
You were my voice when I couldn't speak 
You were my eyes when I couldn't see 
You saw the best there was in me 
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach 
You gave me faith 'cause you believed 
I'm everything I am 
Because you loved me 

You were my strength when I was weak 
You were my voice when I couldn't speak 
You were my eyes when I couldn't see 
You saw the best there was in me 
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach 
You gave me faith 'cause you believed 
I'm everything I am 
Because you loved me 

I'm everything I am 
Because you loved me

Rhetorical devices:
-      - Parallelism:
+ “For all those times you stood by me

     For all the truth that you made me see
     For all the joy you brought to my life…”
+ “You were my strength when I was weak

     You were my voice when I couldn't speak
     You were my eyes when I couldn't see…”
-   Rhyme: life - right, weak - speak, reach – believe
     - Overstatement:
“You gave me wings and made me fly

  You touched my hand I could touch the sky”

Message: Thanks to love, people can do everything.




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Entry 1_Nguyễn Thị Thúy


Entry 1_ Nguyễn Thị Thúy
Item 1: Poem
There is another sky
By Emily Dickinson
There is another sky,
Ever serene and fair,
And there is another sunshine,
Though it be darkness there;
Never mind faded forests, Austin,
Never mind silent fields -
Here is a little forest,
Whose leaf is ever green;
Here is a brighter garden,
Where not a frost has been;
In its unfading flowers
I hear the bright bee hum:
Prithee, my brother,
Into my garden come!

Rhetorical devices:
·        Rhyme:
-      imperfect rhyme: sky- sunshine, flowers- brother.
-      perfect rhyme: fair- there, green- been, hum- come.
·        Repetition: 
-      Never mind
-      Here is a
·        Symbol:
-      sunshine- belief and hope
-      darkness- the sorrows and difficulties in life
·        Metaphor:
-      “another sky, unfading flowers, the bright bee hum” – nice and positive things in life.
-       “faded forest, silent fields, frost” – the failures, sorrows and difficulties.
Message:  Each of them should live in hopeful and positive way as sorrows, failures and difficulties will go away if we live on the bright sides.


Item 2: Story
The Cookie Thief
A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop.
She was engrossed in her book but happened to see, that the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be. . .grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between, which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene.
So she munched the cookies and watched the clock, as the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock. She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by, thinking, “If I wasn’t so nice, I would blacken his eye.”
With each cookie she took, he took one too, when only one was left, she wondered what he would do. With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh, he took the last cookie and broke it in half.
He offered her half, as he ate the other, she snatched it from him and thought… oooh, brother. This guy has some nerve and he’s also rude, why he didn’t even show any gratitude!
She had never known when she had been so galled, and sighed with relief when her flight was called. She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate, refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate.
She boarded the plane, and sank in her seat, then she sought her book, which was almost complete. As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise, there was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes.
If mine are here, she moaned in despair, the others were his, and he tried to share. Too late to apologize, she realized with grief, that she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief.

Rhetorical devices:
·        Metaphor: the cookies- things we have possessed.
Message
Living is sharing. Let’s share things we get to each other to receive happiness. Also, do to others as you would have them do to you.

Item 3: Cartoon



Rhetorical devices
·        Irony:  the behaviors of the spouses when following other comments ridiculously.
·        Overstatement: there are not many other comments and the solution of the spouses like that.
·        Metaphor: the spouses- each of us; people giving comment- the whispers and comments of other people in our society
Message:
In our society, there are many people who are not consistent, do not keep their own idea firmly when accepting other comments.

Source:
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/emily_dickinson/poems/5212
http://tailieu.vn/xem-tai-lieu/chicken-soup-for-the-soul-song-ngu-phan-2-.271895.html
http://www.google.com.vn/imgres?start=302&hl=vi&sa=X&biw=1024&bih=598&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=eNo4f6X66JUMyM:&imgrefurl=http://www.facebook.com/iJustSpeak%3Ffilter%3D3&docid=0MD5pnWwoyj-_M&imgurl=http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/c38.0.403.403/p403x403/419270_355221317885278_2024266172_n.jpg&w=403&h=362&ei=CxRWUL6WOeGhiAf1kICACg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=94&vpy=58&dur=5277&hovh=213&hovw=237&tx=119&ty=113&sig=103938209761629929443&page=13&tbnh=129&tbnw=144&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:12,s:302,i:127


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