We often discuss metaphor in the context of a writer’s voice, but metaphor also reflects the way we think. The metaphors we use to describe certain concepts, activities, etc. both reflect and affect the way we think about those concepts,…
Month: February 2011
Voice, Diction, and Comedy
The television show In Living Color, which I believe you can still watch on some channels in syndication, was a brilliant show produced by the Wayans brothers before they went on to spoof movies. Damon Wayans’ exaggerated portrayal of Oswald…
Blog Prompt #4
Your research project will require you to complete a stylistic analysis of a specific writer or speaker with a focus on the rhetorical choices that person makes. Consider writers or speakers who you admire and/or are in the field you…
I Know People Who Do That Alot
Allie Brosch, who keeps a fairly popular blog called Hyperbole and a Half, noted in April that she thinks of a beast called an alot when she reads a lot as one word rather than two. Better watch out! The…