COMM350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Spoken Language, Simile, Synecdoche

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Communication
• Course: COMM350
• Professor: Prettyman Duncan

Document Summary

Language: more than any other factor, using language as we do separates humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. Written language: spoken language is irreversible, spoken language is less formal. Structuring language: repetition: repeating words or phrases can create meaning by calling attention to something. Simile: compares two things in a way that allows each to maintain their own respective properties while still making a connection between them, ge(cid:374)erall(cid:455) ide(cid:374)tified through the use of (cid:862)like(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)as(cid:863) Metaphor: allows for comparisons between two objects, all similes are metaphors, but not all metaphors are similes, several types. Synecdoche: a metaphor that sues a part of something to refer to the whole. Metonymy: a metaphor that uses a tangible object to an intangible thing. Archetypal: a metaphor that uses common human experiences to describe another object. Mixed: a metaphor that compares two objects that have no inherent logical connection.