Monday, July 11, 2011
Figurative Language in my Article
Diction is a main form of figurative language in the article "Wal-Martian Invasion." The author is very sarcastic and informal with her language. In order to bring about she uses words that over-exaggerate her point. Some of these words include: abysmally, engulfed, and ostensible. Personification is also employed to some extent in the article. The author describes Wal-Mart as this alien creature that is out to do evil while in all reality it is merely a company. Instead of making reference to the head leaders of Wal-Mart she makes jabs at the company as a whole, giving it these characteristic that are alien like. Overstatement is also all over the article. The whole article is a gross exaggeration and the author continually makes overstatements that not only dissuade the reader, but also, hurts her credibility.
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That totally makes sense. Reading this article, I thought that she made some good points, like you pointed out, but i wasn't exactly sure what her conclusion or her point was. Likewise, as you pointed out, she said weird things that didn't really make sense. Comparing Wal-Mart to an alien might work, but she didn't really make it work. Great post.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I thought she was a terrible writer. It seems like you have a lot to write about though, so that's fortunate! But I was just wondering, instead of personification, in this instance would it be called alienation? Eh, eh?
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