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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Linguistics Studies

help me with i think pun or annoatation ...

0i have a English class about persuasive techniues and today I had to plan for it. We have to analyse articles about traffic congestion and identify persuasive techniques. I'm a little confused if anyone can help me with this part. Here are the titles:02br
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00 "Policies leave the city choking on traffic fumes"02br
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00 A city at the crossroads needs a long-term vision02br
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00 You know how they are playing with words, what's that called? pun? coz a teacher said it's called annotation or connotation or something and another teacher said it's assimilation.. i think they're wrong , isn't it a pun? 0-
  

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02br 00These are metaphors, or perhaps anthropomorphization. 02br 02br 01b 00At a crossroads02b 00 is an idiom: 00at the point where a decision must be made. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 00These are metaphors, or perhaps anthropomorphization.
  • 02br 02br 01b 00At a crossroads02b 00 is an idiom: 00at the point where a decision must be made.
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00These are metaphors, or perhaps anthropomorphization. Cities cannot really choke or have visions; people do.02br
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01b00At a crossroads02b00 is an idiom: 00at the point where a decision must be made. 01i00We are at a crossroads where we must choose between more talk and plain old hard work02i00.00 B
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