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Give an example of an eponym and explain why.
“Wow, that boy is a Jay Park!” Compares one's handsomeness to someone who is famous for being handsome.
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That boy is such a Romeo, I hope she breaks up with him.
Eponym because Romeo was seen as an attractive and flirtatious person.
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What is an eponym?
Substitutes for a particular attribute the name of a famous person recognized for that attribute. Connects one thing to something that the audience can understand better. Can be found in literature, music, films. Gives the audience more information by relating the subject to something famous.
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Give an example of an oxymoron and explain why.
“The room was so quiet that your steps would make a loud silence.” This places two words that are conflicting next to each other, silence should not be loud, stressing the extreme quietness.
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The girl showed her evil kindness to the old lady at the market.
Oxymoron because evil and kindness are contradictory to each other yet it stresses the type of kindness that was shown to give the audience more context to the sentence.
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What is an epithet?
An adjective or adjective phrase that describes someone or something in a broader sense to make it easier for the audience to understand.
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Give an example of an epithet and explain why.
“Dogs are so loyal and attached to their owners, no wonder they're called a man's best friend.” A man's best friend, a synonym for a dog, which many hear these days as a common saying.
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Michael Jackson was an amazing entertainer and his contributions to music and dance gave him the name "King of Pop".
Epithet because many people know that Michael Jackson was a famous singer and dancer that his name is associated with such a title.
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What is an oxymoron?
Two words next to each other that are contradictory to each other in adjective-noun or adverb-adjective format. A paradox that may have a deeper meaning and can be emphasized to show wit of words.
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Create a sentence using an oxymoron and an epithet and explain.
The girl was pretty ugly but she had the been known as the Princess of the Academy. Pretty ugly is an oxymoron, two contradicting words. Princess of the Academy, title or honor for someone seen as a Princess, at the school.
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Do you need Kleenex?
What is an eponym because it is something that has become the name of a very common item, tissues.
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Explain a difference between epithet and eponym.
What is an eponym is the person for whom something is named, like Einstein for intelligence or Gucci for a brand or to say something looks good.
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Create a sentence using an epithet and an eponym and explain your sentence.
The King of Pop had a cold and asked for Kleenex. King of Pop, title for Michael Jackson Kleenex, name for all tissues.
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The small giant had been bullied at school but he did not care and tried his best to get good grades.
What is an oxymoron, a giant is associated with something huge yet the word small is completely contradictory to that association.
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Explain the function of an oxymoron and a rhetorical device that is similar to it.
What is to emphasize or show the effect, complexity, or wit of words. A paradox is the rhetorical device that is similar to this.