Question

I read the foreword from Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman....

Answer 1

it says:
"Thoughtful Americans sang softly in praise of themselves" is an example of ALL OF THE following EXCEPT:
A. metonymy
B. alliteration
C. metaphor
D. litotes

Answer 2

metonymy: a word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word.
ex: you think of a crown when you see royalty

Answer 3

@Azureilai

Answer 4

@hartnn

Answer 5

it can be alliteration, because alliterations is when two or more words start with the same letter
example "Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August."
so this should be be elminated from the choices above

Answer 6

I was thinking it would be a metaphor, because nothing abstract is being applied. And within the sentence, there was the phrase "sang softly" which was the alliteration beginning with the "s" sound.

Answer 7

yea i know alliteration is definitely used :/

Answer 8

metaphor too works

Answer 9

we are left with metonymy and litotes

Answer 10

wait how's metaphor used in this?

Answer 11

nvm it can't be because a metaphor is when implicit comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common

Answer 12

D: im so frustrated i have a wksht w/ like 15 questions and theyre all so confusing!!!!

Answer 13

& yea i know :/ m not sue

Answer 14

*sure

Answer 15

but i think litotes can't represent this sentence

Answer 16

but along w/ our multiple choice, we have to give EXPLANATIONS!!! WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR ANSWER!

Answer 17

D: which is why im asking :/

Answer 18

yea

Answer 19

I think it can be a litote, because "thoughtful" Americans will not "sing praise of themselves"

Answer 20

I thought that it was pretty ironical.

Answer 21

makes sense, i couldn't see how ironic was the sentence

Answer 22

ok so litote? but what abt the sang SOFTLY???

Answer 23

& THESE R 2 OTHERS.! PLS LOOK @ THEM

Answer 24

JUST GO TO GOOGLE & TYPE IN AMUSING OURSELVES TO death foreword to read the paragraph & u can understand these questions too

Answer 25

"Thoughtful Americans sang softly in praise of themselves"
so we said this sentence is alliteration because the use of "sang softly"
and that it's litote because if ur thoughtful, u can't sing to praise yourself
and i'm not sure how it is a metaphor, but i think there's one in the sentence
and i think it's not Metonymy cuz i don't see anything that relates to that :\

Answer 26

I think it may be an indirect reference to the Orwellian nightmares, but I am not sure.

Answer 27

ok & what abt the other questions?

Answer 28

I am not sure, I'm not really familiar with Orwell's 1984.