Thursday, October 13, 2011

Rhetorical Analysis Imagery

In Jeremy Kidds blog post of Jake Heaps, he describes Heaps as "having a rocket arm."  This quote is a metaphor because it does not use like or as when it describes Heaps arm.  Because obviously he does not have a rocket for an arm.  Kidd uses this imagery to paint a picture for his audience.  He wants his audience to really understand how powerful of an arm that Heaps has so that they can connect with him and how good of a quarterback, strength wise, that he actually is.

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  1. While I like the use of that imagery here, that got me thinking. I thought about how perhaps maybe that it wasn't imagery at all, maybe Jake Heaps literally has a rocket built into his arm! As far as i know, this is not illegal in college football and BYU could use the help, so I'm okay with either one.

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