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Decide if the following items are examples of metaphor or metonymy

1. There are a lot of good heads in the university. Heads = Metaphor/Metonymy?
Students or Professor…
2. Her hair was a flowing golden river streaming down her Metaphor/Metonymy?
shoulders.
3. Hollywood mourned the loss of a legendary actor, Metaphor/Metonymy?

reminiscing about the iconic roles that shaped generations of
cinema lovers.
Metaphor/Metonymy?
4. All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same
tree.
5. The White House issued a statement today, announcing Metaphor/Metonymy?
new policies on climate change
6. Time is a thief, stealing moments from our grasp as we try Metaphor/Metonymy?
to hold on to the fleeting sands of existence.
7. Wall Street reacted positively to the news of the company's Metaphor/Metonymy?
acquisition, with stocks soaring to new heights.
8. Her laughter danced like wind chimes in the breeze, filling Metaphor/Metonymy?
the room with joy and melody.
9. Love is a fragile flower, delicate yet resilient, blooming in Metaphor/Metonymy?
the most unexpected places.
10. The crown passed to a new monarch today, symbolizing Metaphor/Metonymy?
the continuity of power within the royal family.
II. Identify the sense relation between the underlined pair of words or expressions
and classify them if possible.
1a. A bat has just flown into the kitchen.
1b. He held the bat tightly and ran toward home.
2. I parked my car near the city central park, and then I went to the bank to withdraw
some cash.
3a. She felt happy during the party.
3b. No one could be content with the game result.
4. The climate in the desert is typically hot and dry, whereas the climate in the rainforest
is humid and wet.
5. He can’t bear the action of extracting the bear gall.
6. He was sitting in his dark room, wondering about the company’s gloomy prospects.
7. The boy threw a ball through the neighbour’s bathroom window.
8. A nice girl is wearing a nice skirt going out on a nice day.
9. A noon nap is never a too long sleep.
10. He never likes putting on a bow or bowing down before a stranger.
III. Identify the different word-formation processes involved in producing each of the
underlined words in the sentences below. The processes mentioned are:
acronym, backformation, blending, clipping, compounding, conversion, reduplication,
…
a. We will carpet this room.
b. Could you give me a quick recap on what’s been decided.
c. Coloring your hair was a no-no at that time.
d. Jane decided to spring-clean her apartment.
e. What are the core rules of netiquette?
f. Business confidence is on the up.
g. My old man said follow the van, and don’t dilly-dally on the way.
h. This year the show will be simulcast live to 50 different countries.
i. Did you get my memo about the meeting?
j. Don’t you ever worry that you might get AIDS?
k. Shiel still parties every Saturday night.
l. These new skateboards from Zee Designs are kickass.
m. When I’m ill, I want to see a doc, not a vet.
n. The house next door was burgled when I was babysitting the Smiths’ children.
o. You don’t need to button it because it’s got Velcro inside.
IV. Rewrite the following sentences below forming a compound adjective from the
underlined words.
1. Then entered a man with a pale face.
2. She has just bought a pair of gloves knitted by hand.
3. He went hunting but returned with his hand empty.
4. They have just invented a material proof against fire.
5. The man was proved to be a murderer thirsty for blood.
6. He behaves like a man with a mind of a child.
7. The crow was stricken with panic by the storm.
8. She felt sick from the sea travel as she was on the voyage for the first time.
9. The southern off shore waters were found rich of oil.
10. Their teacher was a man with kind heart.
11. She was wearing shoes with high heels.
12. This coat in expensive because it is proof against bullet.
13. He only works part of the time.
14. This is a piece of work that consumes a lot of time.
15. Suddenly appeared a beautiful girl with curly hair.
LY THUYET
1. Decide whether the following statements are True or False.
a. "Fridge" for refrigerator is an example of clipping.
b. The study of lexicology has 4 main branches: Semantics, Phraseology, Etymology and
Lexicography.
c. Homonyms may be pronounced the same but have different meanings.
d. Derived words are made of one free root and an affixational morpheme.
e. Two antonyms are opposite of each other.
2. Identify the methods of word-formation in the following examples.
a. (to) google
b. non-smoker
c. (a) native
d. cackle
e. forward
f. baby-sit
g. telecast
h. paper-thin
i. AIDS
j. nightmare
3. Fill in each space in the sentences below with the correct form of the word in
bold at the end of each line.
An important English town
The site of the town of Winchester was a (a) ................... place NATURE
for a settlement , at the point where a river cut through the
chalk of the (b) ................... hillsides. A simple camp at St
Catherine's Hill was the (c) ................... known use of the site. SOUTH
This was followed by an Iron Age hill-fort, but this was left
EARLY
(d) ................... by 100 BC. It was the Romans who finally
established the town and (e) ................. it with a defensive wall INHABIT
for the protection of their people and trade. ROUND
With the (f) ................... of its first cathedral in the seventh
century, the town became an important (g) ................... centre.
BUILD
Later, King Alfred, who had (h) ................... pushed back the
RELIGION
invading Danes, moved his palace to Winchester. The town the
SUCCESS
experienced rapid (i) ................... , and its (j) ................... role
in English history was underlined in 1066 when the conquering DEVELOP
Normans, like Alfred, made Winchester their capital. CENTRE
Metaphor or Metonymy?
1. That is the “key “to the mystery.
2. Do you like reading “Hemingways”?
3. They’ve drunk “4 bottles”.
4. She is a “snake.”
5. Two “heads “are better than one.

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