What is this figurative language technique called? (1 Viewer)

[fullonoob]

"so u can fly in to huyngry jacks for ur batman toy"
wat language device is it?

 

[x.Exhaust.x]

"so u can fly in to huyngry jacks for ur batman toy"
wat language device is it?

Metaphor? 'Fly' in relation to 'batman'?

Assistance?

 

[kaz1]

"so u can fly in to huyngry jacks for ur batman toy"
wat language device is it?

Hyprebole because of the exaggeration in the word fly. Reference to another text (Batman) is also a technique but I can't remember the name for the techniqe.

 

[jellybelly59]

Isn't it cultural allusion for the batman thing-a-ma-bob and i agree with the hyperbole from kaz1

 

[Bobness]

It's not hyperbole...

It's very clearly a pun. The double meaning that exists is the idiom of 'flying into' a place you are excited about and the physical act of 'flying'.

09ers edit: and 10ers

 

[jellybelly59]

It's not hyperbole...

It's very clearly a pun. The double meaning that exists is the idiom of 'flying into' a place you are excited about and the physical act of 'flying'.

09ers edit: and 10ers

hehehe it's a clear reflection of my crap english skills LOL

 

[Bobness]

hehehe it's a clear reflection of my crap english skills LOL

In your defence, kaz1 mentioned it first.

Also, it *can* be a metaphor (as x.Exhaust.x identified) but pun is more specific and precise.

 

[kaz1]

It's not hyperbole...

It's very clearly a pun. The double meaning that exists is the idiom of 'flying into' a place you are excited about and the physical act of 'flying'.

09ers edit: and 10ers

Oh well, at least I tried.

 

[xXmuffin0manXx]

yeah pun..lol

didnt realise till you pointed it out

 

[x.Exhaust.x]

In your defence, kaz1 mentioned it first.

Also, it *can* be a metaphor (as x.Exhaust.x identified) but pun is more specific and precise.

Now I see the play on words :rofl: Jellybelly... you're not alone... lol.

 

[xXmuffin0manXx]

so..im guessing that advertisement wise..
the editor didnt make it out too well :uhhuh:
if we're all having trouble

 

[gmail92]

what about this one?

“If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then these girls must be blind”

*quote of a recent TodayTonight episode about top 100 sexiest people*

is it also a pun?

might use it in my english essay tomorrow....

 

[kaz1]

what about this one?

“If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then these girls must be blind”

*quote of a recent TodayTonight episode about top 100 sexiest people*

is it also a pun?

might use it in my english essay tomorrow....

I'll have a jab and say it is an extended metaphor and then be proven wrong by some uni student.
Reason: Beauty is compared to the eye and then extended to say that the eye is blind thus saying there is no beauty.

 

[Bobness]

I'll have a jab and say it is an extended metaphor and then be proven wrong by some uni student.
Reason: Beauty is compared to the eye and then extended to say that the eye is blind thus saying there is no beauty.

Well you're half-right there because you'll be proven wrong by myself - an english teacher

If you wanted to be intensely specific with that quote “If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then these girls must be blind” then you would comment on multiple language devices ie:

The idiomatic structure that frames "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is undercut by the subversive humour of "these girls must be blind". The collaboration of pun and inversion of the conditional "If..." suggests that the named 'girls' lack aesthetic discretion.

Sometimes there's not just 'one' answer, but a multifaceted 'answer'

 

[gmail92]

oh thanks. what a complex answer though =S

awwwww.... did badly in my essay =/

 

[swathard]

the answer is hyperbole and INTERTEXTUALITY. yay lol