Definition and Usage Definition Using the name of a famous person known for a particular attribute to substitute for that attribute in a sentence referring to someone else Usage Functions in the same way as an allusion giving extra meaning and providing for novelty and interest ID: 917363
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Eponym
Even you can see what I mean, Helen Keller.
Slide2Definition and Usage
Definition: Using the name of a famous person known for a particular attribute to substitute for that attribute in a sentence referring to someone else
Usage: Functions in the same way as an allusion, giving extra meaning and providing for novelty and interest.
*Can be
cliched
….
Slide3Examples
You think Chris is cheap? I had a date with Scrooge himself last night.
We all must realize that Uncle Sam is not supposed to be Santa Claus.
An earthworm is the Hercules of the soil.
Slide4Context is everything
Very useful in
dialogue
. One character referring to another one as a famous person who they clearly aren’t, making special reference to something they are doing or a way they are behaving.
*Said when a character walks in early the next morning and another character has been waiting up for him or her all night*: “Welcome home, Odysseus.”
*Said to a character who is working herself to death for an unappreciative company or manager*: Keep it up, Boxer.”
Slide5*Said to a student in the hallway talking to his girlfriend and being late for class*: “Hey, Romeo! Move it! And you, Juliet: get to class.”
*Said to my bride when Sweet Cheeks is on her way into the room where my bride is trying to get work done and the baby is likely to disrupt everything*: “Godzilla’s coming your way!”
Said to a student who is torn between loves for two other students*: “Well, Katniss, who’s it going to be? Gale? Or
Peeta
?
Context is everything
Slide6Put in your 10000 hours, Gladwell
Practice: Write five (5) uses of eponym (feel free, if necessary) to provide a scenario in which it would be used if that will help explain the reference.