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Rhetoric Problem #1 (permalink) Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:27 am   Rhetoric Problem
 

Please imagine a scene like this: a lot of food is on a table and leaves it almost no room for more.

How can I describe it in the shortest phrase possible (say, around four words)?

Your answers to this question will be highly appreciated.
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Rhetoric Problem #2 (permalink) Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:38 am   Rhetoric Problem
 

The table is laden with food.
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Rhetoric Problem #3 (permalink) Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:33 am   Rhetoric Problem
 

Man, that's a sentence. (^^")

Say, like this, "There is...(insert the phrase here)!"
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Rhetoric Problem #4 (permalink) Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:43 am   Rhetoric Problem
 

or, "They ordered...(the phrase)."

or, "She cooked...(the phrase)."

Your reply may be of much help to me. I will appreciate your effort put into this topic.
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Rhetoric Problem #5 (permalink) Tue Feb 09, 2010 13:52 pm   Rhetoric Problem
 

Quote:
How can I describe it in the shortest phrase possible (say, around four words)?

... a lot of food.
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Rhetoric Problem #6 (permalink) Tue Feb 09, 2010 20:43 pm   Rhetoric Problem
 

...food galore.
...gobs of grub.
...a harvest.
...a culinary assault.
...an astral feast.
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Rhetoric Problem #7 (permalink) Wed Feb 10, 2010 15:57 pm   Rhetoric Problem
 

Thank you guys very much. You've been really helpful.

However, I encounter one more rhetoric difficulty.

Imagine this:
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It's raining.

There is a huge tree.

A few drops of rain fall through its leaves.
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I wish to make a sentence like:

A man stands beneath a ________ tree.

or,

A man stands beneath a tree ________.

Is possible to use less than three words here?

And you may have a better way to describe this scene, which I would love to take.

It will be very nice of you to help me with this question. I shall appreciate your effort very much.
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