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1、英語修辭(EnglishRhetoricDevices)Figuresofspeech(修辭)arewaysofmakingourlanguagefigurative.Whenweusewordsinotherthantheirordinaryorliteralsensetolendforcetoanidea,toheighteneffect,ortocreatesuggestiveimagery,wearesaidtobespeakingorwritingfiguratively.Rhetoricdevicesmakeyourspeeches,essaysetc
2、.moreinterestingandlivelyandhelpyoutogetandkeepyourreader’s/listener’sattention.Nowwearegoingtotalkaboutsomecommonformsoffiguresofspeech.Simile：(明喻）Itisanexpressedlikeness,whichmakesacomparisonbetweentwounlikeelementshavingatleastonequalityorcharacteristic(特性)incommon.Tomakethecompari
3、son,wordslikeas,as...as,asifandlikeareusedtotransferthequalityweassociatewithonetotheother.e.gAscoldwateristoathirstysoul,soisgoodnewsfromafarcountry.Reasonistofaithastheeyetothetelescope.Hebellowedlikeabullseekingcombat.Metaphor：(暗喻）Itislikeasimile,alsomakesacomparisonbetweentwounlik
4、eelements,butunlikeasimile,thiscomparisonisimpliedratherthanstated.e.gTheworldisastage.Thefountainofknowledgewilldryupunlessitiscontinuouslyreplenishedbystreamsofnewlearning.Youreyeisthelampofyourbody;whenyoureyeissound,yourwholebodyisfulloflight;butwhenitisnotsound,yourbodyisfullofda
5、rkness.Analogy:(類比）Itisalsoaformofcomparison,butunlikesimileormetaphorwhichusuallyusescomparisonononepointofresemblance,analogydrawsaparallelbetweentwounlikethingsthathaveseveralcommonqualitiesorpointsofresemblance.Thepatternis:aistobascistod借助一些共同的相似之點來做平行的比較，比明喻和暗喻著眼點更廣闊。e.gShoeisto
6、footastireistowheelFollowersaretoaleaderasplanetsaretoasunShellsweretoancientculturesasdollarbillsaretomodernculturePersonification:(擬人）Itgiveshumanformoffeelingstoanimals,orlifeandpersonalattributes(賦予)toinanimate(無生命的)objects,ortoideasandabstractions(抽象).把事、物、觀念等擬作人，賦予它們以人的思想。感情與行為方
7、式。e.gThewindwhistledthroughthetrees.Moneytalks;moneyprints;moneybroadcasts;moneyreigns.Hyperbole:(夸張）Itisthedeliberateuseofoverstatementorexaggerationtoachieveemphasis.在真實的基礎(chǔ)上有意言過其實以更好地反映事物的本質(zhì)。e.gHealmostdiedlaughing.Hamlet:IloveOphelia:fortythousandbrotherscouldnot,withalltheirquanti
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