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1、AFreeTalkonRhetoricinSeniorEnglishTextbooksNowadaysyoucanseerhetoricphenomenaexistingeverywhereintheSeniorEnglishtextbooksincirculation.Generally，grammartellswhatiscorrect;rhetorictellswhatiseffectiveandpleasing.JustasBrooks&Warrensay(ModernRhetoric),“Rhetor
2、icistheartofusinglanguageeffectively”.Hence，it’sthemostimportantstageformiddleschoolstudentstomastersecondaryEnglishandformfundamentallinguisticqualities.IfanyonewhoknowsEnglishknowsaboutsomerhetoricstyles，it’snotonlyofgreathelptodistinguishallkindsofrhetori
3、cphenomenaofthislanguage，butalsogoodtoimprovetheabilityofanalyzingrepresentingskillsinlanguageandefficientlyapplyingthelanguage.Therefore，I’dlovetogiveabrieftalkaboutsomecommonfiguresofspeechhere.1.SimileThesimilecamefromaLatinwordsimileswhichmeanslike.Itisa
4、figureofspeechwhichmakesacomparisonbetweentwounlikeelementshavingatleastonequalityorfeatureincommon.Incomparison，wordslikeas，as."as，asif，like，seemandthepatternA".toBasC“.toD，etc.areusedtochangethequalityorfeaturethatwecombinewithonetotheother.Forinstance，Liv
5、ingwithoutanaimislikesailingwithoutacompass.Someadditionalexamples:ThefirsttimeIreadanexcellentbook,itistomeasifIhadgainedanewfriend.Itwaslikesteppingintoasecretartmuseum，inwhichweweretheonlyvisitors.Mercyfallslikethegentlerainfromtheskyupontheearth.Andthere
6、exitsomanystructuresinEnglishasfollows:(as)firmasarock;(as)lightasafeather;(as)muteasafish;(as)strongasahorse;(as)clearascrystal,etc.2.metaphorThemetaphor,referredascondensedsimile,islikeasimile，alsomakesacomparisonbetweentwounlikeelements，butunlikeasimile，i
7、t’simpliedratherthanstated，suchasHereallyhasaheartofgold.Infrontofmewasawallofanimals.Somebooksaretobetasted，otherstobeswallowed，andsomefewtobechewedanddigested.Thesuper-girlsonTVareusuallythosewithavoiceofgold.Alltheworld’sastage,andallthemenandwomenmerelyp
8、layers.(WilliamShakespeare)Educationisnotthefillingofapail,butthelightingofafire.3.PersonificationTheso-calledpersonificationistogivehumanformoffeelingstoanimals，orlifeandpersonalattributestolif
