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1、1.SoundPatterningSoundpatterningreferstothematchingofidenticalorsimilarsoundsbetweentwoormorewords.Englishwordsmayconsistofoneormoresyllables.Letusexaminethepossibletypesofsoundpatterningbetweenmonosyllabicwords.ThepatterningcanberepresentedasCVC(C=consonant,V=vowel):Alliterationstrange--sl
2、ow(CVC)Assonancewood--book(CVC)Consonanceputs--starts(CVC)Reversedrhymetime--tide(CVC)Pararhymesing--song(CVC)Rhymedeer-spear(CVC)2.FiguresofSpeechAstothosecommonwords,sometimestheyareusedliterally,andsometimesfiguratively.Thefigurativelanguageisusuallyofhighstylisticsignificance.Figurative
3、UseDefinitionExampleSimileAcomparisonbetweentwodistinctlydifferentthingsandthecomparisonisindicatedbythewordasorlike.mylove’slikeared,redrose.Theyallroseasoneman.MetaphorTheuseofawordwhichoriginallydenotesonethingtorefertoanotherwithasimilarquality.Heisthesouloftheteam.PersonificationItisto
4、treatathingoranideaasifitwerehumanorhadhumanqualities.Youthishotandbold,Ageisweakandcold.MetonymyItissubstitutingthenameofonethingforthatofanotherwithwhichitiscloselyassociated.Whenthewarwasover,helaiddowntheswordandtookupthepen.SynecdocheApartissubstitutedforthewholeorthewholeissubstituted
5、forapart.Thefarmswereshortofhandsduringtheharvestseason.EuphemismThesubstitutionofamildorvagueexpressionforaharshorunpleasantone.toleaveus(one’shearthasstoppedbeating)OverstatementThedictionexaggeratesthesubject.Sheisdyingtoknowwhatjobhasbeenassignedforher.UnderstatementThewordsplaydownthem
6、agnitudeorvalueoftheIttookafewdollarstobuildthisindoorswimmingpool3subject.IronyTheuseofwordswhichareclearlyoppositetowhatismeant,inordertoachieveaspecialeffect.Hisdesignswerestrictlyhonorable,asthesayingis;thatis;torobaladyofherfortunebywayofmarriage.TransferredEpithetAnepithetisanadjectiv
7、eordescriptivephrasethatservestocharacterizesomebodyorsomething.Atransferredepithetisonethatisshiftedfromthenounitlogicallymodifiestoawordassociatedwiththatnoun.Shewassoworriedabouthersonthatshespentseveralsleeplessnights.OxymoronContradictorytermscombin
