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1、AFreeTalkonRhetoricinSeniorEnglishTextbooksNowadaysyoucanseerhetoricphenomenaexistingeverywhereintheSeniorEnglishtextbooksincirculation.Generally,grammartellswhatiscorrect;rhetorictellswhatiseffectiveandpleasing.JustasBrooks&Warrensay(ModernRhetoric),“Rhetoricistheartofusinglanguageeffectively”.Hen
2、ce,it’sthemostimportantstageformiddleschoolstudentstomastersecondaryEnglishandformfundamentallinguisticqualities.IfanyonewhoknowsEnglishknowsaboutsomerhetoricstyles,it’snotonlyofgreathelptodistinguishallkindsofrhetoricphenomenaofthislanguage,butalsogoodtoimprovetheabilityofanalyzingrepresentingskil
3、lsinlanguageandefficientlyapplyingthelanguage.Therefore,I’dlovetogiveabrieftalkaboutsomecommonfiguresofspeechhere.1．SimileThesimilecamefromaLatinwordsimileswhichmeanslike.Itisafigureofspeechwhichmakesacomparisonbetweentwounlikeelementshavingatleastonequalityorfeatureincommon.Incomparison,wordslikea
4、s,as...as,asif,like,seemandthepatternA…toBasC…toD,etc.areusedtochangethequalityorfeaturethatwecombinewithonetotheother.Forinstance,Living?without?an?aim?is?like?sailing?without?a?compass.Someadditionalexamples:The?first?time?I?read?an?excellent?book,?it?is?to?me?as?if?I?had?gained?a?new?friend.Itwa
5、slikesteppingintoasecretartmuseum,inwhichweweretheonlyvisitors.Mercyfallslikethegentlerainfromtheskyupontheearth.AndthereexitsomanystructuresinEnglishasfollows:(as)?firm?as?a?rock;(as)?light?as?a?feather;(as)?mute?as?a?fish;(as)?strong?as?a?horse?;(as)clearascrystal,etc.2.metaphorThemetaphor,referr
6、edascondensedsimile,islikeasimile,alsomakesacomparisonbetweentwounlikeelements,butunlikeasimile,it’simpliedratherthanstated,suchasHe?really?has?a?heart?of?gold.Infrontofmewasawallofanimals.Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedanddigested.Thesuper-girlsonTVareusuallythosewi
7、tha?voice?of?gold.All?the?world's?a?stage,?and?all?the?men?and?women?merely?players.(William?Shakespeare)Educationisnotthefillingofapail,butthelightingofafire.3.PersonificationTheso-calledpersonificationist
