期末考试高级英语第一册修辞总结
Unit 1 Middle Eastern Bazaar
1. Onomatopoeia（拟声法）: is the formation of words in imitation or the sounds associated with the thing concerned.
e.g. 1) Little monkeys with harmoniously tinkling bells thread their way among
the throngs of people (Para. 1)
2) the squeaking and rumbling (Para. 9)
: is the use of a word or phrase which describes one thing by stating another comparable thing without using “as” or “like”.
e.g. 1) the heat and glare of a big open square (Para. 1)
2)…until you rounded a corner and see a fairlyland of dancing flashes….
3)…in the maze of vaulted streets which honeycomb this bazaar (Para. 7) 3. alliteration（头韵）: is the use of several words in close proximity beginning with the same letter or letters.
e.g. 1) …thread their way among the throngs of people (Para. 1)
2)…the sellers, on the other hand, make a point of protesting
4. Hyperbole(夸张): is the use of a form of words to make sth sound big, small, loud and so on by saying that it is like something even bigger, smaller, louder, etc.
e.g.or sit in a tiny restaurant with porters and…(Para. 7)
quickly the trickle becomes a flood of glistening linseed oil (Para. 9) 5．Antithesis(对偶): is the setting, often in parallel structure, of contrasting words or phrases opposite each other for emphasis.
e.g. 1) …a tiny apprentice blows a big charcoal fire with a huge leather
bellows…(Para. 5)
2) …which towers to the vaulted ceiling and dwarfs the camels and their
stone wheels. (Para. 9)
6. Personification: a figure of speech in which inanimate objects are endowed
with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form.
e.g. …as the burnished copper catches the light of …(Para.5)
7. Assonance(尾韵)
e.g. 1)… the squeaking and rumbling of the grinding wheels….
Unit 2
1.Metaphor: 暗喻
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison.
暗喻是一种修辞，通常用指某物的词或词组来指代他物，从而暗示二者之间的相似之处。
1). And secondly, because I had a lump in my throat and a lot of sad thoughts on my mind that had little to do with anything in Nippon railways official might say.
2). …I was again crushed by the thought…(Page 13, Para. 4, Line 1)
3). …At last the intermezzo came to an end and…(Page 13, Para. 4, Line 1)
4). …when the meaning of these last words sank in, jolting me…(P15, P. 7, Lines 1~3)
2. alliteration（头韵）: is the use of several words in close proximity beginning with the same letter or letters.
