英语诗歌修辞手法简介Figures_of_speech(课堂PPT)
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英语修辞学课件
Type Three: what
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. 教育之于心灵犹如雕刻之于大理石。 What salt is to food, wit and humor are to conversation and literature
这首诗是诗人借物抒情诗人感慨人间有些人妄自尊大浅薄自傲负心薄义但若直接说出便成了乏味的说教而用拟人的手法将花变成人让花儿自己现身说法十分巧妙地将诗人的心理感受转移到花儿身上
Figures of Speech
Figures Of Speech In English Stylisre of speech in which one thing is liken to another, in such a way as to clarify and enhance an image. It is an explicit comparison recognizable by the use of the word like or as. ( A Dictionary of Literary Terms)
Type Four: than
w A home without love is no more than a body without a soul. w He had no more idea of money than a cow
Type Five: and
w Love and cough can not be hid. 爱情像咳嗽一样是掩盖不了的。 w Truth and roses have thorns about them. w Kings and bears often worry their keepers. w A word and stone let go cannot be recalled. 说出去的话就像抛出去的石子，是收不 回的。
英语诗歌修辞手法简介Figures-of-speechppt课件
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Figures of Speech (2)
1. simile 2. metaphor 3. personification 4. metonymy 5. Synecdoche 6. Antonomasia 7. euphemism 8. Hyperbole 9. litotes 10. Antithesis 11. Paradox 12. Oxymoron 13. Epigram 14. Apostrophe 15. rhetorical question
Her skin was white as leprosy,
The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold.
她的唇色鲜红，她的表情 不羁。
她的枷锁黄如金。 她的皮肤白如麻风。 梦魇般的死中生命是她的 存在，
用冰冷浓稠了的血液。
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Major figures of speech in poetry
Simile 直喻
Simile is a figure of speech which makes a comparison between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic in common.
Metaphor 暗喻
A metaphor, like a simile, also makes a comparison between two unlike elements, but unlike a simile, this comparison is implied rather than stated.
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less important than it really is.
Example of understatement
It does seem to be raining a little. There’s a few cars out today, aren’t
there?
euphemism委婉语
The pen is mightier（强而有力的） than the sword.
Hyperbole夸张
Hyperbole is a figure of speech which contains a deliberate exaggeration（故 意夸大）
– to coin（创造（新词语） ） a phrase, this is when writers ‘go over the top’ with their use of language, suggesting that something is the strongest, the best, the greatest, which of course distorts （使变形；扭曲；使失真 ）the truth.
The flowers danced in the wind.
The friendly gates welcomed us.
The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.
Personification拟人
This involves turning an object – either inanimate（无生命的）or natural – into a human or animal form, with human or animal actions and feelings.
Example of understatement
It does seem to be raining a little. There’s a few cars out today, aren’t
there?
euphemism委婉语
The pen is mightier（强而有力的） than the sword.
Hyperbole夸张
Hyperbole is a figure of speech which contains a deliberate exaggeration（故 意夸大）
– to coin（创造（新词语） ） a phrase, this is when writers ‘go over the top’ with their use of language, suggesting that something is the strongest, the best, the greatest, which of course distorts （使变形；扭曲；使失真 ）the truth.
The flowers danced in the wind.
The friendly gates welcomed us.
The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.
Personification拟人
This involves turning an object – either inanimate（无生命的）or natural – into a human or animal form, with human or animal actions and feelings.
figuresofspeech
figuresofspeech1. 比喻(metaphor)比喻就是打比方。
可分为明喻和暗喻：明喻(simile)：用like, as, as...as, as if(though) 或用其他词语指出两个不同事物的相似之处。
O my love's like a red, red rose. 我的爱人像一朵红红的玫瑰花。
The man can't be trusted. He is as slippery as an eel. 那个人不可信赖。
他像鳗鱼一样狡猾。
He jumped as if he had been stung.他像被蜇了似的跳了起来。
Childhood is like a swiftly passing dream. 童年就像一场疾逝的梦。
暗喻(metaphor)：用一个词来指代与该词所指事物有相似特点的另外一个事物。
例如：He has a heart of stone. 他有一颗铁石心肠。
The world is a stage. 世界是一个大舞台。
2. 换喻(metonymy)用某一事物的名称代替另外一个与它关系密切的事物的名称，只要一提到其中一种事物，就会使人联想到另一种。
比如用the White House 代替美国政府或者总统，用the bottle 来代替wine 或者alcohol，用the bar 来代替the legal profession，用crown代替king等。
His purse would not allow him that luxury. 他的经济条件不允许他享受那种奢华。
The mother did her best to take care of the cradle. 母亲尽最大努力照看孩子。
He succeeded to the crown in 1848. 他在1848年继承了王位。
The kettle is boiling. (water in the kettle)He took to the bottle.他爱上了喝酒。
Figures of speech
1.明喻（simile）明喻是直接把一物同某种与其具有同一性质或特点的另一物相比较，常用的比喻词有as，like，seem，as though等
2.暗喻（metaphor）暗喻是间接的把一物同与其具有某种相似点的另一屋相比较，不用比喻词
3.拟人（personification）拟人是指把非人的事物当作人来写，把人的特点赋予事物或某种抽象概念，用本来只适用于人的名词，形容词，动词来描写事物，使其具有人的某些属性
4.夸张（hyperbole）故意夸大事实，给人以深刻的印象，起强调作用。
夸张常与暗喻连在一起
5.委婉语（euphemism）使用委婉词来避免提及刺耳或不愉快的东西
6.反语（irony）讲反话，故意使用同本意相反的说法
7.对偶（antithesis）两个相同或相似的语言结构的对仗或对照
8.转喻（METONYMY）借用与某物相关
或关联的东西代称某物
Gray hair should be respected 老人应该受到尊重这里的gray hair代表老人
9.类比（ANALOGY）巴两种本质上不同的事物之间的共同点加以比较，来说明道理，把抽象的概念具体化，吧深奥的哲理浅显化
10.矛盾修饰法（oxymoron）修饰语与被修饰语之间看来似乎是矛盾的，但实则相反相成poor rich men 贫穷的富人
11.对照（contrast）把意义相反的字词、短语或句子等平行的排列起来，在结构上对称，揭示出事物间的对立或矛盾12.排比（parallelism）结构类似的句子成分或句子，几个单词连串。
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❖ The Middle Easter bazaar takes you...
❖ The window winked at me.
❖ dancing flashes
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4. Metonymy (换喻)(借代）
❖ a figure of speech that consists in using the name of one thing for that of something else with which it is associated
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Common forms of figures of speech
1. simile 3. personification 5. synecdoche 7. epigram (paradox) 9. antithesis 11. euphemism 13. oxymoron 15. hyperbole 17. anti-climax 19. periodic sentence
❖ In Japan there is an incessant struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt.
❖ She was a girl who excited the emotions, but I was not one to let my heart rule my head.
21. onomatopoeia 23. antonomasia
2. metaphor 4. metonymy 6. irony 8. repetition 10. parallelism 12. transferred epithet 14. alliteration 16. litotes 18. assonance 20. rhetorical question
❖ The window winked at me.
❖ dancing flashes
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4. Metonymy (换喻)(借代）
❖ a figure of speech that consists in using the name of one thing for that of something else with which it is associated
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Common forms of figures of speech
1. simile 3. personification 5. synecdoche 7. epigram (paradox) 9. antithesis 11. euphemism 13. oxymoron 15. hyperbole 17. anti-climax 19. periodic sentence
❖ In Japan there is an incessant struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt.
❖ She was a girl who excited the emotions, but I was not one to let my heart rule my head.
21. onomatopoeia 23. antonomasia
2. metaphor 4. metonymy 6. irony 8. repetition 10. parallelism 12. transferred epithet 14. alliteration 16. litotes 18. assonance 20. rhetorical question
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often occurs in English proverbs.） ❖ A word and a stone let go cannot be recalled. ❖ Truth and roses have thorns about them.
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2. metaphor
❖ A metaphor, like a simile, also makes a comparison between two unlike elements, but unlike a simile, this comparison is implied rather than stated.
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❖ We are said to be speaking or writing figuratively when we use words in non-literal senses to lend force to an idea, to heighten effect, or to create atmosphere. For example, it is more vivid and colorful to say that stars “twinkly like diamonds” in the sky, than to say simply that they “shine brightly in the sky. Similarly, “Imperialism is a paper tiger” is an expression more suggestive of outward ferocity and inner weakness than the literal statement “Imperialism appears to be strong but inwardly it is weak.”
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2. metaphor
❖ A metaphor, like a simile, also makes a comparison between two unlike elements, but unlike a simile, this comparison is implied rather than stated.
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❖ We are said to be speaking or writing figuratively when we use words in non-literal senses to lend force to an idea, to heighten effect, or to create atmosphere. For example, it is more vivid and colorful to say that stars “twinkly like diamonds” in the sky, than to say simply that they “shine brightly in the sky. Similarly, “Imperialism is a paper tiger” is an expression more suggestive of outward ferocity and inner weakness than the literal statement “Imperialism appears to be strong but inwardly it is weak.”
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Closed simile — We not only compare that man
with a pig, but also specify the respect in which they are compared:
—– The man is “as fat as a pig”.
不用like, as 等连词，而采取其他对 比形式。
爱情跟咳嗽一样是掩盖不了的. —– A word and stone let go cannot be
recalled. (proverb) 说出的话收不回.
II. Metaphor（隐喻）
Metaphor is a figure of speech in which one thing is described in terms of another. In a metaphor, a comparison is usually implicit; whereas in a simile it is explicit.
—– In foreign policy, flying solo can be risky business.
—– He was such a marvelous teacher that whenever he recognized a spark of genius, you should be sure he would water it.
Open simile — —– The man over there is like a pig. In this sentence, the secondary term
“pig” has many characteristics such as fat, lazy, dirty, greedy and gross. In which respect or respects is that man like a pig? It does not say. So, it is called an open simile (it does not give any definite information).
英语诗歌修辞手法简介Figures_of_speech PPT
women merely players; …
The Waning Moon By Percy Bysshe Shelley
And like a dying lady, lean and pale, Who totters forth, wrapped in a gauzy veil, Out of her chamber, led by the insane And feeble wanderings of her fading brain, The moon arose up in the murky east, A white and shapeless mass.
purpose of making comparisons or calling up pictures in the reader’s or listener’s mind are used figuratively.
colourful
In “a colourful garden” the word colourful is used in its literal sense to describe the many different colours of the flowers
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she has a face that's as round as the moon. Time flies like an arrow. You run like a rabbit. Life is a yo-yo . It's a series of ups and downs. All the world's a stage, And all the men and
The Waning Moon By Percy Bysshe Shelley
And like a dying lady, lean and pale, Who totters forth, wrapped in a gauzy veil, Out of her chamber, led by the insane And feeble wanderings of her fading brain, The moon arose up in the murky east, A white and shapeless mass.
purpose of making comparisons or calling up pictures in the reader’s or listener’s mind are used figuratively.
colourful
In “a colourful garden” the word colourful is used in its literal sense to describe the many different colours of the flowers
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she has a face that's as round as the moon. Time flies like an arrow. You run like a rabbit. Life is a yo-yo . It's a series of ups and downs. All the world's a stage, And all the men and
大学英语写作讲座一：修辞PPT课件
大学英语写作讲座 ：修辞
1. Figures of Speech Semantically ( 语义修辞) 1. 1 明喻 (simile)： 用like, as, as...as, as if(though) 或用其他词语
指出两个不同事物的相似之处
➢ That boy is as dumb as an oyster
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1.9 夸张（hyperbole）
运用丰富的想象，过激的言词，渲染和装饰客观 事物，以达到强调的效果。
➢ My blood froze.
➢When I told our father about this, his heart burst.
➢My heart almost stopped beating when I heard my daughter’s voice on the phone.
➢ Intelligence is like a river. The deeper it is the less noise it makes.
➢ He jumped as if he had been stung.
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1. 2暗喻 (metaphor)：
用一个词来指代与该词所指事物有相似特点的另外 一个事物 .
➢ Good technique in medicine and surgery means more quickly—cured patients, less pain, less discomfort, less death, less disease and less deformity.
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1.10 矛盾修饰 (oxymoron)
1. Figures of Speech Semantically ( 语义修辞) 1. 1 明喻 (simile)： 用like, as, as...as, as if(though) 或用其他词语
指出两个不同事物的相似之处
➢ That boy is as dumb as an oyster
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1.9 夸张（hyperbole）
运用丰富的想象，过激的言词，渲染和装饰客观 事物，以达到强调的效果。
➢ My blood froze.
➢When I told our father about this, his heart burst.
➢My heart almost stopped beating when I heard my daughter’s voice on the phone.
➢ Intelligence is like a river. The deeper it is the less noise it makes.
➢ He jumped as if he had been stung.
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1. 2暗喻 (metaphor)：
用一个词来指代与该词所指事物有相似特点的另外 一个事物 .
➢ Good technique in medicine and surgery means more quickly—cured patients, less pain, less discomfort, less death, less disease and less deformity.
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1.10 矛盾修饰 (oxymoron)
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United we stand, divided we fall. 合则存，分则亡。
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（三）句式修辞格(syntactical rhetorical devices)
句子结构上的修辞格主要是指通过句子结构的 布局或变化来达到一定的修辞手法。这类辞格 主要包括 repetition反复, rhetorical question设问, antithesis对偶, apostrophe倒装，parallelism排比, climax层递 等。例如：
（转喻）,transferred epithet（转移修饰）,
personification（拟人）, hyperbole（夸张）,
irony（反语）, euphemism（委婉语）, pun（双
关）, oxymoron（矛盾修辞法）, zeugma（轭式
搭配法）, contrast （对照）等。
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（1）The baby was brought up on the bottle.
这个婴儿是喝牛奶或羊奶长大的。（metonymy── 用奶瓶代奶）
（2）Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest.
某个沉默的、无名诗人也许在此长眠。
（antonomasia──用米尔顿代诗人）
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Assonance是在一句话或在一个诗行中间，有两 个或更多的词具有相同的元音。例如：
With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. 怀着这个信念，我们能把绝望的大山凿成希望 的磐石。
sweet sorrow 忧喜参半 (不是甜蜜的悲伤)； proud humility 不卑不亢 (不是骄傲的谦卑)
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（三）句式修辞格(syntactical rhetorical devices)
句子结构上的修辞格主要是指通过句子结构的 布局或变化来达到一定的修辞手法。这类辞格 主要包括 repetition反复, rhetorical question设问, antithesis对偶, apostrophe倒装，parallelism排比, climax层递 等。例如：
（转喻）,transferred epithet（转移修饰）,
personification（拟人）, hyperbole（夸张）,
irony（反语）, euphemism（委婉语）, pun（双
关）, oxymoron（矛盾修辞法）, zeugma（轭式
搭配法）, contrast （对照）等。
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（1）The baby was brought up on the bottle.
这个婴儿是喝牛奶或羊奶长大的。（metonymy── 用奶瓶代奶）
（2）Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest.
某个沉默的、无名诗人也许在此长眠。
（antonomasia──用米尔顿代诗人）
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Assonance是在一句话或在一个诗行中间，有两 个或更多的词具有相同的元音。例如：
With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. 怀着这个信念，我们能把绝望的大山凿成希望 的磐石。
sweet sorrow 忧喜参半 (不是甜蜜的悲伤)； proud humility 不卑不亢 (不是骄傲的谦卑)
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Analogy: (类比）
It is also a form of comparison, but unlike simile or metaphor which usually uses comparison on one point of resemblance, analogy draws a parallel between two unlike things that have several common qualities or points of resemblance. The pattern is :
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Hyperbole: (夸张）
e.g. He almost died laughing. Hamlet: I love Ophelia: forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my sum. His eloquence would split rocks. My legs weigh three tons.
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Metaphor：(暗喻）
e.g.
The world is a stage. The fountain of knowledge will dry up unless it is continuously replenished by streams of new learning. Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is sound, your whole body is full of light; but when it is not sound, your body is full of darkness.
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Youth is hot and bold Age is weak and cold Youth is wild, and Age is tame — William Shakespeare
In prose personification is also used, though not so often as in poetry. The match will soon be over and defeat is staring us in the face. This time fate is smiling to him.
— from “Songs for my Mother” by Anna Hempstead Branch
Identify the two similes in this excerpt.
What meaning is expressed by each simile?
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The flood waters rose, and the river became a ravenous monster. Raging on for hours, it consumed everything in its sight.
Metaphors are used not only after verb “to be”, and not only nouns can be used metaphorically. Study the following examples: The picture of those poor people’s lives was carved so happily in his heart that he could never forget it. The street faded into a country road with a straggling house by it. There are a few lordly poplars 白杨 before the house. He often prefaced his remarks by “I can’t help thinking …”
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• As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. • Food is to the body as fuel is to the engine. • Life resembles but a day's journey. • He has no more idea of money than a cow.
Ⅲ. Metonymy & Synecdoche
1. Metonymy 借喻/代, 换/转喻 ---- A figure of speech in which the name of somer another name to which it has some relation.
• A Metaphor compares one thing to another by saying that one thing “is” another thing. • Metaphors are stronger than similes, but they are more difficult to see.
The society was his college. A book that is shut is but a block. Money is the lens in a camera. A house divided against itself can’t stand.
• All the world’s a stage, • and we are merely players. ---- William Shakespeare
Eg: The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company. • The Night-winds sigh, the breakers roar, / And shrieks the wild sea-mew. • The house creaked with old age. • My heart’s in the Highlands achasing the deer.
修辞手法 figures of speech
修辞手法figures of speech明喻simile 暗喻metaphor对偶antithesis 重复repetition拟人personification 转喻metonymy提喻synecdoche 委婉手法euphemism矛盾修辞oxymoron 夸张手法hyperbole双关语pun移就格transferred epithet (我们老师讲的是移情移就)押头韵alliteration1.Simile 明喻明喻是将具有共性的不同事物作对比.这种共性存在于人们的心里,而不是事物的自然属性.标志词常用like, as, seem, as if, as though, similar to, such as等.例如:1>.He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.2>.I wandered lonely as c cloud.3>.Einstein only had a blanket on, as if he had just walked out of a fairy tale.2.Metaphor 隐喻,暗喻隐喻是简缩了的明喻,是将某一事物的名称用于另一事物,通过比较形成.例如:1>.Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.2>.Some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.3.Metonymy 借喻,转喻借喻不直接说出所要说的事物,而使用另一个与之相关的事物名称.I.以容器代替内容,例如:1>.The kettle boils. 水开了.2>.The room sat silent. 全屋人安静地坐着.II.以资料.工具代替事物的名称,例如:Lend me your ears, please. 请听我说.III.以作者代替作品,例如:a complete Shakespeare 莎士比亚全集VI.以具体事物代替抽象概念,例如:I had the muscle, and they made money out of it.我有力气,他们就用我的力气赚钱.4.Synecdoche 提喻提喻用部分代替全体,或用全体代替部分,或特殊代替一般.例如:1>.There are about 100 hands working in his factory.他的厂里约有100名工人.2>.He is the Newton of this century.他是本世纪的牛顿.3>.The fox goes very well with your cap.这狐皮围脖与你的帽子很相配.5.Synaesthesia 通感,联觉,移觉这种修辞法是以视.听.触.嗅.味等感觉直接描写事物.例如:1>.The birds sat upon a tree and poured forth their lily like voice.鸟儿落在树上,倾泻出百合花似的声音.2>.Taste the music of Mozart.品尝Mozart的音乐.6.Personification 拟人拟人是把生命赋予无生命的事物.例如:1>.The night gently lays her hand at our fevered heads.2>.I was very happy and could hear the birds singing in the woods.7.Hyperbole 夸张夸张是以言过其实的说法表达强调的目的.它可以加强语势,增加表达效果..例如:1>.I beg a thousand pardons.2>.Love you. You are the whole world to me, and the moon and the stars.3>.When she heard the bad news, a river of tears poured out.8.Euphemism 委婉,婉辞法婉辞法指用委婉,文雅的方法表达粗恶,避讳的话.例如:1>.He is out visiting the necessary.他出去方便一下.2>.His relation with his wife has not been fortunate.他与妻子关系不融洽.3>.Deng Xiaoping passed away in 1997.9.Irony 反语反语指用相反意义的词来表达意思的作文方式.如在指责过失.错误时,用赞同过失的说法,而在表扬时,则近乎责难的说法.例如:1>.It would be a fine thing indeed not knowing what time it was in the morning.2>"Of course, you only carry large notes, no small change on you. "the waiter said to the beggar.10.Pun 双关双关就是用一个词在句子中的双重含义,借题发挥.作出多种解释,旁敲侧击,从而达到意想不到的幽默.滑稽效果.它主要以相似的词形.词意和谐音的方式出现.例如:1>.She is too low for a high praise, too brown for a fair praise and too little for a great praise.2>.An ambassador is an honest man who lies abroad for the good of his country.3>.If we don't hang together, we shall hang separately.11.Antithesis 对照,对比,对偶这种修辞指将意义完全相反的语句排在一起对比的一种修辞方法.例如:1>.Not that I loved Caeser less but that I loved Romemore.2>.You are staying; I am going.3>.Give me liberty, or give me death.12.Oxymoron 反意法,逆喻这也是一种矛盾修辞法,用两种不相调和的特征形容一个事物,以不协调的搭配使读者领悟句中微妙的含义.例如:1>.No light, but rather darkness visible.2>.The state of this house is cheerless welcome.。
figureofspeech英语中的几种修辞方法.ppt
In understatement the diction plays down the magnitude or value of the subject.
In overstatement the diction exaggerates the subject.
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II. Writing Devices
Understatement
More examples: 1. I should have said that reticence was not
your strong point. You are too much a chatter box!
Pun
Did you hear about the two molecules walking down the street? One lost an electron, and exclaimed: "I've lost an electron!" The other said: "Are you sure?" And the first one said: "I'm positive!"
4. She knew that her daughter was not exactly a sweet angel. She was ill-tempered!
In overstatement the diction exaggerates the subject.
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Understatement
More examples: 1. I should have said that reticence was not
your strong point. You are too much a chatter box!
Pun
Did you hear about the two molecules walking down the street? One lost an electron, and exclaimed: "I've lost an electron!" The other said: "Are you sure?" And the first one said: "I'm positive!"
4. She knew that her daughter was not exactly a sweet angel. She was ill-tempered!
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Examples
she has a face that's as round as the moon.
Time flies like an arrow. You run like a rabbit. Life is a yo-yo . It's a series of ups and
downs. All the world's a stage, And all the men
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Major figures of speech in poetry
Simile 直喻
Simile is a figure of speech which makes a comparison between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic in common.
in “a colourful life” or “a colourful career” the word is used in its figurative sense because neither life or career has any colour.
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Figures of Speech (2)
16. Irony 17. Sarcasm 18. Satire 19. Ridicule 20. Innuendo 21. Parody 22. Climax 23. Anti-climax 24. Alliteration 25. Assonance 26. Onomatopoeia 27. Transferred epithet 28. Pun 29. Parallelism 30. Repetition
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Words are either literal or figurative
Literal 原意 Words used in their original meanings are
used literally. Figurative 比喻义 Words used in extended meanings for the
purpose of making comparisons or calling up pictures in the reader’s or listener’s mind are used figuratively.
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colourful
In “a colourful garden” the word colourful is used in its literal sense to describe the many different colours of the flowers
Figures of speech
In Poetry
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Definition
Figures of speech are forms of expression that depart from normal word or sentence order or from the common literal meanings of words, for the purpose of achieving a spections of figures of speech
to embellish, to emphasize or to clarify. to give tone or atmosphere to discourse, to provide vivid examples to stimulate thought to give life to inanimate objects, to amuse, or to ornament.
Metaphor 暗喻
A metaphor, like a simile, also makes a comparison between two unlike elements, but unlike a simile, this comparison is implied rather than stated.
Who thicks man's blood with cold.
她的唇色鲜红，她的表情 不羁。
她的枷锁黄如金。 她的皮肤白如麻风。 梦魇般的死中生命是她的 存在，
用冰冷浓稠了的血液。
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The Waning Moon By Percy Bysshe Shelley
And like a dying lady, lean and pale, Who totters forth, wrapped in a gauzy veil, Out of her chamber, led by the insane And feeble wanderings of her fading brain, The moon arose up in the murky east, A white and shapeless mass.
and women merely players; …
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Her lips were red, her looks were free,
Her locks were yellow as gold.
Her skin was white as leprosy,
The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she,
1. simile 2. metaphor 3. personification 4. metonymy 5. Synecdoche 6. Antonomasia 7. euphemism 8. Hyperbole 9. litotes 10. Antithesis 11. Paradox 12. Oxymoron 13. Epigram 14. Apostrophe 15. rhetorical question
Examples
she has a face that's as round as the moon.
Time flies like an arrow. You run like a rabbit. Life is a yo-yo . It's a series of ups and
downs. All the world's a stage, And all the men
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Major figures of speech in poetry
Simile 直喻
Simile is a figure of speech which makes a comparison between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic in common.
in “a colourful life” or “a colourful career” the word is used in its figurative sense because neither life or career has any colour.
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Figures of Speech (2)
16. Irony 17. Sarcasm 18. Satire 19. Ridicule 20. Innuendo 21. Parody 22. Climax 23. Anti-climax 24. Alliteration 25. Assonance 26. Onomatopoeia 27. Transferred epithet 28. Pun 29. Parallelism 30. Repetition
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Words are either literal or figurative
Literal 原意 Words used in their original meanings are
used literally. Figurative 比喻义 Words used in extended meanings for the
purpose of making comparisons or calling up pictures in the reader’s or listener’s mind are used figuratively.
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colourful
In “a colourful garden” the word colourful is used in its literal sense to describe the many different colours of the flowers
Figures of speech
In Poetry
1
Definition
Figures of speech are forms of expression that depart from normal word or sentence order or from the common literal meanings of words, for the purpose of achieving a spections of figures of speech
to embellish, to emphasize or to clarify. to give tone or atmosphere to discourse, to provide vivid examples to stimulate thought to give life to inanimate objects, to amuse, or to ornament.
Metaphor 暗喻
A metaphor, like a simile, also makes a comparison between two unlike elements, but unlike a simile, this comparison is implied rather than stated.
Who thicks man's blood with cold.
她的唇色鲜红，她的表情 不羁。
她的枷锁黄如金。 她的皮肤白如麻风。 梦魇般的死中生命是她的 存在，
用冰冷浓稠了的血液。
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The Waning Moon By Percy Bysshe Shelley
And like a dying lady, lean and pale, Who totters forth, wrapped in a gauzy veil, Out of her chamber, led by the insane And feeble wanderings of her fading brain, The moon arose up in the murky east, A white and shapeless mass.
and women merely players; …
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Her lips were red, her looks were free,
Her locks were yellow as gold.
Her skin was white as leprosy,
The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she,
1. simile 2. metaphor 3. personification 4. metonymy 5. Synecdoche 6. Antonomasia 7. euphemism 8. Hyperbole 9. litotes 10. Antithesis 11. Paradox 12. Oxymoron 13. Epigram 14. Apostrophe 15. rhetorical question