Rhetoric_(Introduction_)全解.ppt

Figures of speech Sarcasm（讽刺） “How unselfish you are!” she said as her sister took the biggest piece of cake. Hyperbole（夸张） From his mouth flowed speech sweeter than honey. Understatement（低调） Well, some programs are interesting, some could be better, and some are almost sort of rubbish. Euphemism（委婉） Restroom, senior citizen, etc. Figures of speech Parody（仿拟） Quality breeds success. (from: Familiarity breeds contempt.) Reverse（序换） Like son, like father. Anadiplosis（蝉联, 连珠法，前词递接）(also repetition) In literature, as in life, one of the fundamentals is to find, and be one’s true self. One’s true self may indeed be unpleasant… Regression（回环） We can make young people grown and grown people young. Figures of speech Paregmenon（同源） You shouldn’t interrupt my interruptions; that’s really worse than interrupting. Home is home, be it ever so homely. Malapropism（误换，荒唐的用词错误） As she grew up, I would have her instructed in geometry (geography), that she might know something of the contagious (conterminous) countries. Correction（换语） All the while I was working at, and learning to write, fiction. Figures of speech Pun（双关） Try our sweet corn. You’ll smile from ear to ear. Transferred epithet（转移修饰） A dizzy height; a sleepless bed; a big eater Syllepsis（一语双叙） I got up yesterday and managed to catch a bus and cold. Figures of speech Contrast（对照） Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of laboring those problems which divide us. Parallelism（平行，排比） He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns and destroyed the lives of our people. Antithesis（对偶） There is more danger from a pretended friend than from an open enemy. The company represented the antithesis (opposite) of everything he admired. Figures of speech Alliteration（头韵） US trade policy is often viewed as inconsistent, incoherent and incomprehensible to other countries. Assonance（母韵, 部分谐音） The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain. Consonance（尾韵） When I lent I was a friend; when I asked I was unkind.