英文常见的修辞格.doc

常见的修辞格 ?Simile （明喻） Simile is a figure of speech involving a comparison between two or more things which are essentially different but have at least one property or characteristic in common. Words like as, as...as, as if, as though,( just) as... so, and like are the commonly used expressions to make the comparison. ?In writing the writer may compare something abstract to something concrete, something remote to something proximal, something unfamiliar to something familiar, and so forth. e.g. That man can’t be trusted. He’s as slippery as an eel. ????????????? The old man’s hair is as white as snow. Metaphor（暗喻/隐喻） Metaphor involves a comparison between two or more unlike things which share at least one property or characteristic, but the comparison is not explicitly stated. Instead, it is implied or condensed. e.g. There were a few lordly poplars（白杨树）before the house. ????????????? ?He often prefaced his remarks by “I can’t help thinking…” ??????????? ?★ the leg of a table Personification (拟人) Personification is a figure of speech that gives human attribute or feelings to animals, or life and personal attributes to inanimate objects, or to ideas and abstractions. It can make the description more vivid and more impressive. e.g. This time fate is smiling to him. ?????????????? Dusk came stealthily. Metonymy (换喻) Metonymy involves the change of name. In other words, this figure of speech involves the substitution of the name of one thing for that of another. The substituted name may be an attribute of the other thing or be closely related with it. e.g. When the war was over, he laid down the sword and took up the pen. ?????????????? His purse would not allow him that luxury. Synecdoche（提喻） Synecdoche, in contrast to metonymy, is a substitution of the part for the whole and the whole for the part. e.g. The farms were short of hands during the harvest season. ?????????????? Germany beat Argentina 2 to 1 in this exciting football match. Euphemism (婉言) Euphemism is a figur