英语修辞简介.ppt

 Introduction to English  Figures of Speech Contents 1.喻类修辞 2.代类修辞 3.对照并列类修辞 4.声音类修辞 1.喻类修辞 1. Simile 2. Metaphor 3. Personification 4. Transferred epithet 1. Simile(明喻) Definition: A figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another, in such a way as to clarify and enhance an image. (In dealing with simile, an additional point should be noted: the two things compared are in different kinds and are said to be similar in one respect only, and not in all ways.) 1) like和as型 eg: 1.The cheque fluttered to the floor like a bird with a broken wing. 2.Use a book as a bee does flowers. 2) 虚拟句型 Eg: 1. He was a beautiful horse that looked as though he had come out of a painting by Velasquez. (Earnest Hemingway: For Whom the Bell Tolls) 2. ---and the fattest woman I have ever seen in my life dozing in a straight-backed chair. It was as if a sack of grain was supported by a matchbox. 3)than 型 Eg: 1. A fool can no more see his own foolishness than he can see his ears. 2. Man cannot help craving for expression any more than birds can help singing. 4) and型 Eg: 1. A word and a stone let go cannot be recalled. 2. Truth and roses have thorns about them. 5) 动词型 Eg: 1. He compares his genius to a lightening flash. 2. He treats his daughter as the apple in the eye. 3. Samuel Johnson regarded a dictionary as a watch. 2. Metaphor（暗喻） Definition: A figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used one thing is applied to anther. 1)Nominal metaphor Eg: 1. Time is money. 2. The news is a dagger to his heart. 2)Verbal metaphor Eg: 1.The electricity failure paralyzed the train service. 2. Her hostility melted. 3)Adjectival metaphor Eg: 1.There is no rosy prospect for him. 2. He has the microwa