《Lesson 7 Everyday Use》.ppt

Detailed study of the text: 107. heritage: property that descends to an heir, sth. transmitted by or from a acquired predecessor, sth. possessed as a result of one’s natural situation or birth Rhetorical devices 1. Parallelism: chin on chest, eyes on ground, feet in shuffle 2. Metaphor: She washed us in a river of...burned us... 3. Simile: Maggie’s hand is as limp as a fish. 4. Personification: She was determined to stare down any disaster in her efforts 5. Rhetorical question: Who can ever imagine me looking a strange white man in the eye? Effective Writing Skills 1. successful portrayal of characters 2. using many elliptical, colloquial, and simple sentences to achieve certain effect 3. using languages which suit the background of characters Exercise Omitted　  The End Detailed study of the text: 49. cute: delightfully pretty and often small If you describe sb. as cute you mean that you find them attractive, often in a sexual way 50. scald: to burn with hot liquid e.g. He scalded his tongue on / with the hot coffee scalding: boiling or as hot as boiling Detailed study of the text: 51. court: If a man courts a woman, he pays a lot of attention to her because he wants to marry her. 52. flashy: over-ornamented, unpleasantly big, bright, etc. and perhaps not of good quality Something that is flashy is so smart, bright and expensive that you find it unpleasant and perhaps vulgar a flashy sports car / cheap flashy clothes Detailed study of the text: 53. recompose: reshuffle; calm down compose: to make (esp. oneself) calm, quiet, etc. e.g. Jean was nervous at first but soon composed herself. 54. kinky: (esp. of hair) having kinks kink: a backward turn or twist in hair, a rope, chain, pipe, etc. 55. wriggle: to twist from side to side 56. loud: attracting attention by being unpleasantly colourful Detailed study of the text: 57. rope: (of 2 or more mountain climbers) to be fastened together with the same rope The word