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高级英语 一．修辞 P12-X. Simile: 　　1. The children went from adult to adult like buckets in a fire brigade. (comparing the passing of children to the passing of buckets of water in a fire brigade when fighting a fire) 　　2. The wind sounded like the roar of a train passing a few yards away. (comparing the sound of the wind to the roar of a passing train) Metaphor : 　　1. We can batten down and ride it out. (comparing the house in a hurricane to a ship fighting a storm at sea) 　　2. Wind and rain now whipped the house. (Strong wind and rain was lashing the house as if with a whip.) Personification : 　　1. A moment later, the hurricane, in one mighty swipe, lifted the entire roof off the house and skimmed it 40 feet through the air. (The hurricane acted as a very strong person lifting something heavy and throwing it through the air.) 　　2. It seized a 600, 000-gallon Gulfport oil tank and dumped it 3 1/2miles away. (The hurricane acted as a very strong man lifting something very heavy and dumping it 3 1/2 miles away.). P41-Ⅵ 1. on the rocks： metaphor，comparing a marriage to a ship wrecked on the rocks　　2． get out of bed on the wrong side：be in a bad temper for the day (The meaning is perhaps derived from the expression “You got out of bed the wrong way”． It was an ancient superstition that it was unlucky to set the left foot on the ground first on getting out of bed．)　　3．on wings：metaphor，comparing conversation to a bird flying and soaring． It means the conversation soon became spirited and exciting．　　4． turn up one’s nose at：scorn；show scorn for　　5． into the shoes： metaphor(or more appropriately an idiomatic expression)， think as if one were wearing the shoes of the Saxon peasant，i． e． as if one were a Saxon peasant　　6 come into one’s own： receive what properly belongs to one，especially acclaim or recognition65 　　7．sit up at：(colloquial)become suddenly alert and take notice of P243-Ⅺ1.alliteration, metaphor 2.metonymy 3.metaphor,metonymy 4.personification