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实例解析SAT阅读中的修辞手段英语中的修辞手段很多，但是大体与中文一致。那么，SAT阅读中的修辞手段主要有哪些呢?应该怎样来攻克SAT阅读呢?下面请看用实例解析SAT阅读中的修辞手段。 　　从2005年3月SAT考试改革以来，以前从未出现过的修辞手段题型(RHETORICAL DEVICE)悄然出现在了阅读理解部分。由于这种题型比较新而且相对其他题型来说其所占比重并不是那么高，很多考生没有给予足够的重视，因而在考试中造成了无故失分现象。我们知道，在SAT考试中，决定每一百分的仅仅是六七道题。因此每一道题在“分分必争”的阅读理解题中都显得是那么的重要。下面，笔者就结合自己的教研经验谈谈SAT阅读理解中的修辞手段题。 　　英语中的修辞手段很多，但是大体与中文一致。在SAT考试中出现的典型的考题主要有下列几道： 　　例一：Paragraph 4 (line 29-37):Yawning can also be a Sign of stress in humans. Once, when observing airborne troops about to take their first parachute jump, I noticed that several of the soldiers were sitting in the plane and yawning. It was 10 A.M., just after a research is a time-consuming coffee break, and I doubted that they were tired; I knew for a fact that they were far too nervous to be bored. When I asked about this, the officer in charge laughed and said it primarily was really quite a common behavior, especially on the first jump. 　　15. The author uses which of the following in the fourth paragraph (lines 29-37) ? 　　(A) Understatement 　　(B) Personification 　　(C) Analogy D) Metaphor 　　(E) Anecdote 　　讲解：这道题很简单，作者通过叙述自己的一件亲身经历的事情来证明段落开头的分论点即“Yawning can also be a Sign of stress in humans”所以作者在这里所运用的就是E项 ANECDOTE(轶事)。 　　例二：Passage 1 (line 3-9) 　　For millennia, parents have recognized the newborn s basic need for safety, nourishment, warmth, and nurturing. Now science has added stunning revelations about human development from birth to age three., confining that parents and other adult caregivers play a critical role in influencing a child’s development. 　　9. Lines 3-9 of Passage 1 (For millennia ... development) draw a parallel between 　　(A) traditional practices and contemporary critiques 　　(B) basic human needs and intellectual endeavors 　　(C) widespread beliefs and scientific findings 　　(D) parental anxieties and developmental advances 　　(E) experimental hypotheses and proven theories 　　讲解：这道题是对平行结构(PARALLEL)这种修辞手段的考查。出题人要求考生识别出作者在文中对上千年来人们的信仰和科学新发现的对比。因此，此题的答案为C项。 　　例三：Passage 2 (line 46-56) Doctors