Simile.doc

Simile Simile：(明喻） It is a figure of speech which makes a comparison between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic (特性)in common. dissimilar objects To make the comparison, words like as, as...as, as if and like are used to transfer the quality we associate with one to the other. Similes compare two dissimilar objects, concepts (in most respects these two things are totally unlike, but actually are alike in some significant way) in order to suggest an unexpected likeness between the two. What is a simile: A simile is a comparison of two different things that uses 搇ike?or re“as” Four characteristics A simile is based on association and usually has four characteristics: 1 ) introduced by such comparative/ connecting/collective words as like , as , as if , as though , be likened , similar to , be something of , etc. and sometimes than ; 2) involving two things, one of which being the primary term or tenor, the other secondary term or vehicle; 3 ) the two things involved should be completely different (across domains); 4) the two things should be similar in at least one characteristic. The criterion of effectiveness of similes varies from person to person. The quality that similes must possess: Freshness Originality Structure: 英语的主体有三种说法： (本体)：subject、 Primary term or tenor (喻体)：vehicle Secondary term reference 喻词Instrument\ comparative word \indicator of resemblance\ Acknowledging word connecting/collective words\ Simile marker Instruments: Like, as, as...as, as if , as though, what like Wit without learning is?like?a tree without fruit. 有天资而无学识，好比树木不结果实。 Education is like the life-giving spring breeze and rain. 教育犹如春风化雨。 sell like hot cakes畅销 like a fish out of water很不自在, 格格不入 like a donkey between two bundles of hay优柔寡断, 打不定主意 like a drowned rat象落汤鸡 like a rat in a hole瓮中之鳖一般 like a hen on a hot girdle极不舒服 like a cat on hot bricks like a hot knife through butte