高写第二次课figure of speech.pptVIP

Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen! A Letter to Your Family Questions: 1. Which punctuation mark follows the greeting in a personal letter, a comma or a colon? 2. Mum or Mom Mom or mom I went shopping with Mom( with my mom). Mum:British way; Mom: American way 3. Period in abbreviation Sep. Sept. 一月 Jan. January 二月 Feb. February 三月 Mar. March 四月 Apr. April 五月 May. May 六月 June. June 七月 July. July 八月 Aug. Aguest 九月 Sept. September 十月 Oct. October 十一月 Nov. November 十二月 Dec. December 缩写：正规的英语中六月、七月不缩写，九月的缩写是4个字母，其他月份3个字母。 True or False 1. Here, I want to quote the saying: “All roads go to Rome.” 2. He asked me: “what are you going to be in the future.” 3. This is my last year in the university. So I hope I can make some progress. 4. Everything is new about the new campus: the dining hall in the teaching section, the supermarkets in accommodating section. 5. Teachers are very kind and erudite, classmates are friendly and lively. Why Use Figures of Speech? To add rhetorical force, interest, beauty, vividness, rhythm to the spoken or written language. E.g. She was careless in using money. She spent money like water(dust) A Lullaby How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Dreams Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow e. Understatement (贬低) (litotes 反叙法，曲言法，反语法) Definition - The opposite of hyperbole. - It achieves its effect of emphasizing a fact by deliberately understating it, impressing the listener or the reader more by what is merely implied or left unsaid than by bare statement. The car is really a bargain. It cost us only several dollars. The problem is very easy to deal with, even a five year old child can solve it successfully. (meiosis 弱陈) It’s no laughing matter. (It’s a serious matter.) (litotes 反叙