Exemplify the figures of__ speech.pptVIP

Figures of speech Examples Rhetoric The art of effectively in using language in speech or writing, including the use of figures of speech. So as to influence or persuade the audience. Lexical stylistic devices Simile Metaphor Personification Metonymy 借代 Synecdoche 提喻 Euphemism 委婉语 Irony 反讽 Lexical stylistic devices Overstatement 夸张 Understatement 低调陈述 *Transferred Epithet 通感 *Allusion 典故 *Oxymoron 矛盾修辞 *Pun 双关 Syntactical stylistic devices Parallelism Repetition Rhetorical questions Antithesis 对照 Climax 渐进 Phonetic stylistic devices *Alliteration 头韵 *Onomatopoeia 拟声 Similes The pool was too crowded and the water was too dirty. Swimmers were just like dumplings being cooked in sesame paste. “dumplings being cooked in sesame paste”—acceptable to native speakers? (Improved) The water of the pool was too dirty, and what was more, the swimmers were packed like sardines. Similes—key points Habit may be likened to a cable: we weave a thread of it every day, and it becomes so strong that we cannot break it. --specific --right association --vivid/fresh * liken: show as similar; compare Metaphor—a transfer of meaning Contains an implied comparison Points out the resemblance, But with no acknowledging word * A compressed or condensed simile Metaphor—examples If the fatherland is sound, my personal troubles are only a flea bite. She felt that she must not yield, she must go on leading her straitened, humdrum life. This was her punishment for having made a mistake. She had made her bed, and she must lie on it. * 贫苦而单调的生活/为所犯错误应受的惩罚/自食其果。 Metaphor—a hidden one The one place not to have dictionaries is in a sitting room or at a dining table. Look the thing up the next morning, but not in the middle of the conversation. Otherwise one will bind the conversation, one will not let it flow freely here and there. * bind: restrain (org. bind with a piece of string) Personification I was traveling in china when Samaranch announced in Moscow that the city for hosting the 2008