经典著作导读-figure of speech sonnet 18.docVIP

Figure of speech: Metaphor (暗喻)—a comparison of unlike items, a device in which one object is substituted for another, or an idea is identified by a concrete object. Simile (明喻)—the direct comparison of two unlike items, using the words “like” or “as” to complete the comparison. Metonymy (转喻)—literally “a change of name;” a figure of speech in which the name of some objects or idea is substituted for another name to which it has some relation (as a cause for an effect, a writer for his work). Synecdoche (提喻)—a figure of speech in which a part of an object is used to represent the whole object