英语各种修辞手析.docVIP

Figures of speech (修辞)are ways of making our language figurative. When we use words in other than their ordinary or literal sense to lend force to an idea, to heighten effect, or to create suggestive imagery, we are said to be speaking or writing figuratively. Now we are going to talk about some common forms of figures of speech. 修辞是提高语言表达效果的语言艺术。它能使语言生动形象、具体活泼，给人以美的享受。 ? 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. To make the comparison, words like as, as...as, as if and like are used to