英语中的修辞格figure of speech.docVIP

English Figures of Speech Outline Figures of speech Why are figures of speech used? Why do we have to learn figures of speech? Classification of figures of speech. I. Figures of Speech: a tool of expressing thoughts and the art of using language effectively Examples: 1)The wind is blowing hard through the woods. 2)The little girl is singing merrily. (literal, plain statements which give mere information about some facts and no more) 3)The wind is roaring through the woods. 4)The little girl is singing as merrily as a lark. (Figurative statements or figures of speech (some expressed or implied