英语段落写作 第三讲PPT.ppt

PART TWO: LEARNING HOW TO WRITE II. DEVELOPING SENTENCE SKILLS: Using Figures of Speech Using our familiar vocabulary to create a figure of speech is usually more effective than using any fancy word. Simile: compares one thing to another. It uses such words as “like” or “as…as.” In a simile, the writer usually compares the subject described with something that is familiar to most reader. Metaphor: is a simile taken a step further. Such words as “like” and “as…as” are omitted. Compared with a simile, a metaphor is less literal and more figurative. PART TWO: LEARNING HOW TO WRITE II. DEVELOPI