英语修辞手法汇总大全Rhetorical Devices课件.ppt

Rhetorical Devices Figures of Speech An expression such as a metaphor or simile or a device such as personification or hyperbole in which words are used in a nonliteral way to achieve an effect beyond the range of ordinary language. 通过隐喻或明喻，拟人或夸张等这些形象化说法，文字能用非字面的意义获得超过普通语言的效果 1.Simile & Metaphor 1. Simile 明喻 He is brave as a lion. The water lay gray and wrinkled like an elephant’s skin. 2. Metaphor My love is a red red rose. Applications for jobs flooded the company. 一种暗喻的句式: n. (A) + of + n. (B) More Examples: I have the devil of a teeth sick. Down with the Bourbons, and that great pig of Louis XVI ! Your turn to practice: 他们有一个宝贝女儿。 They have a treasure of a daughter. 他住在贫民窟一样的屋子里。 He lives in a slum of a house. 3.Metonymy The substitution of the name of one thing for that of another with which ot is closely related 换喻 Metonymy 以典型的人体组织、器官或部位代人的抽象行为或能力: She was a girl who excited the emotions, but I was not the one to let my heart rule my head. 她十个让人动情的姑娘，而我则不是让感情支配理智的人。 以特征指人或物: Gray hairs should be respected. Metonymy 以作家名借代作品或观念: He has never read Li Bai. 以容器借代被盛的东西,或以产地代产品: He is too fond of the bottle. Hollywood---American film industry Metonymy More examples: John Bull---England Uncle Sam---USA The Pentagon---US military establishment The White Street---US President Helen---beautiful woman 4. Synecdoche 提喻 The naming of a part to mean the whole or the whole to a part We need more hands to do this job. This is a fleet of 50 sails. The birds sang to welcome the smiling year. 5. Personification 拟人 The thirsty desert drank up the water. It’s really a beautiful morning: the trees are whispering and birds are singing… 6. Transferred Epithet: the transference of an adjective to a noun to which it is not wholly appropriate 转类形容法 More example： This bad news has brought me a sleepless night. They climbed to a dizzy height and then jumped down. 7