修辞格复习(高英1)2013年.doc

1. Metaphor: e.g. Mark Twain --- Mirror of Americasaw clearly ahead a black wall of night... The words spat forth with sudden savagery. ...self-assurance...flickered... The Duchess kept firm tight rein on her racing mind. Her voice was a whiplash. 2. Simile：explicit comparison with “like”, “as”, “as if (though)”, “seem” “resemble”, etc. 3. Synecdoche: the part given for the whole or vice versa, using concrete things to represent abstract things or vice versa. e.g. The computer revolution is…liberating limbs and propelling... The case had erupted round my head. 4. Metonymy(借代换喻): the substitution of a word referring to an attribute for the thing that is meant e.g. ...his pen would prove mightier than his pickax Just as the Industrial Revolution took over an immense range of tasks from men’s muscles and enormously expanded productivity, so the microcomputer is rapidly assuming huge burdens of drudgery from human brain ... won 100 at the tables lost it at the bar struggle between kimono and the miniskirt He is too fond of the bottle. 1）His pen would prove mightier than his pickax. (metonymy: writing --mining) 2） …experimented with his new writing muscles… (metaphor: not so specific as “pen” to be related to “writing”, can be rewritten as a sentence in “as if”) He wishes to take an intensive physical training to get his muscle to support himself from it. (metonymy: strength, force) 4)…took over an immense range of tasks from men’s muscles… (metonymy: manual labor, physical labor) 5) The computer revolution is…, liberating limbs … (synecdoche: part of human body) 6）The case had erupted round my head. (synecdoche: part of one’s body ) 7) We need 200 hands to help us to finish this sophisticated installation. (synecdoche: part of one’s body ) 8）…I was not one to let my heart rule my head. (metonymy: emotions/feelings ---reason/thought) ...I have never read Li Bai. (metonymy: poems written by