Lesson 5修辞和结构.docVIP

Structural Analysis Part I: a piece of narration Background of the speech Part II. the speech proper an argument or persuasion Section 1: The Nazi regime… horrors upon mankind… Scenario on both sides of the border. To arouse emotion. Section 2: I have to declare the…in determination and in resources. What we should do. Section 3: This is no time…life and power remain. Further persuasion, to convince the audience of the justification of the decision. Rhetoric Simile: a comparison between two unlike things having at least one quality or characteristic in common. tenor: the subject of the comparison Vehicle: the image of which this idea is conveyed The vehicle is almost always introduced by the word like or as. The bus (tenor) went as slowly similarity as a snail (vehicle). The water lay grey and wrinkled like an elephants skin. Her eyes were jet black, and her hair was like a waterfall. Metaphor: a comparison between two unlike things, but the comparison is implied rather than stated. Contrary to a simile in which the resemblance between two unlike things is clearly stated, in a metaphor nothing is mentioned. The essential form of a metaphor is X is Y, and all forms of metaphor can be condensed into this form. The ship ploughed the sea. Ship (X --- tenor) is plough (Y ---vehicle) tenor：隐喻所指的词、短语或对象，如生命 在 “Lifes but a walking shadow”(Shakespeare)“生命不过是一个行走的影子”(莎士比亚) Vehicle: 比喻词、形象词：具体的或特定的词或短语，用于某个比喻要旨并且给予该比喻形象力，如walking shadow（行走的阴影） 节自 “Lifes but a walking shadow”(Shakespeare)“生活不过是一个行走的阴影”(莎士比亚) Metaphor: They will be rounded up in hordes. I see Russian soldiers standing on the threshold... Means of existence is wrung from the soil... cataract of horrors rid the earth of his shadow...liberate people from his yoke The scene will be clear for the final act. Alliteration: dull, drilled, docile... for his hearth and home with its clanking, heel-clicking... Assonance: the use of the same or related, vowel sounds in successive words clanking, heel-clicking,… co