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Unit 1: The Middle Eastern Bazaar V. Rhetorical Devices 1.?simile: comparison of one thing to another, eg: Childhood is like a swiftly passing dream “A heart like stone” 2.?metaphor :the use of words to indicate sth different from the literal meaning, e.g: “I will make him eat his words”. “He has a heart of stone 3. onomatopoeia formation of words in imitation of the sounds associated with the thing concerned 拟声造字法 4 metonymy: Metonymy is a figure of speech which expresses a relation between the thing spoken of and the thing meant, in such a way that the mention of one suggests other.