[英语学习]Figures of speech.ppt

Figures of Speech Figures Of Speech In English Figures of speech Functions : 1. Figures of speech are ways of making our language figurative. 2. Figures of speech are ways of lending force to an idea, heightening effect, or creating suggestive imagery. Simile A figure of speech in which one thing is liken to another, in such a way as to clarify and enhance an image. It is an explicit comparison by the use of the word like or as. ( A Dictionary of Literary Terms) ? Simile 1. Origin: Latin, meaning like 2. Comparative words: like, as 3. Functions: describing shape and scenery; expressing emotions; explaining; making easy to understand; creating interest. Type One: like Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. Marriage is like a beleaguered fortress: those who are without want to get in, and those within want to get out. Type Two: as Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark. Love goes towards love, as schoolboys from their books. But love from love, towards school with heavy books. As firm as a rock As light as a feather As close as an oyster As mute as a fish As strong as a horse As cool as cucumber 泰然自若 As sure as a gun千真万确 Type Three: what Two Patterns: A is to B what C is to D. What C is to D, A is to B. Type Three: what Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. The pen is to a writer what the gun is to a fighter. 作家的笔犹如战士的枪。 . Type Three: what What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. 教育之于心灵犹如雕刻之于大理石。 What salt is to food, wit and humor are to conversation. Type Four: than A home without love is no more than a body without a soul. Type Five: and Love and cough can not be hid. Truth and roses have thorns about them. A word and stone let go cannot be recalled. Type Six: others A doctor must have the heart of a lion and the hand of a lady. Simile O, my love’s like a red, red rose, That’s newly sp