Helen-高级英语.pptVIP

Semantic features By Helen Semantic features the meaning of words, expressions, etc. by what means the meaning is conveyed Here, our concern is mainly the rhetorical devices. Semantic features in the text -parallelism -Personification Hyperbole Metaphor Paradox Irony, satire parallelism Someday is their …. Someday they are…someday they will….(Para 3.) All ads, catalogs, ….. All letters from home…(Para 9.) Personification The surface of the desk is buried under mounds of paper and unread magazines threaten to reach the ceiling. (para.4) All ads, catalogs, pleas for charitable contributions, church bulletins, and money –saving coupons go straight into the trash can without being opened. (Para 9.) Effect in the text: Vivid description; Humorous effect. Hyperbole Four hours or two weeks into the excavation, the desk looks exactly the same, primarily because the sloppy person is meticulously creating new piles of papers with new headings and scrupulously stopping to read all the old book catalogs… (para.5) Never handle any items twice, and throw everything away. (Para. 7) The surface of the desk is buried under mounds of paper and unread magazines threaten to reach the ceiling. (para.4) Neat people buy everything in expensive little single portions. They get their flour and sugar in two-pound bags. (Para 11.) Effect of hyperbole: Creating fun Emphasizing Metaphor N. people are bums and clods at heart. (para.6) Effects -Vivid description -Humor Paradox Sloppy people, you see, are not really sloppy. (Para .2) Their sloppiness is merely the unfortunate consequence of their extreme moral rectitude.(para.2) N. people are bums and clods at heart. (para.6) Trigger the readers’ interest. Irony, satire Never handle any items twice, and throw everything away.(Para7)-irony … I knew a neat person once who threw away a perfectly good dish drainer because it had mold on it. (Para 10) …and draping it over the unm