[英语学习]修辞学Syntactic Figures of Speech.pptVIP

Chapter 8Syntactic Figures of Speech 8.1 Repetition a powerful rhetorical device which creates good rhythm and parallelism to make the language musical, emphatic, attractive and memorable. One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy. (Proverb) 一个和尚挑水吃，两个和尚抬水吃，三个和尚没水吃。 凡战者，以正合，以奇胜。故善出奇者，无穷如天地，不竭如江河。终而复始，日月是也；死而复生，四时是也。声不过五，五声之变，不可胜听也；色不过五，五色之变，不可胜观也；味不过五，五味之变不可胜尝也；战势不过奇正，奇正之变，不可胜穷也。 ——《孙子兵法·势篇》 Word repetition serves following purposes: to knit ideas together; to emphasize an idea; to generate emotional force Captain! my Captain! rise up and he