英语修辞法概括.doc

Allegory寓言 an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; dove - an emblem of peace Alliteration头 use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse Fortune favors the poor. Anacoluthon错 A syntactic interruption or deviation: that is, an abrupt change in a sentence from one construction to another which is grammatically inconsistent with the first. It makes me so —— I just get angry. Anadiplosis反复法 A rhetorical term for the repetition of the last word of one line or clause to begin the next. She gave her life；life was all she could give. Analogy 类比 Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar. It is probably easier to make an analogy between the courses of the planets, and two trains traveling in the same direction. 将行星的运行比作两列火车朝同一方向行驶可能更容易些。 Anaphora 首语重复法 A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. Good food. Good cheer. Good times. Anastrophe词语倒装法，词序变位，语音变位，例：Came the dawn. Anesis症状缓和法 Adding a concluding sentence that diminishes the effect of what has been said previously. She had set more track records than any woman in the country. Antimetabole倒置法 A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the words in reverse grammatical order (A-B-C, C-B-A). Stops static before static stops you. Antiphrasis反语,如“The boy is a giant of 3 feet 2 inches”中 giant 的用法)A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used in a sense contrary to its conventional meaning for ironic or humorous effect;verbal irony. Antistrophe对照乐节；反用；the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem Antithesis对语，对句，对偶(常用两个平行的词、短语或句子，如：You are going；I am staying.) Antonomasia代称，换称，代名(用表述词语、头衔等代替专名，如用 his honor 指称法官，用his lordship 指称主教、法官、有爵位男子) A rhetorical term for the