夸张-hyperbole.pptVIP

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy. （ Parallelism） 2. Seven days without water makes one weak (week). (pun) He had to look up to see bottom. (Hyperbole) hyperbole Definition A way of describing something in order to make it sound bigger,smaller, better,worse etc. than it really is. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally. 1. 利用数词或表示数量的词组进行夸张 I beg a thousand pardons. 千万请求原谅。 He ran down the avenue, making a noise like ten horses at a gallop. 他沿着大街跑，声音之响，犹如十马奔腾。 2.运用动词 His eloquence would split rocks. 雄辩的口才能裂石。 “Prices are soaring these days，”Sally said to her neighbor.（物价飞涨） 4.使用介词短语 They lauded him to the skin. Here was wealth beyond computation, almost beyond imagination. 这里的财富数不胜数，几乎超出想象。 3.运用名词或名词短语 Its a crime to stay inside on such a beautiful day. 阳光明媚，呆在家中，太遗憾了。 To get a decent apartment these days in New York you have to pay an arm and a leg. 如今，要在纽约住栋高级公寓，必须付出极高的价钱。 5.使用形容词或副词的比较级或最高级 With a wild incommunicable joy in his heart, he whispered to himself, “I am the happiest man in the world. 他那狂喜的心情难以表达出来，于是他自言自语道：“我是世界上最幸福的人。” 6.借助其他的修辞格 1).He smoked like a chimney. (Hyperbole simile) 2).Polly, I love you. You are the whole world to me, and the moon and the stars and the constellation of out space. 波莉，我爱你。对我来说，你就是整个世界，是月亮，是星星，是整个宇宙的星宿。 (Hyperbole climax) 3).Miss Bolo went straight home in a f