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Some problems that should have been avoided: Inappropriate uses of metaphor: Mixed metaphors; Inappropriate uses of metaphor His hand rooted in mid-air. We had to wait ten years before the nation-wide nightmare was dispelled by the rays of the October sun. She has stagnant eyes. Before him there seemed to be a dark deep lake. His hands stayed motionless in mid-air. We had to wait ten years before the dark clouds…; She has dull / expressionless eyes. Before him there seemed to be a dark deep gulf. Question: How to avoid these mistakes? Try to know the connotations of the words that imply the signified (喻体). Be sure whether the image called up by the words is appropriate. Mixed Metaphor E.g. The seeds of rebellion were kindled in secret. I skimmed over the book to taste the tone of it. -- The metaphors should be consistent. 知识回顾Knowledge Review 英语修辞写作 Syllabus 教学纲要 Introduction: Chapter 1 (Introduction绪论) Chapter 3 (Choice of Diction用词精当) Chapter 6 (Simile and Metaphor:明喻和暗喻) Chapter 6 (Simile and Metaphor continued; Synecdoche and Personification 提喻和拟人) Chapter 7 (Metaphor 借代) Chapter 8 (Antonomasia 换称) Chapter 9 (Bifocal Visions 双重聚焦) Chapter 10 and 11 (Transferred Epithet and Rhetorical Repetition 移就和叠言) Chapter 12 (Climax and Anticlimax 层进与突降) Chapter 13 and 14 (Hyperbole, Euphemism and Understatement 夸张，委婉语和低调陈述) Chapter 15 and 16 (Pun and Antithesis 双关语和对照) Chapter 17 (End Weight 重尾) Chapter 18 (Phonetic Rhetoric 语音修辞) Reviewing：①Communicative Rhetoric Aesthetic Rhetoric 交际修辞与美学修辞, ②figures of speech各种修辞手段 Rhetoric 修辞学 Introduction The Classical Rhetoric ＊Stylistics 语体文体修辞学 -- is focused on different types or styles of writing: e. g. News English, Oral English, Scientific English, personal style of a writer, or the style of a certain period, etc. ＊Rhetoric 人文修辞学 -- deals with the choosing of the most appropriate words for a particular circumstance. What is Rhetoric? It is more than those figures of speech (修辞格), such as simile (明喻), metaphor (隐喻), meton