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Figures of Speech --General Zhang 8 4 English Rhetoric 第一章喻类修辞格 1生动形象的 simile(明喻) A figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another, in such a way as to clarify and enhance an image It is explicit comparison recognizable by the use of words“likeor“as”, Examples a Use a book as a bee does flowers读书如蜜蜂采花。 ■ As cold as marble ■冷若冰霜 As firm as a rock 坚如磬石 a As light as a feather ■轻如鸿毛 English Rhetoric ■2含而不露的 metaphor(暗喻) aA figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another. Examples a Happiness is like sunshine; it is made up of very little beams. a The sunshine of happiness is made up of very little beams. Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. (Benjamin Franklin) ■当心小笔的费用。小漏不堵也会 沉大船。 English Rhetoric 3变无灵为有灵的 personification(拟人) aA figure of speech in which a thing, quality, or idea as represented as a person. Examples The rain to the wind said You push and Ill peit. (Robert Frost) 雨对风说:“你来狂吹,我来猛 落。 Time is like a fashionable host hat slightly shakes his passing guest by the hand; and with his arms stretched, as he would fly, grasps in the comer N会 Shakespeare) English Rhetoric 第二章代类修辞格 4蕴含新意的 synecdoche (提喻) aA figure of speech in which a part is used for a whole. an individual for a class, a material for thing, or reverse of any of these Examples They were short of hands at harvest time. Y3 England won the football game. - This young man is very clever; he may be another Edison He manages to earn his bread a Have you any coppers? 5 Metonymy(借喻) aA figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated a The two things are not the same kind, but have something related