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I. Figures of speech 1. simile: a) As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. b) The water lay gray and wrinkled like an elephant’s skin. c) My very thoughts were like the ghostly rustle of dead leaves. d) As brave as a lion; as busy as a bee; as timid as as mouse (胆小如鼠 ) ；as black as pitch/coal; as white as snow/a sheet; as old as hills; as cool as a cucumber 2. Metaphor: a) Boys and girls, tumbling in the streets and playing, were moving jewels. b) He swam bravely against the tide of popular applause. c) Snow clothes the ground. d) The town was stormed after a long siege. e) The society was his college. f) A book that is shut is but a block.. g) The gas hissed out of the torn ballon, Insull threw away his imperial pride and went on his knees to the bankers. —John Dos Passos 3. Personification: a) That produced by the use of adjectives. b) The blushing rose; the thirsty ground. c) That produced by the use of nouns. d) The similes of spring; the whisper of leaves. e) That produced by the use of verbs. f) The kettle sings; the waves danced. g) The dancing daffodils; the thirsty crops h) Time will tell. i) Money talked as sweetly in Athens as it had in Chicago in the old days. John Dos Passos 4. Metonymy: a) The pen is mightier than the sword. ( Here you have the instrument (pen or sword) as a name for the people wielding it.) （ Those who use the pen have more influence than those who use the sword.） b) Gray hairs should be respected. ( the symbol (gray hair) as a name for the persons.( old people) symbolized) c) He is too fond of the bottles. (= He is too fond of drinking; the container(wine bottle) as a name for