英文修辞手法详解Figuresofspeech.pdfVIP

Figures of speech ( 修辞)are ways of making our language figurative. When we use words in other than their ordinary or literal sense to lend force to an idea, to heigh ten effect, or to create suggestive imagery, we are said to be speaking or writing fi guratively. Now we are going to talk about some common forms of figures of speec h. 1) Simile ：( 明喻）It is a figure of speech which makes a comparison between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic (特性 )in common.