外研社高级英语（第四版）2教学课件Lesson 1 Pub Talk and the Kings English.pptVIP

Ⅱ. Writing Devices Rhetorical Devices: Simile Definition: A simile is a figure of speech which makes a comparison between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic in common. Simile is almost always introduced by the following words: like, as, as…as, as it were, as if, as though, be something of, similar to, etc. e.g. 1. They are like the musketeers of Dumas who, although they lived side by side with each other, did not delve into each other’s lives or the recesses of their thoughts and feelings. (Para. 3) The Elizabethans blew on it as on a dandelion clock, and its seeds multiplied, and floated to the ends of the earth. (Para. 14)  Ⅱ. Writing Devices Ⅱ. Writing Devices Rhetorical Devices: Metaphor Definition: Metaphor is a figure of speech where comparison is implied. It is also a comparison between two unlike elements with a similar quality. But unlike a simile, this comparison is implied, not expressed with the word “as” or “like”. Ⅱ. Writing Devices e.g. The charm of conversation is that… it will go as it meanders or leaps and sparkles or just glows . (Para.2) (comparing the conversation to a stream which meanders and leaps the fire which glows and sparkles.) 2. Suddenly, the alchemy of conversation took place. (Para.6) ( comparing the sudden change of the topic in the conversation to the miraculous alchemy) 3. The glow of the conversation burst into flames. (Para.6) (comparing the conversation to a fire.) Ⅱ. Writing Devices 4. The conversation was on wings. (Para.8) (comparing the conversation to a bird flying and soaring.) 5. …think ourselves back into the shoes of the Saxon peasant. (Para.11) (comparing into the shoes to in another’s position.) 6. I have an unending love affair with dictionaries. (Para. 17) (comparing his keen interest in dictionaries to having a love affair.) 7. …the King’s English slips and slides in conversation. (Para. 18)