《英语修辞》期末复习试题及答案.docxVIP

《英语修辞》作业 Transference of Terms of Rhetorical Devices Transference of Terms of Rhetorical Devices from English to Chinese Simile Allusion Personification Parallelism Synaesthesia Oxymoron Synecdoche Anticlimax Euphemism Alliteration Metaphor Antithesis Transferred Epithet Paradox Metonymy climax Understatement Repetition Hyperbole Assonance Transference of Terms of Rhetorical Devices from Chinese to English 隐喻------ 对照------ 移就------ 隽语------ 转喻 层递 低调陈述--- 重复------ 夸张------ 元韵— 明喻 弓［喻 拟人一一一— 平行 通感 矛盾修饰---- 提喻一一一― 突降------ 委婉语—— 头韵—— Identify the rhetorical devices according to the given definitions. Ifs repetition of an initial sound, usually of a consonant or cluster, in two or more words of a phrase, line of poetry, etc. A. Parallelism B. Metonymy C. Alliteration D. Metaphor Its a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another. A. Metaphor B. Hyperbole C. Simile D. Personification Its the humorous use of words, or of words which are formed or sounded alike but have different meanings, in such a way as to play on two or more of the possible applications; a play on words. A. Allusion B. Pun C. Climax D. Oxymoron Its a figure of speech that consists in using the name of one thing for that of something else with which it is associated. A. Parallelism B. Metonymy C. Alliteration D. Metaphor Its a statement that is not strong enough to express facts or feelings with full force; or Its a statement that expresses an idea, etc, too weakly. A. Parallelism B. Climax C. Rhetorical Question D. Understatement Ifs a figure of speech in which something of an unpleasant, distressing, or indelicate nature is described in less offensive terms, as in the expressions under the weather^, for ill” or passed away for died. A. Metaphor B. Hyperbole C. Euphemism D. Parallelism Its usually an implicit reference, perhaps to another work of literature or art, to a person or a