【综英】Figures of speech 修辞法

~ 1. Simile明喻，直喻

[定义] It is a comparison between two distinctly diferent things and the comparison is indicated by the word as or like.

e.g.That man can’ t be trusted . He’s as slippery as an eel .

2. Metaphor暗喻

[定义]It is the use of a word which originally denotes one thing to refer to another with a similar quality . It is also a comparison , but the comparison is implied , not expressed with the word as or like .

e.g.He is the soul of the team .

3. Personification拟人

[定义]It is to treat a thing or an idea as if it were human or had human qualities.

e.g.This time fate was smiling to him .

4. Metonymy转喻

[定义]It is substituting the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated .

e.g. The White House praised volunteers for their eforts . I studied Dickens at university .

5. Synecdoche提喻

（部分代替整体，整体代替部分）

[定义] when a part is substituted for the whole  or the whole is substituted for a part ,  synecdoche is applied

e.g.The poor creature could no longer endure her sufferings .

6. Euphemism委婉语

[定义]It is the substitution of a mild or vague expression for a harsh or unpleasant one.

e.g.

Old people - senior citizens

Mad - emotional disturbed

Dustman - sanitation worker

Invasion , raid - military action

7. Irony讽刺

[定义]It is the use of words which are clearly opposite to what is meant , in order to achieve a special effects.

e.g.  Suppose you planned an outing on a certain day , expecting it to be fine ; but when the day came it was raining heavily. If you said ,“ What fine weather for an outing !” you were speaking ironically.

8. Overstatement and understatement

夸张和轻描淡写

[定义] In overstatement the diction exaggerates the subject , and in understatement the words play down the magnitude or value of the subject . Overstatement is also called hyperbole . Both aim at the same effect : to make the statement or description impressive or interesting.

e.g. It took a few dolars to build this indoor swimming pool. "He is realy strange,"  his friends said when they heard he had divorced his pretty and loving wife.

9. Transferred Epithet 转移修饰语

[定义]

An epithet is an adjective or  descriptive  phrase that serves to characterize    somebody or  something. A transfered epithet is one that is shifted from the noun it logicaly modifies to a word associated  with that noun.

e.g. She was so worried about her son that she spent several sleepless nights.

10. Oxymoron 矛盾修饰法

[定义]In oxymoron apparently contradictory  terms are  combined to produce a special effect.

e.g. The president was conspicuously absent on that occasion. She read the long-awaited letter with a tearful smile .

11. Alliteration 头韵

[定义] It refers to the appearance of the same initial consonant sound in two or more words.

e.g. p roud as a p eacock

b lind as a b at

W ild W est w ind

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僪江米格： figures of speech 即修辞格,含明喻Simile 暗喻Metaphor 拟人personification 夸张Hyperbole 委婉语Euphemism 反语Irony 对偶Antithesis 转喻 Metonymy 间接肯定法Litotes 类比Analogy 提喻 Synecdoche 拟声Onomatopoeia 反论Paradox 矛盾修饰法Oxymoron 双关 Pun 转移修饰 Transferred Epithet 一语双叙 Syllepsis 对照Contrast 排比Parallelism 头韵 Alliteration 英语教师高中

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