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1、MarkTwainMirrorofAmericaRhetoricalDevicesInthisarticle,theauthoremploysmanykindsoffeatureofspeech,suchassimile,metaphor,hyperbole,parallelism,antithesis,synecdocheandallusionetc.MostAmericansrememberMarkTwainasthefatherofHuckFinn’sidylliccruisethrougheter
2、nalboyhoodandTomSawyer’sendlesssummeroffreedomandadventure.(1)Theunderlinedaremetaphors.fatherof:theauthororthemanwhocreatedtheunforgettablecharacters.cruisethrougheternalboyhood:journeythroughlastingboyhoodendlesssummeroffreedomandadventure:longsummerful
3、loffreeandadventurousactivities.(2)hyperboleseternalboyhood:HuckFinnisthe“eternalboy”immortalizeendlesssummer:alltheadventuresofTomSawyerdescribedinthebookaresupposedtohavetakenplaceinoneparticularsummer.(3)parallelismParagraph1Paragraph1Indeed,thisnation
4、’sbest-lovedauthorwaseverybitasadventurous,patriotic,romantic,andhumorousasanyonehaseverimagined.(simile)IfoundanotherTwainaswell—onewhogrewcynical,bitter,saddenedbytheprofoundpersonaltragedieslifedealtwithhim,amanwhobecameobsessedwiththefrailtiesofthehum
5、anrace,whosawclearlyaheadablackwallofnight.(1)profoundpersonaltragediesPersonaltragedyhauntedhisentirelife,…”(2)ablackwallofnight:metaphor,meaninghopelessnessanddespair(3)ParallelismandpersonificationParagraph3Thegeographiccore,inTwain’searlyyears,wastheg
6、reatvalleyoftheMississippiRiver,mainarteryoftransportationintheyoungnation’sheart.(metaphor)arteryandheartareusedmetaphorically,meanschannelandcentralpart.Keelboats,flatboats,andlargeraftscarriedthefirstmajorcommerce.(synecdoche)commerceisanabstractnounus
7、edconcretely.Hereitreferstovariouscommoditiesandmerchandise.Paragraph4Thecastofcharacterssetbeforehiminhisnewprofessionwasrichandvaried–acosmos.(metaphor,alliteration)(1)castofcharacters:(alliteration)thesetofactorsinaplayormovie.Hereusedfiguratively,itme
8、anspeopleofallsorts.(2)cosmosisusedfiguratively(比喻地)here,meaningaplacewhereonecanfindalltypesofcharacters.Allwouldresurfaceinhisbooks,togetherwiththecolorfullanguagethathesoakedupwithamemorythatseemedphonographic.(s
