英语中的修辞手法

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1、FiguresofspeechFiguresofspeech(修辞)arewaysofmakingourlanguagefigurative.Whenweusewordsinotherthantheirordinaryorliteralsensetolendforcetoanidea,toheighteneffect,ortocreatesuggestiveimagery,wearesaidtobespeakingorwritingfiguratively.Nowwearegoingtotalkaboutsomecommonformsoffiguresofspeech.Figure

2、sofResemblanceandRelationshipSimile(明喻)Metaphor(暗喻)(隐喻)Metonymy(转喻)(借代)Synecdoche（提喻）Personification（拟人）Antonomasia（换称）一Simile(明喻)Simile：(明喻)Itisafigureofspeechwhichmakesacomparisonbetweentwounlikeelementshavingatleastonequalityorcharacteristic(特性)incommon.Tomakethecomparison,wordslikeas,as...

3、as,asifandlikeareusedtotransferthequalityweassociatewithonetotheother.Simileisacomparisonbetweentwodifferentthingsthatresembleeachotherinatleastoneway.Informalprosethesimileisadevicebothofartandexplanation,comparinganunfamiliarthingtosomefamiliarthing(anobject,event,process,etc.)knowntotheread

4、er.Forexample,Ascoldwaterstoathirstysoul,soisgoodnewsfromafarcountry.1.Simile通常由三部分构成：本体（tenororsubject）,喻体（vehicleorreference）和比喻词（comparativewordorindicatorofresemblance）。eg:Myloveislikearedredrose.tenorcomparativewordvehicle2.句型（1）.like型★A联系动词（以tobe居多）+likeEg:Livingwithoutanaimislikesailing

5、withoutacompass.生活没有目标犹如航行没有指南针★实意动词+like。Theywillneverbeabletosavemoneytobuyanewhouse——theybothspendmoneylikewater.★as型as在明喻句中用作介词，后跟名词。也可用作连词，后跟状语从句，表示动作或行为的方式。此外，还有两个常用句型，即as…as…和as…so…。英语里有不少含有明喻的成语，其结构为as+形容词+as+名词（第一个as可省略）。例如：(as)firmasarock坚如磐石(as)lightasafeather轻如鸿毛(as)closeasanoyster

6、守口如瓶(as)muteasafish噤若寒蝉(as)strongasahorse强壮如牛(as)coolasacucumber泰然自若(as)soberasajudge十分清醒38(as)sureasagun千真万确★虚拟句型最常见的是asif/though，另外还有其他一些形式。Eg:HewasabeautifulhorsethatlookedasthoughhehadcomeoutofapaintingbyVealsquez.这匹马真雄俊，看起来仿佛是从一副维拉斯奎兹的油画里跑出来的一样。Thedogswereinfullcry,theirnosesdown,theirtai

7、lsup,soclosetogetherthatmighthavebeenonegreatyellowandwhitemovingcarpet.那群狗吠叫着追猎，低着头，翘着尾巴，一条挨一条，看上去就像一块行进的黄白交织的大地毯。Hewokethembothupgettingtobed,butwhentheytriedtowakehimupafterwardstheymightaswellhavetriedtowakethedead.他去睡觉的时候把他们两个都弄醒了，