Practical English Rhetoric 英语论文

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1、PracticalEnglishRhetoricI.Introduction1.WhatIsRhetoric?Rhetoricistheartorscienceofcommunicationinwords.LongmanModernEnglishDictionary修辞是依据题旨情境，运用各种语言材料，各种表现手法，恰当地表现写说者所要表达的内容的语言活动。《辞海》Rhetoricischoiceinacontextforapurpose.(PatrickHartwell:OpentoLangu

2、age)修辞学，照我们的看法，应该是在各种可供选择的语言手段之间，各个词语之间，各种句式之间，各种风格之间进行选择，选择那些最适合、最需要的，用于当前特定的目的。吕叔湘修辞就是选择。张志公Summary1.Rhetoricistheartorscienceofeffectivecommunicationinwords.Whetherspeakingorwriting,onehastogetoneselfacrosseffectively,i.e.,tobeeloquent,accurate,im

3、pressive,persuasiveandexpressive.Thestudyofhowtoexpressoneselfeffectivelyisthemainconcernofrhetoric.2.Effectivecommunicationisbasedonpreciseandappropriatechoiceofwords,sentencepatternsandfiguresofspeech,etc.Inotherwords,rhetoricischoiceoflinguisticme

4、ansandchoiceofwaysofexpression.So,inthissense,rhetoricis“choice”.2.ClassificationofEnglishRhetoricCommunicativeRhetoric交际修辞：炼字；锻句AestheticRhetoric美学修辞：各种修辞格Communicativerhetoriclaysparticularstressonlexicalaccuracy,structuralmeticulousnessandcontextu

5、alappropriatenesssoastobringitslinguisticcommunicativeroleintofullplay.Example(1)Shesatatthewindowwatchingtheeveninginvadetheavenue.Herheadwasleanedagainstthewindowcurtainsandinhernostrilswastheodorofdustycretonnes.Shewastired.(JamesJoyce:“Eveline”)E

6、xample(2)DickBoultonlookedatthedoctor.Dickwasabigman.Heknewhowbigamanhewas.Helikedtogetintofights.Hewashappy.EddieandBillyTabeshawleanedontheircanthooksandlookedatthedoctor.ThedoctorchewedthebeardonhislowerlipandlookedatDickBoulton.Thenheturnedawayan

7、dwalkedupthehilltothecottage.Theycouldseefromhisbackhowangryhewas.Theyallwatchedhimwalkupthehillandgoinsidethecottage.(E.Hemingway:“TheDoctorandtheDoctor’sWife”)Aestheticrhetoricgivesspecialemphasistotheemploymentoffiguresofspeechinvirtueof47imaginat

8、ionandassociationsothatthelanguageusedwillbemorecolorfulandexpressive,theimagescreatedonthereader’smindwillbemorevividandimpressive.Asaresult,thewritingwillbemorepersuasiveandofmoreartisticappeal.Example(3)WeareresolvedtodestroyHitlerandeveryvestigeo