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1、RhetoricinEnglishWritingJustaswhatJonathanSwiftsaid,Sayingtherightthinginthemosteffectiveway;properwordsinproperplacesmakesthetruedefinitionofastyle. Inotherwords,rhetoricis”choice”.Forinstance:1)Thewindisblowinghardthroughthewoods.2)Thelittlegirlissingingmerrily.3)Thewindis
2、roaringthroughthewoods.4)Thelittlegirlissingingasmerrilyasalark.Thefirsttwosentencesareonlyliteral,plainstatementswhichgivemereinformationaboutsomefactsandnomore.Thefollowingtwosentencesarenotliterallybutfigurativelyinthatsomeexpressedorimpliedcomparisonsareinvolved.Fromthea
3、boveexampleswecanseethatrhetoricistheartofusinglanguageeffectively.ItisalsoachoiceFirstly,inourchoiceofwords,wemustpayattentiontotheirmeaning,color,sound,andcontextofuse.Thebasicrequirementofbeingeffectiveistousefewerwordstoaccomplishthebestcommunicativepurpose.Comparewithth
4、efollowingtwosentences:A.Thesportseventbeganitscommencementwiththefineperformanceof1000children.B.Thesportseventstartedwiththesplendidgroupcalisthenicsof1000childrenThetwosentencesrefertothesamething.Itisobviousthatthesecondsentenceismoreeffectivebecauseitisconciseandspecifi
5、c:oneword(started)isusedforthree(beganitscommencement).Besides,theadjective“fine”inthefirstsentenceisnotasimpressiveas“splendid”inthesecond.Compareanothertowsentences:A:ButthelakewasnotdrainedbeforeApril.B:Butthelakewasnot,infact,drainedbeforeApril.Weemphasizethewordsoneachs
6、ideofapauseorinterruptioninordertomaintaincontinuityofthethought..Besides,foranotherexampleaboutthegeneralwordsandspecificwords:A:Astrollaftermealbenefitsyouagooddeal.B:Awalkaftermealbenefitsyouagooddeal.A:Onlybysippingcanteabeproperlytasted.B:Onlybydrinkingcanteabeproperlyt
7、asted.A:Itiscrueltoridiculepeopleindifficulty.B:Itiscrueltolaughatpeopleindifficulty.A:Thetreesarecrimsonwithblossoms.B:Thetreesareredwithblossoms.Comparedwithgeneralwords,specificwordsaremoreexact,vivid,andexpressive.Theycaninasplitofsecondformavividpictureinreaders’imagina
8、tion.Thus,IsuggestthatusespecificwordsinyourwritingRhetoricisthescienceofus
