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1、FiguresofSpeechⅠ.ABriefIntroductionFiguresofspeecharewaysofmakingourlanguagefigurative.Whenweusewordsinotherthantheirordinaryorliteralsensetolendforcetoanidea,toheighteneffect,ortocreatesuggestiveimagery,wearesaidtobespeakingorwritingfiguratively.Nowwearegoingtotal
2、kaboutsomecommonformsoffiguresofspeech.Ⅱ.FormsofFiguresofSpeech1.Simile（明喻）1).DefinitionItisafigureofspeechwhichmakesacomparisonbetweentwounlikeelementshavingatleastonequalityorcharacteristicincommon.2).SimilemarkerTomakethecomparison,wordslikeas,as...as,asif,astho
3、ugh,as…so,similarto,tobeararesemblancetoandlikeareusedtotransferthequalityweassociatewithonetotheother.3).Examples:NewChinaislikearedsunrisingintheeast.∣∣∣SubjectsimilemarkerreferenceHere“NewChina”iscalled“subject”or“tenor”,“aredsun”iscalled“reference”or“vehicle”an
4、d“like”iscalledthe“indicatorofresemblance”or“similemarker”.Shespokehurriedly,asifherhearthadleapedintoherthroatattheboy’swords.4).Someidiomsasfreshasarose,braveasalion,cunningasafox,proudasapeacock,ascoldasice.5).TheusageofsimileinpassageSocomparedwithanyordinarybe
5、amoflight,thelaserbeamisaveryorderlyaffairindeed.It’slikeamilitarymarch—everyoneinstep.Inanordinarybeam,theweavesarelikethepeopleonacrowdgoingtoafootballmatch,justling(拥挤)andbumping（碰撞）intooneanother.2.Metaphor(暗喻)1).DefinitionItislikeasimile,alsomakesacomparisonbe
6、tweentwounlikeelements,butunlikeasimile,thiscomparisonisimpliedratherthanstated.(CondensedSimile)2).ComparisonbetweensimileandmetaphorSimileMetaphorThenewsisasadaggertohisheart.Thenewsisadaggertohisheart.Joefoughtlikealion.Joewasalioninthebattle.Learningmaybelikene
7、dtoclimbingupamountain.Learningisclimbingupamountain.Thegossip（流言）waslikeanetthatstrangled(扼死)her.Shewasstrangledinthenetofgossip.6★Comparethefollowingexamples:A1)Themachine-gunshotdowntheenemylikeamower(割草机)cuttingdownthegrass.A2)Themachine-gunmoweddowntheenemy.B1
8、)Theparksofourcityarelikehumanlungs.B2)Theparksarethelungsofourcity.3).OtherusageofmetaphorMetaphorsareusednotonlyafterverbtobe,andnotonlynounsca
