英语修辞手法figuresofspeech

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1、FiguresofspeechFigurativeLanguagemetaphorAlliterationpersonificationsimileassonanceonomatopoeiaWordsareeitherliteralorfigurativeLiteral原意Wordsusedintheiroriginalmeaningsareusedliterally.Figurative比喻义Wordsusedinextendedmeaningsforthepurposeofmakingcompa

2、risonsorcallinguppicturesinthereader’sorlistener’smindareusedfiguratively.colourfulIn“acolourfulgarden”thewordcolourfulisusedinitsliteralsensetodescribethemanydifferentcoloursoftheflowersin“acolourfullife”or“acolourfulcareer”thewordisusedinitsfigurativ

3、esensebecauseneitherlifeorcareerhasanycolour.ThemostcommonfiguresofspeechSimile直喻Metaphor暗喻What’sthedifference?Literal“Heranquicklydownthestreet.”Simile“Heranlikeaharedownthestreet.”Metaphor“Hehared（如野兔般疾走奔跑）downthestreet.”simileSimileisafigureofspeech

4、inwhichtwoquitedifferentthingsarecomparedastheyseemsimilarinaway.Thiskindofcomparisonisnormallyintroducedby“like”or“as”.Simile:awayofdescribingsomethingbycomparingitwithsomethingelseusing"like"or"as"Iamhungryasahorse.Yourunlikearabbit.Heissneakyasasnak

5、e.Sheishappyasaclam.ExampleofsimileThemysteriousobject...hasafacethat'sasroundasthemoonhashandslikegoldenarrowsisastallasatowerblockhasavoicelikeagong（锣）andisasfamousasanypopstar.BigBenExampleofsimileTimeflieslikeanarrowFruitflieslikeabanana（果蝇爱香蕉）meta

6、phorAfigureofspeechwhichconsistsinsubstitutingforthenameofathingthenameofanattribute（属性）ofitorofsomethingcloselyrelated.Animpliedcomparisonbetweentwoobjectsthataregenerallydifferentbutsharearecognizablesimilaritywithouttheuseof“like”or“as”.Metaphor:Awa

7、yofdescribingsomethingbycomparingittosomethingelseThegirlwasafishinthewater.Theclownwasafeatherfloatingaway.Plato“…thegreatestthingbyfaristobeamasterofmetaphor.Itistheonethingthatcannotbelearntfromothers,anditisalsoasignofgenius,sinceagoodmetaphorimpli

8、esanintuitiveperception（直觉）ofthesimilarityindissimilars.”ExampleofmetaphorLifeisayo-yo（哟哟球）.It'saseriesofupsanddowns.MixedmetaphorsOnedangerinusingmetaphorsisthepossibilityofbeginningwithonecomparisonandendingwithanotherThisiscalledamix