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1、AFreeTalkonRhetoricinSeniorEnglishTextbooksNowadaysyoucanseerhetoricphenomenaexistingeverywhereintheSeniorEnglishtextbooksincirculation.Generally,grammartellswhatiscorrect;rhetorictellswhatiseffectiveandpleasing.JustasBrooks&Warrensay(ModernRhetoric),“Rhetoricistheartofusinglanguageeffectively”.
2、Hence,it’sthemostimportantstageformiddleschoolstudentstomastersecondaryEnglishandformfundamentallinguisticqualities.IfanyonewhoknowsEnglishknowsaboutsomerhetoricstyles,it’snotonlyofgreathelptodistinguishallkindsofrhetoricphenomenaofthislanguage,butalsogoodtoimprovetheabilityofanalyzingrepresenti
3、ngskillsinlanguageandefficientlyapplyingthelanguage.Therefore,I’dlovetogiveabrieftalkaboutsomecommonfiguresofspeechhere.1．SimileThesimilecamefromaLatinwordsimileswhichmeanslike.Itisafigureofspeechwhichmakesacomparisonbetweentwounlikeelementshavingatleastonequalityorfeatureincommon.Incomparison,w
4、ordslikeas,as...as,asif,like,seemandthepatternA…toBasC…toD,etc.areusedtochangethequalityorfeaturethatwecombinewithonetotheother.Forinstance,Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.Someadditionalexamples:The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me as if I had gained a new
5、 friend.Itwaslikesteppingintoasecretartmuseum,inwhichweweretheonlyvisitors.Mercyfallslikethegentlerainfromtheskyupontheearth.AndthereexitsomanystructuresinEnglishasfollows:(as) firm as a rock;(as) light as a feather;(as) mute as a fish;(as) strong as a horse ;(as)clearascrystal,etc.2.metaphorThe
6、metaphor,referredascondensedsimile,islikeasimile,alsomakesacomparisonbetweentwounlikeelements,butunlikeasimile,it’simpliedratherthanstated,suchasHe really has a heart of gold.Infrontofmewasawallofanimals.Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedanddigested.Thesuper-girlsonT
7、Vareusuallythosewitha voice of gold.All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.(William Shakespeare)Educationisnotthefillingofapail,butthelightingofafire.3.PersonificationTheso-calledpersonificationist
