英语修辞手法figuresofspeechppt课件-精选文档

The most common figures of speech
Simile 直喻
Metaphor 暗喻
What’s the difference?
Literal
“He ran quickly down the street.” Simile “He ran like a hare down the street.” Metaphor “He hared（如野兔般疾走奔跑） down
I am hungry as a horse.
You run like a rabbit.
She is happy as a clam.
He is sneaky as a snake.
Example of simile
The mysterious object... has a face that's as round as the moon has hands like golden arrows is as tall as a tower block has a voice like a gong（锣） and is as famous as any pop star. Big Ben
Example of metaphor
Life is a yo-yo（哟哟球）. It's a series
of ups and downs.
Mixed metaphors
One danger in using metaphors is the
possibility of beginning with one comparison and ending with another This is called a mixed metaphor （混合隐喻；多重隐喻）
Example of mixed metaphors
“We must solve the root problem, or the
line will be drawn in the sand, and we’ll be back in the soup again.” Root compares the problem to a plant Line drawn in the sand means an uncrossable boundary Soup is a food and means being in a mess
Figures of speech
Words are either literal or figurative
Literal 原意
Words used in their original meanings
are used literally. Figurative 比喻义 Words used in extended meanings for the purpose of making comparisons or calling up pictures in the reader’s or listener’s mind are used figuratively.
The girl was a fish in the water.
The clown was a feather floating away.
Biblioteka Baidulato
“…the greatest thing by far is to be a
master of metaphor. It is the one thing that cannot be learnt from others, and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception （直觉） of the similarity in dissimilars.”
colourful
In “a colourful garden” the word
colourful is used in its literal sense to describe the many different colours of the flowers in “a colourful life” or “a colourful career” the word is used in its figurative sense because neither life or career has any colour.
Example of simile
Time flies like an arrow
Fruit flies like a banana（果蝇爱香蕉）
metaphor
A figure of speech which consists in
substituting for the name of a thing the name of an attribute（ 属性）of it or of something closely related. An implied comparison between two objects that are generally different but share a recognizable similarity without the use of “like” or “as”.
the street.”
simile
Simile is a figure of speech in which two
quite different things are compared as they seem similar in a way. This kind of comparison is normally introduced by “like” or “as”.