高级英语修辞手法Rhetorical_Devices

Hyperbole
• She is starving. • Maggie smiles and the whole world is happy. • I have tried millions of times but it did not work. • We have not met you for ages. • This box weighs a ton. • The movie almost scared us to death.
Euphemism
• She is resting in peace forever. • His wife now needs to eat for two. • She is feeling her own age now. • More attention must be paid to the underachievers in the class. • One of the kids wrote four-letter words in his composition.
Personification
• The wave is kissing the shore near the cliff. • The hall applauded for his wonderful speech. • The house was cold, closed, and unfriendly. • The sun stretches its warmth across the land. • I think the machine is being uncooperative. • Walls have ears.
Irony
• I lost my wallet and the key to the apartment last night. Was I lucky enough? • She is as slender in the middle as a cow in the waist. • It must be delightful to find yourself in a strange city without a cent in your pocket. • What a nice and warm day today? (Actually, it’s cold and cloudy. )
Parallelism
• 1) Reading makes us wise while exercises make us strong. • 2) Thinking logically, speaking eloquently and writing explicitly are important elements of good communication. • 3) From my observation, many people today spend their time receiving more and more education, working more and more hours, and making more and more money.
Antithesis
• To err is human; to forgive, divine. • Love is an ideal thing, and marriage a real thing. • It is easy to say, but hard to do. • I agree that it is legal， but I wonder if it is moral. • Speech is silver, silence gold.
声音名称
响声
英文
Baidu Nhomakorabea
1、金属磕碰声 当啷 clank, clang 2、形容金属的响声 当当 rattle 3、金属、瓷器连续撞击声 丁零当啷 jingle, jangle, cling-clang 4、鼓声、敲门声 咚咚 rub-a dub ,rat-tat, rat-a-tat 5、脆响的（关门）声 吧嗒 click 6、敲打木头声 梆梆 rat-tat，rat-at 7、重物落下声 咕咚 thud, splash, plump 8、东西倾倒声 哗啦 crash, clank 9、风吹动树枝叶声 飒飒 sough, rustle 10、树枝等折断声 嘎巴 crack, snap
• 3) I am convinced that we can succeed, and I am convinced that we must succeed. • 4) We are now living in a new era, and a new era of reform is always full of ventures and chances.
pun
• We must all hang together, or we shall hang separately. • You will go nuts for the nuts you get in Nux. • Seven days without water makes one weak. • What do lawyers do when they die? Lie still. • What’s wrong with this fish? — Long time no sea (see). • What flower does everybody have on the face? — Everybody has tulips ( two lips) on the face.
Synecdoche提喻
• 局部—整体；抽象—具体； 单数—复数；原料—成品 • She has got five mouths to feed. • Aunt Melissa is my admiration. • Drawing is his bread and butter. • Australia beat Canada at cricket. • Where did you buy this cotton ? • His death made our team lose a strong arm.
Repetition
• 1) Now is the time to forget everything in the past. Now is the time to get down to the business. Now is the time to work hard for the future. • 2) We long for success and we are working hard for success
Simile
• • • • He regards me as a thorn in his flesh. Her eyes are as blue as the sea. He is like a brave lion. Habit may be likened to a cable; every day we weave a thread, and soon we cannot break it. • He has no more ideas of money than a cow.
Rhetorical Devices
examples
Metaphor
• Greece was the cradle of western culture. • Mary was trapped in the net of lies. • Learning is climbing up the mountain. • His voice thundered in his office. • Some books are to be tasted, some to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
Onomatopoeia拟声词
• Onomatopoeia is the formation of words to imitate natural sounds. The buzz of a bee, the hoot of an owl, and the fizz of soda water are examples of words created from the natural sound. • 各类物体的响声:
Metonymy转喻,换喻
• The pen is mightier than the sword. • The kettle is boiling. • What you learned in the cradle is carried to the grave. • Her heart ruled over her head. • The gray hair should be respected by the society. • He is another Shylock.
Rhetorical question
• Who knows? ( No one knows.) • What is the use of it? ( It is useless.) • Can a man be too cruel to his mother’s enemy? (A man can not be too cruel to his mother’s enemy.) • And who among us is without faults? ( All of us have faults.) • Are you dreaming to change your own future? Why not try? ( You may have a try.) • How can I forget all these? ( I can’t forget all these.)
Transferred Epithet移位修饰法
• 这是英语语言学分支修辞学的一种重要的修辞 手法。它将描写甲事物性状的词语移来描写乙 事物的性状。 • 1、 形容词由指人转移到指物，即从具有某种 特性的人转到与这种特性相关的物 The enemy fled in a blind haste. Roosevelt listened with bright-eyed, smiling attention. a happy day; sleepy language; a smiling reply; a wise choice; cold facts; trembling terror; blood money; angry brow [怒容]; a fiery temper; nervous hours 2、 形容词由指物转移到指人 He is a straightforward person. My father is a solemn scholar of physics
• 4) The research shows that translation problems are primarily language problems, that the translator must have a good command of both languages, and that a translator weak in any language must upgrade it. • 5) Anne is a person of poor understanding, little information, and uncertain temperament.