BC English12 修辞手法及例句

• “That i s t he g erm o f m y g reat d iscovery” (p. 5). M etaphor • “There w as a b reath o f wind...” (p. 8) P ersonification
• “Again I r emarked h is l ameness a nd t he s oft p adding s ound o f h is f ootfall...he h ad n othing on b ut a p air o f t attered,
blood-­‐stained s ocks” (p. 15). V isual a nd a ural i magery
• “There w as t he s ound o f a c lap o f t hunder i n m y e ars...A p itiless h ail w as h issing a round me, a nd I w as s itting o n
soft t urf i n f ront o f t he o verset M achine” (pp. 22-­‐23). P ersonification, a ural i magery, a nd onomatopoeia
• “Fine h ospitality...to a m an w ho h as t ravelled i nnumerable y ears t o s ee y ou” (p. 23). Verbal i rony
• “...with t he b ig o pen p ortals t hat y awned b efore m e s hadowy a nd m ysterious” (p. 28 ). Personification
• “As I w alked I w as w atchful f or e very i mpression t hat c ould p ossibly h elp t o e xplain t he ruinous s plendour i n w hich
I f ound t he w orld...” (p. 32). O xymoron
• “It w as h ere t hat I w as d estined, a t a l ater d ate, t o h ave a v ery s trange e xperience” (p. 32). Foreshadowing
• “That i s t he d rift o f t he c urrent i n s pite o f t he e ddies” (p. 35). M etaphor
• “Then s uddenly t he h umour o f t he s ituation c ame i nto m y m ind: t he t hought o f t he y ears I had s pent i n s tudy a nd
toil t o g et i nto t he f uture a ge, a nd n ow m y p assion a nd a nxiety t o g et o ut o f i t” (p. 45). Situational I rony
• “The t hudding s ound o f a m achine g rew l ouder a nd m ore o ppressive” (p. 61). A ural imagery
• “I h ad s ome t hought o f t rying t o g o u p t he s haft a gain, a nd l eave t he U nder-­‐world a lone” (p. 61). A llusion t o h ell
• “...almost s ee t hrough i t t he M orlocks o n t heir a nthill g oing h ither a nd t hither...” (p. 69). Metaphor
• “ ...but a s ingular s ense o f i mpending c alamity, t hat s hould i ndeed h ave s erved m e a s a warning, d rove m e o nward”
(p. 82). F oreshadowing • “The r ed t ongues t hat w ent l icking u p m y h eap o f w ood...” (p. 83). P ersonification
• “I g rieved t o t hink h ow b rief t he d ream o f t he h uman i ntellect h ad b een. I t h ad c ommitted suicide” (90). M etaphor
and p ersonification
• “...the m ain e xpanse o f t hat e ternal o cean, a ll b loody u nder t hat e ternal s unset.” (98). Personification a nd v isual i magery
• “A c old t hat s mote t o t he m arrow, a nd t he p ain I f elt i n b reathing, o vercame m e. I s hivered and a d eadly n ausea s eized
me...I f elt g iddy a nd i ncapable o f f acing t he r eturn j ourney. A s I s tood, s ick a nd c onfused...” (p. 99). T actile i magery。