高级英语写作-修辞.ppt
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英语修辞及举例说明【优质PPT】
It must be delightful to find oneself in a foreign country without a penny in one’s pocket.
言语上的反语往往需要配合上下文来理解，它不尽然表达 批评或讽刺，有些时候也能表达赞扬和幽默。
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My love is like a red, red rose2
Metaphor 暗喻
对两种具有共同特征的事物或现象进行对比；所不 同的是在形式上，暗喻中本体和喻体之间多通过Be 动词来联系。省掉比喻词。
明喻：Life is like an unexplored river, full of twists and turns, great beauty and dangerous surprises .
提喻的本体与喻体之间的关系是局部—全体，具体—抽象 之间的关系，而换喻的本体与喻体之间的关系更为复杂。
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类比 analogy
将两类本质上不同的事物之间的共同点加以比较，
在形式上很像比喻，也用比喻词。常用来阐释复杂的概念。
类比最常见的句型为 A is to B as C is to D
The friendly gardner had a lot of thyme(time) for the woman.
那位和善的园丁留了许多百里香（与“时间”谐音）给那 个女人。
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矛盾修辞法 oxymoron
用两种不调和、甚至截然相反的特征来形容一项事 物，在矛盾中寻求哲理，以达到修辞效果。它是反 论的一种浓缩形式。
Can enemies become mortal friends ? 敌人能 成为不共戴天的朋友吗？
言语上的反语往往需要配合上下文来理解，它不尽然表达 批评或讽刺，有些时候也能表达赞扬和幽默。
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My love is like a red, red rose2
Metaphor 暗喻
对两种具有共同特征的事物或现象进行对比；所不 同的是在形式上，暗喻中本体和喻体之间多通过Be 动词来联系。省掉比喻词。
明喻：Life is like an unexplored river, full of twists and turns, great beauty and dangerous surprises .
提喻的本体与喻体之间的关系是局部—全体，具体—抽象 之间的关系，而换喻的本体与喻体之间的关系更为复杂。
2021/10/10
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类比 analogy
将两类本质上不同的事物之间的共同点加以比较，
在形式上很像比喻，也用比喻词。常用来阐释复杂的概念。
类比最常见的句型为 A is to B as C is to D
The friendly gardner had a lot of thyme(time) for the woman.
那位和善的园丁留了许多百里香（与“时间”谐音）给那 个女人。
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矛盾修辞法 oxymoron
用两种不调和、甚至截然相反的特征来形容一项事 物，在矛盾中寻求哲理，以达到修辞效果。它是反 论的一种浓缩形式。
Can enemies become mortal friends ? 敌人能 成为不共戴天的朋友吗？
英语写作修辞PPT课件
• Excretion: pass water, go to stool, see the stars, get some fresh air, see one’s aunt, wash one’s hands
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Stylistic
• Profession:
gardener—landscape-architect,
his arms stretched, as he would fly, grasps in
the corner. The welcomes ever smile, and
farewell goes out sighing.
--William
Shakespeare
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Metonymy
earn money and save it, you can just go and borrow it.
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Context
• For instance, the nuns who never take a bath without wearing a bathrobe all the time, when asked why, since no man can see them, they reply, “Oh, but you forget the good God.” Apparently they conceive the Deity as a peeping Tom, whose omnipotence enables Him to see through bathroom walls, but who is foiled by bathrobes. This view strikes me as curious.
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Stylistic
• Profession:
gardener—landscape-architect,
his arms stretched, as he would fly, grasps in
the corner. The welcomes ever smile, and
farewell goes out sighing.
--William
Shakespeare
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Metonymy
earn money and save it, you can just go and borrow it.
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Context
• For instance, the nuns who never take a bath without wearing a bathrobe all the time, when asked why, since no man can see them, they reply, “Oh, but you forget the good God.” Apparently they conceive the Deity as a peeping Tom, whose omnipotence enables Him to see through bathroom walls, but who is foiled by bathrobes. This view strikes me as curious.
高三英语一轮复习作文专题修辞格讲座20强调PPT幻灯片(25页)
conceivable. 注：也可以在“the+最高级形容词+名词”后接
alive, in existence，以加强语气。例如： He is the greatest poet alive today. Today I have seen the largest library in
existence.
He is frequently asking clever questions.
You are always coming late to work.
14.all that…表示强调。例如：
All that you need to do is to press the button.
I’ll do all I can to help you.
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II．句法5个手段
1.“it is…that”强调句型可以强调句子的主语、
宾语或状语。例如： 陈述句Tom lost his PDA at the bus
stop可以变成3个强调句。即： It was Tom that/who lost his PDA at
the bus stop. It was his PDA that Tom lost at the
bus stop. It was at the bus stop that Tom lost
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alive, in existence，以加强语气。例如： He is the greatest poet alive today. Today I have seen the largest library in
existence.
He is frequently asking clever questions.
You are always coming late to work.
14.all that…表示强调。例如：
All that you need to do is to press the button.
I’ll do all I can to help you.
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II．句法5个手段
1.“it is…that”强调句型可以强调句子的主语、
宾语或状语。例如： 陈述句Tom lost his PDA at the bus
stop可以变成3个强调句。即： It was Tom that/who lost his PDA at
the bus stop. It was his PDA that Tom lost at the
bus stop. It was at the bus stop that Tom lost
Hale Waihona Puke 高三英语一轮复习作文专题修辞格讲 座20 强调教学PPT-（25页）-PPT执教课件 【推荐 】
高级英语修辞手法ppt课件
Note: Synecdoche can easily be mistaken for metonymy.
Example of synedoche
If I had some wheels, I'd put on my best threads and ask for Jane's hand in marriage.
The term is often loosely defined as “an implied comparison”, “a simile without ‘like’ or ‘as’”.
E.g. Life is a yo-yo. It's a series of ups and downs. The town was stormed after a long siege.
Version 1:
Students often use too many direct quotations when they take notes, resulting in too many of them in the final research paper. In fact, probably only 10% of the final copy should consist of directly quoted mateiral. So it is important to limit the amount of source material copied while taking notes.
Paraphrase
What is a “paraphrase”?
“the re-expression of sth written or said in different words, esp. words that are easier to understand” ——Longman’s Dictionary of Contemporary English
Example of synedoche
If I had some wheels, I'd put on my best threads and ask for Jane's hand in marriage.
The term is often loosely defined as “an implied comparison”, “a simile without ‘like’ or ‘as’”.
E.g. Life is a yo-yo. It's a series of ups and downs. The town was stormed after a long siege.
Version 1:
Students often use too many direct quotations when they take notes, resulting in too many of them in the final research paper. In fact, probably only 10% of the final copy should consist of directly quoted mateiral. So it is important to limit the amount of source material copied while taking notes.
Paraphrase
What is a “paraphrase”?
“the re-expression of sth written or said in different words, esp. words that are easier to understand” ——Longman’s Dictionary of Contemporary English
实用英语写作--修辞 ppt课件
❖ Lady hermits who are down but not out(穷困而不潦倒的女隐士 们)
❖ Where there is a will, there is a lawsuit. 有遗嘱必有官司。
实 用 英 语 写 作（JLU）
十一、重复(repetition)
This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never,
二、暗喻【Metaphor】
暗喻也是一种比喻，但不用比喻词，因此被称作缩减了的明喻(a compressed simile)。 它直接把一种事物名称用在另一事物上，从而更生动、更深刻地说明事理，增强语言 的表现力.
❖ Experience is the mother of wisdom. ❖ The boy is all skin and bone. ❖ Knowledge is not always a water that washes away vice. ❖ Life is a journey. ❖ Poor Joe lives in that match-box of a house. ❖ Waves thundered against the rocks.
lovely present. With trembling fingers she tore it into little bits. ❖ Chivalry is going about releasing beautiful maidens from other men’s castle,
and taking them to your own castle.
实 用 英 语 写 作（JLU）
八、头韵【Alliteration】
❖ Where there is a will, there is a lawsuit. 有遗嘱必有官司。
实 用 英 语 写 作（JLU）
十一、重复(repetition)
This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never,
二、暗喻【Metaphor】
暗喻也是一种比喻，但不用比喻词，因此被称作缩减了的明喻(a compressed simile)。 它直接把一种事物名称用在另一事物上，从而更生动、更深刻地说明事理，增强语言 的表现力.
❖ Experience is the mother of wisdom. ❖ The boy is all skin and bone. ❖ Knowledge is not always a water that washes away vice. ❖ Life is a journey. ❖ Poor Joe lives in that match-box of a house. ❖ Waves thundered against the rocks.
lovely present. With trembling fingers she tore it into little bits. ❖ Chivalry is going about releasing beautiful maidens from other men’s castle,
and taking them to your own castle.
实 用 英 语 写 作（JLU）
八、头韵【Alliteration】
高级英语课文中常用18种修辞手法
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metaphor 隐喻，暗喻
暗喻直接将甲事物当做乙事物来描写，甲乙两事物的联系或 共同点是暗含的 1. Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. 希望是顿美好的早餐，但却是一顿糟糕的晚餐。 2. Some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. 一些书需要被“浅尝辄止”地阅读，另一些需要被“狼吞 虎咽”般地阅读；很少一部分需要被“细嚼慢咽”地阅读。
I see also the dull, drilled, docile, brutish masses of the Hun soldiery plodding on like a swarm of crawling locusts. (Para .8)
将德国军队比作横行的蝗虫，引导听众潜意识地转移 情感，将对蝗虫的憎恨厌恶转移到敌人身上，同时也 形象地说明了他们的破坏性和蔓延性
rhetoric
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I see the Russian soldiers standing on the threshold of their native land......(Para .8)
大学英语写作讲座一：修辞PPT课件
大学英语写作讲座 ：修辞
1. Figures of Speech Semantically ( 语义修辞) 1. 1 明喻 (simile)： 用like, as, as...as, as if(though) 或用其他词语
指出两个不同事物的相似之处
➢ That boy is as dumb as an oyster
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1.9 夸张（hyperbole）
运用丰富的想象，过激的言词，渲染和装饰客观 事物，以达到强调的效果。
➢ My blood froze.
➢When I told our father about this, his heart burst.
➢My heart almost stopped beating when I heard my daughter’s voice on the phone.
➢ Intelligence is like a river. The deeper it is the less noise it makes.
➢ He jumped as if he had been stung.
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1. 2暗喻 (metaphor)：
用一个词来指代与该词所指事物有相似特点的另外 一个事物 .
➢ Good technique in medicine and surgery means more quickly—cured patients, less pain, less discomfort, less death, less disease and less deformity.
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1.10 矛盾修饰 (oxymoron)
1. Figures of Speech Semantically ( 语义修辞) 1. 1 明喻 (simile)： 用like, as, as...as, as if(though) 或用其他词语
指出两个不同事物的相似之处
➢ That boy is as dumb as an oyster
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1.9 夸张（hyperbole）
运用丰富的想象，过激的言词，渲染和装饰客观 事物，以达到强调的效果。
➢ My blood froze.
➢When I told our father about this, his heart burst.
➢My heart almost stopped beating when I heard my daughter’s voice on the phone.
➢ Intelligence is like a river. The deeper it is the less noise it makes.
➢ He jumped as if he had been stung.
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1. 2暗喻 (metaphor)：
用一个词来指代与该词所指事物有相似特点的另外 一个事物 .
➢ Good technique in medicine and surgery means more quickly—cured patients, less pain, less discomfort, less death, less disease and less deformity.
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1.10 矛盾修饰 (oxymoron)
高级英语第二册修辞汇总PPT课件
within the circle of adults. Grandmother
Koshak 乞im求plored, "Children, let's sing!"
17. A second wall moved, wavered, Charlie
Hill tried to support it, but it toppled on him,
8. Richelieu Apartments were smashed apart
as if by a gigantic fist, and 26 people perished.（Para. 20）simile、personification
9. …and blown down power lines coiled like black spaghetti over the roads.(Para.28)
conspicuous.(P16)
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—Synecdoche（提喻）
6、 As the storks flew northward the Negroes were marching southward—a long,dusty column,infantry,screw-gun batteries,adnthen more infantry,four or five thousand men in all,winding up the road with a clumping of boots and a clatter of iron wheels.(P18)
6. “We can batten down and ride it out,”
he said. 封舱
安然度过
2020高考英语作文专题修辞格 夸张技巧课件(共30张)
For your reference
大清早，阿姨Polly表扬了Tom。这是他 有生以来第一次被注意到。他走起路来情绪 高昂，就像漂在空中一样。
想想只不过帮了阿姨一个小忙就得到认 可，Tom的心都要融化掉了。他满脸带笑， 大踏步地走在乡间小路上，感觉整个世界都 在朝他挥手致意。
Happy & proud
He almost died of laughing. =He almost laughed his head off.
I sat there still, frozen with fear.
Drill 2情感上
Carl极其愤怒，暴跳如雷。
Carl was so angry, jห้องสมุดไป่ตู้mping about like a thunder.
一滴太白酒，十里草木香。
One drop of Taibai wine, and its fragrance will be felt miles around.
Example 2情感上
I love you. You are the whole world to me, and the moon, the sun and the stars.
Defination
夸张是为了达到某种表达效果的需要，对事物 的形象、特征、作用、程度等方面着意夸大或 缩小的修辞方式。
Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes someone or something sound bigger, better, more, etc. than they really are.
Practice 2情景描写
高三英语一轮复习作文专题---修辞格讲座2 比喻ppt课件
1.She swims like a fish. 2.The old man is as wise as an owl(猫头鹰). 3.China is a lion waking up and roaring. 4.Peter is a night owl, but I am an early bird. 5.Walls have ears. 6. A dark horse appeared in our class.
高三英语一轮复习作文专题---修辞格 讲座2 比喻ppt课件
明喻
2.as像：接名词，常与as连用，偶尔接句子
Death may be as heavy as Mount ______T_a_i___ or as light as a _______f_e_a_t_h.或er重如泰山，或轻如鸿毛
修辞格：比喻
Analogy
Enjoy Chinese verses
1.娴静时如姣花照水，行动处似弱柳扶风。 2.自在飞花轻似梦，无边丝雨细如愁。 3.她热得好像心中有九个太阳。 4.遥望洞庭山水色，白银盘里一青螺。 5.知否？知否？应是绿肥红瘦。
1、2、3是明喻；4是暗喻；5是借喻。
Enjoy English examples
Drill 1 Fill in the blanks with names of animals:
He drinks like a ____f_is_h_____. He can drink ten glasses of
beer at a time.
He works like a ___h__o_r_s_e___. His boss likes him so
明喻1和2；暗喻3和4；借喻5和6。
高三英语一轮复习作文专题---修辞格 讲座2 比喻ppt课件
明喻
2.as像：接名词，常与as连用，偶尔接句子
Death may be as heavy as Mount ______T_a_i___ or as light as a _______f_e_a_t_h.或er重如泰山，或轻如鸿毛
修辞格：比喻
Analogy
Enjoy Chinese verses
1.娴静时如姣花照水，行动处似弱柳扶风。 2.自在飞花轻似梦，无边丝雨细如愁。 3.她热得好像心中有九个太阳。 4.遥望洞庭山水色，白银盘里一青螺。 5.知否？知否？应是绿肥红瘦。
1、2、3是明喻；4是暗喻；5是借喻。
Enjoy English examples
Drill 1 Fill in the blanks with names of animals:
He drinks like a ____f_is_h_____. He can drink ten glasses of
beer at a time.
He works like a ___h__o_r_s_e___. His boss likes him so
明喻1和2；暗喻3和4；借喻5和6。
高三英语一轮复习作文专题--修辞格讲座1夸张课件(共30张)
修辞格：夸张
HYPERBOLE
Enjoy Chinese verses
万里赴戎机，关山度若飞。 笔落惊风雨，诗成泣鬼神。 白发三千丈，缘愁似个长。 千山鸟飞绝，万径人踪灭。
飞流直下三千尺，疑似银河落九天。 桃花潭水深千尺，不及汪伦送我情。 两岸猿声啼不住，轻舟已过万重山。 无边落木萧萧下，不尽长江滚滚来。 五岭逶迤腾细浪，乌蒙磅礴走泥丸。
Thanks a million. The two sisters are different in a thousand
and one ways. You write ten times better than anyone in
this world. Three women and a goose make a market.
Harry非常着急，好似热锅上的蚂蚁。
Being anxious, Harry felt like a cat on hot bricks.
听到这个消息，Matt心急如焚。
Hearing the news, Matt had ants in his pants. At the news, Matt’s heart burned with anxiety.
Usual patterns
asቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱas as if… so…as to such…as to like
…enough to seem to in the world/under
the sun/on earth ……
高三英语一轮复习作文专题--修辞格 讲座1夸 张课件 （共30 张）
Example 1数量上
高三英语一轮复习作文专题--修辞格 讲座1夸 张课件 （共30 张）
HYPERBOLE
Enjoy Chinese verses
万里赴戎机，关山度若飞。 笔落惊风雨，诗成泣鬼神。 白发三千丈，缘愁似个长。 千山鸟飞绝，万径人踪灭。
飞流直下三千尺，疑似银河落九天。 桃花潭水深千尺，不及汪伦送我情。 两岸猿声啼不住，轻舟已过万重山。 无边落木萧萧下，不尽长江滚滚来。 五岭逶迤腾细浪，乌蒙磅礴走泥丸。
Thanks a million. The two sisters are different in a thousand
and one ways. You write ten times better than anyone in
this world. Three women and a goose make a market.
Harry非常着急，好似热锅上的蚂蚁。
Being anxious, Harry felt like a cat on hot bricks.
听到这个消息，Matt心急如焚。
Hearing the news, Matt had ants in his pants. At the news, Matt’s heart burned with anxiety.
Usual patterns
asቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱas as if… so…as to such…as to like
…enough to seem to in the world/under
the sun/on earth ……
高三英语一轮复习作文专题--修辞格 讲座1夸 张课件 （共30 张）
Example 1数量上
高三英语一轮复习作文专题--修辞格 讲座1夸 张课件 （共30 张）
高级英语写作-修辞PPT精选文档
Some analogies simply offer an explanation for clarification rather than a substitute argument: ➢ Knowledge always desires increase: it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but which will afterwards propagate itself. --Samuel Johnson
❖The Hall applauded. ❖ He likes to play with the rosy cheeks. ❖She means to marry money. ❖The pen is mightier than the sword. ❖Grey hair should be respected. ❖Will you play me some Chopins? ❖He is the admiration of the whole school.
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Synecdoche: Examples
❖ It is hard to earn a dollar these days. ❖ His parents bought him a new set of wheels. ❖ Australia beat Canada at Cricket. ❖ She was dressed in silks and satins. ❖Spring should vanish with the rose! ❖What a despicable creature he is!
❖“England expects every man to do his duty." ❖ We bought this house instead of the one on
❖The Hall applauded. ❖ He likes to play with the rosy cheeks. ❖She means to marry money. ❖The pen is mightier than the sword. ❖Grey hair should be respected. ❖Will you play me some Chopins? ❖He is the admiration of the whole school.
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Synecdoche: Examples
❖ It is hard to earn a dollar these days. ❖ His parents bought him a new set of wheels. ❖ Australia beat Canada at Cricket. ❖ She was dressed in silks and satins. ❖Spring should vanish with the rose! ❖What a despicable creature he is!
❖“England expects every man to do his duty." ❖ We bought this house instead of the one on
高考英语读后续写之修辞手法(共24张PPT)
Part 2：把含蓄抽象的概念当作人来描写
1. Fear seized/swallowed him.（情感描写） 恐惧把他吞噬了。2. Anger choked my words.（情感描写） 我气得说不出话来。 3. A good idea suddenly struck me. 我突然想到一个好主意。4. Smile took hold of him.（情感描写）他笑容满面。5. Anxiety torn him into pieces.（情感描写）她焦虑不安，十分崩溃。6. Courage/Confidence deserted him.（情感描写）他没信心了。7. Excitement deprived me of all power of speech.（情感描写）我兴奋的啥也说不出来了。
Part 2：by using the verbs
——通过动词联系
1. I felt a lump in my throat, tearing welling up in my eyes.（情感描写）我如鲠在喉，泪水湿润了眼眶。2. He doesn't have an idea of his own. He just parrots what other people say.(人物描写)他没有自己的观点，只会鹦鹉学舌。3. A heavy silence blanketed the room.（环境描写）整个房子沉浸在一片寂寞中。4. The boy wolfed down the food.（动作描写）小男孩狼吞虎咽。
Part 1：把自然现象当作人来描写
1. The wind stood up and gave a shout . (景物描写)大风凛冽，发出怒吼。2. The breeze gently kissed her cheeks. (景物描写)微风轻柔地亲吻着她的脸庞。3. The feathery snowflakes danced in the night air, making a beautiful picture.(景物描写)鹅毛般的雪花在空中飞舞，像一幅美丽的图画。4.The mist swallowed him up. (景物描写)薄雾把他包围起来。5.The icy wind started howling, stinging my face.(景物描写)寒风开始咆哮，刺痛了我的脸。6. Stars winked at me in a darkening sky.(景物描写)夜空中星星向我眨眼睛。7. Immediately, an absolute darkness ruled the forest.(景物描写)顷刻间，黑暗统治了森林。
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Direction
An easy way to remember the difference between similes and metaphors is to determine whether the writer is trying to be direct.
“The snow is a blanket” is direct; the comparison in “the snow is like a blanket” is by definition more abstract than the equation.
What’s a Simile?
Similes compare two dissimilar objects, concepts, etc., in order to suggest an unexpected likeness between the two.
Similes can often be distinguished by the presence of one of two code words, “like” and “as”.
Personification
Personification involves giving the qualities of animals or persons to inanimate objects – to animate the nonliving.
Once again, figurative language is used to bring images, concepts, or objects to life!
The mind is but a barren soil; a soil which is soon exhausted and will produce no crop, or only one, unless it be continually fertilized and enriched with foreign matter. --Joshua Reynolds
The Hall applauded. He likes to play with the rosy cheeks. She means to marry money. The pen is mightier than the sword. Grey hair should be respected. Will you play me some Chopins? He is the admiration of the whole school.
How can we use a simile to compare the two?
The Finished Product!
The snow is like a
thick blanket on the ground.
Notice the key presence of “like”.
More Examples
When you compare a noun to a noun, the
simile is usually introduced by like:
After such long exposure to the direct sun, the leaves of the houseplant looked like pieces of overcooked bacon.
The soul in the body is like a bird in a cage.
When a verb or phrase is compared to a verb
or phrase, as is used:
They remained constantly attentive to their goal, as a sunflower always turns and stays focused on the sun.
Analogy: Examples
You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables. --Samuel Johnson
Rhetorical Questions
The question is not answered by the writer, because its answer is obvious or obviously desired, and usually just a yes or no. It is used for effect, emphasis, or provocation, or for drawing a conclusionary statement from the facts at hand.
Analogy
Analogies can be separated into two parts.
Target – the unknown idea or object; we’re trying to explain it, or at least make it cr idea or object; we use sources to shed light on the more complicated target
frequently a metaphor is invoked by the to be verb.
For Example…
“The snow is a blanket on the earth.”
Is the snow actually a blanket? No! However, the image the equation creates is a vividly descriptive one – and vivid images are excellent!
Metaphors: More Examples
Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is sound, your whole body is full of light; but when it is not sound, your body is full of darkness. --Luke
Synecdoche: Examples
It is hard to earn a dollar these days. His parents bought him a new set of wheels. Australia beat Canada at Cricket. She was dressed in silks and satins. Spring should vanish with the rose! What a despicable creature he is!
. . . For if we lose the ability to perceive our faults, what is the good of living on? --Marcus Aurelius
Rhetorical Questions
How many times do I have to tell you to do your homework?
But how can we expect to enjoy the scenery when the scenery consists entirely of garish billboards?
“England expects every man to do his duty." We bought this house instead of the one on
Maple because this one is more friendly.
Synecdoche (提喻）
Synecdoche: the part stands for the whole, the whole for a part, the genus for the species, the species for the genus, the material for the thing made, etc.
Metaphors
Metaphor compares two different things by speaking of one in terms of the other.
Metaphor asserts that one thing is another
thing, not just that one is like another. Very
Metonymy
The thing chosen for the metaphorical image is closely associated with (but not an actual part of) the subject with which it is to be compared.
For Example…
Two Dissimilar Subjects
Blanket
Snow
Simile Time!
If we wish to make a comparison between the way a blanket covers a bed and the way the snow covers the ground, we should use a simile.