英语修辞学试卷

英语修辞学试卷

2004 试卷 [自己标了答案，部分翻书确认过，并标了书页]

I. Fill in each blank with an appropriate word or phrase.(10%)

1. When we say "Jim look like his brother Billy" we are making an ordinary literal comparison but when we say "Jim and Billy are as like as two peas" we are using a ___simile__

2. Metonymy is a very useful and effective rhetorical device, for it compresses much into a single word or short noun phrase, e.g.

She sets a good table. (Meaning: She provides good __delicious

dishes__.)

3.In the sentence "Cloth es are fit the man and the times, “Fit the man" is used in a literal sense, whereas "fit the times" is a figurative expression, meaning "to be___fashion___".

4. When the instructor says "This thesis leaves much to be desired", he expresses his

dissatisfaction with quiet understatement, meaning:"the thesis is very __imperfect__." 5. The advertisement "Quality breeds success" can be regarded as a brilliant parody of the proverb "Familiarity breeds

_contempt___."

6. Parody, Reverse, and Regression are all open figures of speech,

i.e. __they___ can be created when necessary. On the other hand, however,misuse or oversue should always be guarded against. 7."We must all hang together, or we shall hang separately" is a famouse pun by Benjamin Franklin, in which the word "hang" has double meanings.

8. Rhetoric originated in Speaking, Aristotle, in the 4th century BC, first defined rhetoiic as __art__ of persuasion, by means of argumentation. P1

9. Grammar maps out the possible; rhetoric narrows the possible down to the desirable and effective.

10. Apart from the huge number, the English words are characterized

by their creativeness in formation and flexibility in meaning and usage, which cause difficulties iin word choice. II. Determine whether the following statements are correct or not by marking in each bracket with

T of F (10%)

1. Creativity refers mainly to producing original ideas, which constitutes the essence of an essay. Original ideas cannot come off-hand; they are result of extensive and thoroughgoing studies and careful consideration. New forms may have a sense of creativity, too but they must sever the need of the expression of ideas. (T) Same as 05’test

2. Most students really do recognize the need to improve their

writing skills. Their attitude is usually a kind of resigned willingness, for they must already know and agree with Samuel Johnson's words: "what

is written effort is in general read without pleasure." (F) P194 (“没有经过努力写出的文章，阅读起来一点也不会觉得愉快” - Samuel Johnson “What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.” - Samuel Johnson

3. The beginning, the body and the ending are the three organic

parts of an essay. As the saying goes,” Well begun is half done", the