英语诗歌修辞手法简介Figures_of_speech(课堂PPT)
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Major figures of speech in poetry
Simile 直喻
Simile is a figure of speech which makes a comparison between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic in common.
Metaphor 暗喻
A metaphor, like a simile, also makes a comparison between two unlike elements, but unlike a simile, this comparison is implied rather than stated.
1. simile 2. metaphor 3. personification 4. metonymy 5. Synecdoche 6. Antonomasia 7. euphemism 8. Hyperbole 9. litotes 10. Antithesis 11. Paradox 12. Oxymoron 13. Epigram 14. Apostrophe 15. rhetorical question
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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
16. Irony 17. Sarcasm 18. Satire 19. Ridicule 20. Innuendo 21. Parody 22. Climax 23. Anti-climax 24. Alliteration 25. Assonance 26. Onomatopoeia 27. Transferred epithet 28. Pun 29. Parallelism 30. Repetition
in “a colourful life” or “a colourful career” the word is used in its figurative sense because neither life or career has any colour.
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Figures of Speech (2)
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Examples
she has a face that's as round as the moon.
Time flies like an arrow. You run like a rabbit. Life is a yo-yo . It's a series of ups and
downs. All the world's a stage, And all the men
Figures of speech
In Poetry
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Definition
Figures of speech are forms of expression that depart from normal word or sentence order or from the common literal meanings of words, for the purpose of achieving a special effect.
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the chief functions of figures of speech
to embellish, to emphasize or to clarify. to give tone or atmosphere to discourse, to provide vivid examples to stimulate thought to give life to inanimate objects, to amuse, or to ornament.
and women merely players; …
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Her lips were red, her looks were free,
Her locks were yellowቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱas gold.
Her skin was white as leprosy,
The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold.
她的唇色鲜红，她的表情 不羁。
她的枷锁黄如金。 她的皮肤白如麻风。 梦魇般的死中生命是她的 存在，
用冰冷浓稠了的血液。
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The Waning Moon By Percy Bysshe Shelley
And like a dying lady, lean and pale, Who totters forth, wrapped in a gauzy veil, Out of her chamber, led by the insane And feeble wanderings of her fading brain, The moon arose up in the murky east, A white and shapeless mass.
purpose of making comparisons or calling up pictures in the reader’s or listener’s mind are used figuratively.
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colourful
In “a colourful garden” the word colourful is used in its literal sense to describe the many different colours of the flowers
Major figures of speech in poetry
Simile 直喻
Simile is a figure of speech which makes a comparison between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic in common.
Metaphor 暗喻
A metaphor, like a simile, also makes a comparison between two unlike elements, but unlike a simile, this comparison is implied rather than stated.
1. simile 2. metaphor 3. personification 4. metonymy 5. Synecdoche 6. Antonomasia 7. euphemism 8. Hyperbole 9. litotes 10. Antithesis 11. Paradox 12. Oxymoron 13. Epigram 14. Apostrophe 15. rhetorical question
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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
16. Irony 17. Sarcasm 18. Satire 19. Ridicule 20. Innuendo 21. Parody 22. Climax 23. Anti-climax 24. Alliteration 25. Assonance 26. Onomatopoeia 27. Transferred epithet 28. Pun 29. Parallelism 30. Repetition
in “a colourful life” or “a colourful career” the word is used in its figurative sense because neither life or career has any colour.
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Figures of Speech (2)
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Examples
she has a face that's as round as the moon.
Time flies like an arrow. You run like a rabbit. Life is a yo-yo . It's a series of ups and
downs. All the world's a stage, And all the men
Figures of speech
In Poetry
1
Definition
Figures of speech are forms of expression that depart from normal word or sentence order or from the common literal meanings of words, for the purpose of achieving a special effect.
2
the chief functions of figures of speech
to embellish, to emphasize or to clarify. to give tone or atmosphere to discourse, to provide vivid examples to stimulate thought to give life to inanimate objects, to amuse, or to ornament.
and women merely players; …
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Her lips were red, her looks were free,
Her locks were yellowቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱas gold.
Her skin was white as leprosy,
The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold.
她的唇色鲜红，她的表情 不羁。
她的枷锁黄如金。 她的皮肤白如麻风。 梦魇般的死中生命是她的 存在，
用冰冷浓稠了的血液。
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The Waning Moon By Percy Bysshe Shelley
And like a dying lady, lean and pale, Who totters forth, wrapped in a gauzy veil, Out of her chamber, led by the insane And feeble wanderings of her fading brain, The moon arose up in the murky east, A white and shapeless mass.
purpose of making comparisons or calling up pictures in the reader’s or listener’s mind are used figuratively.
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colourful
In “a colourful garden” the word colourful is used in its literal sense to describe the many different colours of the flowers