修辞格夸张的讲解

6. By the use of nouns
• (1) She wept oceans of tears. • (2) This book is a triumph, a classic of this era.
7. By the use of verbs
• (1) His anger nearly burst his belly. • (2) Waves thundered against the rocks. • (3) During the economic crisis prices skyrocketed.
2. By th百度文库 use of extreme words
• (1) I was scared to death. • (2) My feet kill me after the long journey. • (3) "Polly, I love you. You're the whole world to me, and the moon and the stars. "(MaxShulman) • (4) I'd give the world to see you. (5) He almost died laughing.
4. By the use of superlative degree of adjectives or adverbs
• (1) John is the greatest second baseman in the world. • (2) Is that all the affection and pride you can muster, for the nation that bore you -- for the noblest, most civilized nation on the face of the earth? • (3) "I'm the happiest man in the world. " He whispered. (Albert Maltz) • (4) And consequently, Marx was the best hated and most calumniated of his time. ( Frederick Engels)
5. By the use of prepositional phrases • (1) His reputation as an authority on Scripture is recognized throughout the world. • (2) Here was wealth beyond computation, almost beyond imagination. • (3) His students are living and working from China to Peru. • . •
Classification 1. By the use of numerals
• (1) Thanks a million. • (2) I beg 1,000 pardons. • (3) The two sisters are different in a thousand and one ways. • (4) In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four-and-twenty hours. (Mark Twain) • (5) Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object. (Proverb) •
3. By the use of certain adjectives and adverbs • (1) It is terribly cold today. • (2) They are fearfully talented people. • (3) He is a terrific shot of the basketball team.
Appreciation
• Eg: A drop of ink may make a million think． • Eg: Polly．I love you．You are the whole world to me，and the moon and the stars and the constellation of out space． •
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2．刻画人物，生动形象，活灵活现
• Eg: A man with a mouth like a mastiff，a brow like a mountain and eyes like burning anthracite—that was Daniel Webster in his prime ．(Stephen Vincent Benet：The Devil and Daniel Webster) • Eg: Morrison is a whirlwind that made it impossible for his opponents to counterattack his powerful blows． ’ •
Hyperbole
Introduction
• Hyperbole comes from the Greek word "hyperbol~", which means "a throwing beyond, or excess ". It is a common figure of speech popularly known as exaggeration or overstatement. But hyperbole, which distorts the truth by saying too much, is not the same as telling lies. With hyperbole, there is no intent to deceive the audience. In fact, in the speaker's mind he is truly describing his intense feeling at • the time.
Functions
• 1．强化感情，增强感染力。 • In me dock，she felt scores of arrows piercing her chest. • 2.And I will love thee still，my dear， • Till a'the seas gang dry． • Till a'the seas gang dry，my dear， • And the rocks melt wi"the sun． • And I will love thee still，my deer， • While the sands o’life shall run． • (Robert Bums)
3．描景状物，渲染气氛，给人以深 刻印象。 • Stand still in shanghai for two minutes and ten million people will rush at you like pins at magnet．
4．幽默风趣，令人发笑，讽刺嘲弄 ，入木三分。 • Eg:Splendid cheeses they were，ripe and mellow，and with a two hundred horsepower scent about them that might have warranted to carry three miles and knock a man over at two hundred yards • Eg:He is so mean，he won't let his little baby have more than one measle at a time ．