张汉熙高级英语里的修辞使用

1、1.Transferred epithet 2. Repetition 3. Euphemism 4. Antithesis 5. Alliteration 6. Personification 7. Metaphor 8. Irony 9. Metonymy 10. Simile。Lesson 2Metonymyl .little old Japan adrift amid beige concrete skyscrapers .struggle between kimono and the miniskirtl I thought that Hiroshima still felt the

2、 impact. Euphemism: l Each day of suffering that helps to free me from earthly cares.Alliteration: the repetition of an initial sound that is usu. a consonant in two or more neighbouring words.l slip to a stopl tested and treatedRhetorical Question: a question that needs no answer, but used for emph

3、asisl Was I not at the scene of the crime?Anti-Climax: the sudden appearance of an absurd or trivial idea following a serious significant ideas and suspensions. This device is usu. aimed at creating comic or humorous effects. l a town known throughout the world for its-oystersIrony: a figure of spee

4、ch in which the meaning literally expressed is the opposite of the meaning intended and which aims at ridicule, humour or sarcasm.l Hiroshima-the Liveliest City in Japanl Each day of suffering that helps to free my from earthly caresl congratulate myself on the good fortune that my illness has broug

5、ht meLesson 3Metaphor:l .the nerves of both . were excessively frayedl his wife shot him a swift, warning glance.l The words spat forth with sudden savagery.l Ill spell it out. .l the nerves of both . were excessively frayed l his wife shot him a swift, warning glance.l The words spat forth with sud

6、den savagery.l Ill spell it out.l Her tone .withered. l .self-assurance.flickered.l The Duchess kept firm tight rein on her racing mind.l Her voice was a whiplash.l eyes bored into him l theyll throw the book,.Euphemism:l .and you took a lady friend.Metonymy:l won 100 at the tablesl lost it at the b

7、arl theyll throw the book,.Onomatopoeia: appreciative chuckle: clucked his tongueLesson 4: Irony& marching backwards to the glorious age of the 16th century: Oxymoron: formed by conjoining of two contrasting terms. & Malone called my conviction a victorious defeat.& bitter sweet memories & proud hum

8、ility& orderly chaos& a damned saint: Pun:& Darwin is right - inside.: Assonance:& when bigots lighted faggots to burn.: Repetition: & The truth always wins.the truth.the truth.: Hyperbole:& The trial that rocked the world: Transferred epithet& Darrow had whisper throwing a reassuring arm round my s

9、houlder.: Antithesis& The Christian believes that man came from above. The evolutionist believes that he must have come from below.: Metaphor:& my case would snowball into. & our town .had taken on a circus atmosphere.& The street .sprouted with .& had not scorched the infidels.& after the prelimina

10、ry sparring over legalitiesUnit 6Alliteration: .the slow, sleepy, sluggish-brained sloths stayed at home: .with a dash and daring.: .a recklessness of cost or consequences. Metonymy: .his pen would prove mightier than his pickaxe: pen associated with writing talent, pickax associated with mining, Sy

11、necdoche: Keelboats,.carried the first major commerceAntithesis:v .between what people claim to be and what they really are.v .took unholy verbal shots at the Holy Land.v .a world which will lament them a day and forget them foreverEuphemism:v .mens final release from earthly strugglev diligently av

12、oiding contact with the enemyPersonification:v life dealt him profound personal tragedies.v the river had acquainted him with .v .to literatures enduring gratitude.v .an entry that will determine his course forever.v the grave world smiles as usual.v Bitterness fed on the man.v America laughed with

13、him.v Personal tragedy haunted his entire life.v wealth described as a ladySimile:v Most American remember M. T. as the father of.v .a memory that seemed phonographicHyperbole:v .cruise through eternal boyhood and .endless summer of freedom.v The cast of characters. - a cosmos.Parallelism:v Most Ame

14、ricans remember . the father of Huck Finns idyllic cruise through eternal boyhood and Tom Sawyers endless summer of freedom and adventure.Metaphor:v Mark Twain - Mirror of Americav saw clearly ahead a black wall of night.v main artery of transportation in the young nations heartv the vast basin drai

15、ned three-quarters of the settled United States v All would resurface in his books.that he soaked up.v Steamboat decks teemed.main current of pioneering spirit.but its flotsam of hustlers, thugsv When railroads began drying up the demand.v .the epidemic of gold and silver fever.Lesson 12Metonymy : s

16、ilencing thousands of songs Lesson 14Parallelism:l The past, with its crimes, l its follies, l and its tragedies.l I see,.I see.l the return of the bread-winner,l of their champion, l of their protector l We shall fight him by land, l we shall fight him by sea, l we shall fight him in the airl Any m

17、an or state. l Any man or state.l Let us. l Let us.Noun phrases:l I had not the slightest doubt where .l With great rapidity and violencePeriodic sentences:l When I awoke on.invasion of Russia.l If Hitler imagines that. woefully mistaken. Repetition:l We have but one aim and one single purposel noth

18、ing will turn us-nothingl We will never parley, we will never negotiate.l This is our policy and this is our declarationl as we shall faithfully and steadfastlyAssonance: the use of the same or related, vowel sounds in successive wordsl clanking, heel-clicking,l cowing and tying .plodding on like cr

19、awling locusts, .smarting from many a British whipping.l easier and safer preyAlliteration:l dull, drilled, docile.l for his hearth and homel with its clanking, heel-clicking.Metaphor: The essential form of a metaphor is X is Y, and all forms of metaphor can be condensed into this form.l Snow clothes the ground.l Snow (X-tenor) is clothe (