英语最全修辞手法

1、-PAGE . z.英语常用修辞1.Simile 明喻明喻是将具有共性的不同事物作比照.这种共性存在于人们的心里,而不是事物的自然属性。或者说是以两种具有一样特征的事物和现象进展比照，说明本体和喻体之间的相似关系，两者都在比照中出现。标志词常用 like, as, seem, as if, as though, similar to, such as等. It is a figure of speech which makes a parison between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic

2、in mon. To make the parison, words like as, as.as, as if and like are used to transfer the quality we associate with one to the other.例如:1.He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.2.I wandered lonely as c cloud.3.Einstein only had a blanket on, as if he had just walked out o

3、f a fairy tale.4.This elephant is like a snake as anybody can see. 这头象和任何人见到的一样像一条蛇。5.He looked as if he had just stepped out of my book of fairytales and had passed me like a spirit. 他看上去好似刚从我的童话故事书中走出来，像幽灵一样从我身旁走过去。6.It has long leaves that sway in the wind like slim fingers reaching to touch some

4、thing. 它那长长的叶子在风中摆动，好似伸出纤细的手指去触摸什么东西似的。7.Carlos Lehder was to cocaine transportation what Henry Ford was to cars.2.Metaphor 隐喻,暗喻隐喻是将*一事物的名称用于另一事物,通过比拟形成。这种比喻不通过比喻词进展，而是直接将用事物当作乙事物来描写，甲乙两事物之间的联系和相似之处是暗含的。It is like a simile, also makes a parison between two unlike elements, but unlike a simile, this

5、 parison is implied rather than stated. For e*ample, the world is a stage.例如:1.Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.2.Some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.3.German guns and German planes rained down bombs, shells and bullets. 德国人的枪炮和飞机将炸弹、

6、炮弹和子弹像暴雨一样倾泻下来。4.The diamond department was the heart and center of the store. 钻石部是商店的心脏和核心。5.All the worlds a stage, and all the men and women merely players.6.Money is a bottomless sea, in which honor, conscience, and truth may be drowned.7.Time is a river, of which memory is the water. Oh my frie

7、nd, what I scoop up from the river is all yearning of you.3.Metonymy 借喻,转喻借喻不直接说出所要说的事物,而使用另一个与之相关的事物名称。指两种不同事物并不相似，但又密不可分，因而常用其中一种事物名称代替另一种。就是借用甲来表示乙，但前提条件是甲必须与乙关系密切和本质上有相似之处It is a figure of speech that has to do with the substitution of the mane of one thing for that of another. 1.以容器代替内容,例如:The

8、kettle boils. 水开了.The room sat silent. 全屋人安静地坐着.2.以资料.工具代替事物的名称,例如:Lend me your ears, please. 请听我说.3.以作者代替作品,例如:a plete Shakespeare 莎士比亚全集4.以具体事物代替抽象概念,例如:I had the muscle, and they made money out of it.我有力气,他们就用我的力气赚钱.5.Several years later, word came that Napoleonyh himself was ing to inspect them.

9、 几年以后，他们听说拿破仑要亲自来视察他们。 word在这里代替了news, information消息、信息 6.Al spoke with his eyes,yes. 艾尔用眼睛说，是的。 说应该是嘴的功能，这里实际上是用眼神表达了说话的意思。 7.A doctor mmust have the heart of a lion and the hand of a lady.8.She was to be sure a girl, who e*cited the emoions, but I was not the one to let my heart rule my head.4.Syn

10、ecdoche 提喻提喻用局部代替全体,或用全体代替局部,或特殊代替一般一般代替特殊.又称举隅法，举隅指举一反三之意，具有牵一发而动全身之功能。主要特点是局部代表全体，或以全体喻指局部，或以抽象代具体，或以具体代抽象。它往往因微见著，在提到*人或*物时，不直呼其名，与其密不可分的东西来代替。It is involves the substitution of the part for the whole, or the whole for the part.例如:1.There are about 100 hands working in his factory.他的厂里约有100名工人.2.

11、He is the Newton of this century.他是本世纪的牛顿.3.The fo* goes very well with your cap.这狐皮围脖与你的帽子很相配.4.The Great Wall was made not only of stones and earth, but of the flesh andblood of millions of men. 长城不仅是用石头和土建造的，而且是用几百万人的血和肉建成的。句中的the flesh and blood喻为the great sacrifice巨大的牺牲5.saying that it was the

12、most beautiful tongue in the world 他说这是世界上最美的语言。这里用具体的tongue代替抽象的language。6.Many eyes turned to a tall,20year black girl on the U.S. team. 很多人将眼光投向美国队一个高高的20岁的黑姑娘.many eyes代替了many persons。转喻、提喻、换称三种修辞手法的比照转喻Metonymy的定义与用法：定义：用*一事物的名称代替另一事物的名称的修辞手法叫做转喻或借代。这两种事物之间有着密切相关的联系。(A metonymy is a figure of s

13、peech that has to do with the substitution of the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated.) 用法：转喻通常用以下几种方式指代： 根据人名或商品品牌名：Uncle Sam山姆大叔 Americans or the American government美国人/美国政府John Bull约翰牛the English nation or a typical Englishman英国/地道英国人He is reading Shakespeare

14、.他在读莎士比亚作品。Ss works用作者指代作品He went in debt just to keep up with the Joneses. 他为了与邻里攀比而负债。neighbours用琼斯家指代邻里We drove a Ford to Hyde Park. 我们驾驶一辆福特牌小轿车到海德公园去。a car whose make is Ford用品牌名指代实物 根据实物名称：Finally she married money. 她最终嫁给了有钱人a rich man用钱指代有钱人I live near an airport and passing planes can be hea

15、rd night and day. 我住在飞机场附近，日夜可以听到过往的飞机声。the noise made by passing planes 用过往的飞机指代噪音 根据动植物名称：the big apple大苹果 New York city纽约市Russian bear俄国熊 Russians or the Russian government俄国人/俄国政府British lion英国狮 England or the English government英国/英国政府The flower of the nation was sent off to war. 该国的壮小伙子都被送去打仗了。

16、the strong young menthe flower通常用来指代精英、精华等。在句中，它被用来指代壮小伙子。 根据工具名：When the war was over, he laid down the sword and took up the pen.arms writing战争完毕后，他放下武器，从事写作。The pen is mightier than the sword. 文章胜武力books and writing armed force用笔指代文章，用剑指代武力。Only the knife can save him只有手术刀能挽救他operation用手术刀指代手术 根据

17、职业名：I could not hear the actors我听不见演员的台词,演员指代台词Some students were talking loudly in class that I could not hear the teacher clearly. 一些学生在课堂上大声说话，我听不清教师的课。 the teachers lecture 用教师指代教师的课。 根据装东西的容器或容器里所装的东西：He is too fond of the bottle. 他太喜欢喝酒了。wine用容器瓶指代内含的物质酒The kettle is boiling. 水开了。the water in

18、the kettle用容器壶指代内含的物质水His purse would not allow him that lu*ury. 他钱包里的钱不允许他则奢侈。the money in his purse用钱包指代它里面所装的钱。Two beers, please. 请来两杯啤酒。 two glasses of beer 用内含的物质啤酒指代容器杯。根据身体的部位：Brain drain. 人才流失。talent用大脑指代人才。But I was not one to let my heart rule my head. 我可不是那种让感情驾驭理智的人。 feelings or emotions

19、 reason or good sense用心指代感情，用头指代理智。Grey hairs should be respected. 老年人应该受到尊敬。old people 头发是人体的一局部，其前加了形容词灰白的之后，具有一种象征意义，常用来指代老年人。 根据典型实物借代职业：He decided to enter the bar after college. 他决定大学毕业后当律师。the legal professionthe bar原意是法庭围栏，现常用来指代律师职业Members of the press werent allowed into the bat zone. 新闻记者

20、不准进入战斗区域。newspaper reporters the press原意是印刷机，现用来指新闻记者He has been appointed to the bench. 他被委任为法官。position of judge the bench原意是法官的席位，现常用来指代法官。 根据制作*东西的材料：He had only a few coppers in his pocket. 他口袋里只有几个铜币。coinscopper是制作coin的材料。She was dressed in silks. 她穿丝绸衣服silk clothes silk是制作clothes的料子 根据政府、工商企业

21、的所在地以及事物活动的场所：the White House白宫 the U.S. government美国政府Wall Street华尔街 U.S. financial circles美国金融界Capitol Hill国会山 the United States Congress美国国会Foggy Bottom雾谷 U.S. State Department美国国务院Hollywood好莱坞 American film-making industry美国电影业Madison Avenue麦迪逊大街 American advertising industry美国广告业Downing Street唐

22、宁街 the British government英国政府Fleet Street舰队街 The British press英国新闻界Down Under对跖地 Australia or New Zealand澳大利亚或新西兰The field was won after two hours of bloody fighting. the battle 经过2小时的浴血奋战，战斗取得了胜利。用战斗场地指代战斗。提喻Synecdoche的定义与用法： 定义：用局部代替全体或全体代替局部，用属代替种或种代替属，用具体代替抽象或抽象代替具体的修辞手法叫做提喻。(A synecdoche is a f

23、igure of speech that involves the substitution of the part for the whole or the whole for the part, and the substitution of the species for the genus or the genus for the species, and also the substitution of the concrete for the abstract or the abstract for the concrete.)用法： 以局部代全体：The poor man had

24、 si* mouths to feed. 这可怜的人要养六口人people 口只是人体的一局部，在此用来指代人。The poor man is now left without a roof. 这可怜的人落得个上无片瓦。house 屋顶只是房子的一局部，在此用来指代房屋。He cant ride a wheel. 他不会骑自行车。bicycle轮子只是自行车的一个部件，在此用来指代自行车。 以全体代局部：The birds sang to wele the smiling year. 小鸟歌唱迎新春。the spring 春季只是一年中的一个季节，句中用欢笑的年指代春天。He has gain

25、ed a footing in the musical world. 他在音乐界站住了脚。field世界包括一切，表示领域的界。 以属代替种：Spring vanishes with the rose. 花谢春尽。flowers玫瑰属于花中的一种It will cost you a pretty penny这恐怕会花你许多钱money便士属于钱中的一种 以种代替属：I dont like to eat meat. 我不想吃猪肉。pork肉包括猪肉在内的任何一种肉What a lovely creature! 多么美丽的女人啊！a beautiful woman人包括女人在内的任何一种人。 以具

26、体代抽象：He earned his bread as a teacher. 他以教书为生living面包指代抽象名词生计The wolf and the pig mingled together in his face. 他的脸上带着凶残和贪婪的神色。fierceness greediness用狼指代其凶残的本性，用猪指代其贪婪的本性。 以抽象代具体：All the wit and learning of the world were assembled there. the wise and learned scholars 所有聪明博学的人都聚集在那里。聪颖和学问都是抽象名词，在此指代学

27、者。It was sickness and poverty together that she came to visit. patients poor people 她来探望的是病人和穷人。疾病和贫穷都是抽象名词，在此分别用来指代病人和穷人。换称Antonomasia的定义与用法：定义：用头衔、绰号和称呼等代替*或称谓或用专有名词代替普通名词的修辞手法叫做换称。(An antonomasia is a figure of speech that involves the use of an epithet or title in place of a name, and also the u

28、se of a proper name in place of a mon noun.) Antonomasia换称、代类名指用形容词、头衔等代替专有名词，比方用the Almighty代指上帝，用his Honour指法官，用Father of lies谎话之父指Satan。同时也可以用来表示用专有名词代替普通概念，Uncle Sam代替USA，Hercules赫格立斯代very strong person力大无穷者。换称中的专有名词通常有这几种来源：、古代及当代的历史和文学，这也是它和喻代的不同之处。用法： 用头衔、绰号和称呼等代替*或称谓：His Majesty陛下 a king or

29、the name of the king国王或国王的*His Honor阁下 a judge or the name of the judge法官或法官的*Iron Chancellor铁血宰相 Bismarck俾斯麦 用专有名词代替普通名词：a. 源于*或神话：Solomon所罗门 a wise man聪明人Judas犹大 a traitor叛徒Helen海伦 a beautiful woman美女b. 源于历史：Hitler希特勒 a tyrant暴君He is the Newton of this century. 他是本世纪的牛顿。a great scientistMilton弥尔顿

30、a poet诗人c. 源于文学作品：Romeo罗米欧 a lover情人Holmes福尔摩斯 a detective侦探转喻metonymy与换称antonomasia的比拟：metonymy与antonomasia共同之处是它们都可以用人名或地名来借代人物或事物；它们的不同点在于：metonymy中的借代物与被借代物之间通常具有等同关系或密切相关的联系，而antonomasia通常是利用人的头衔、绰号，或利用历史上的名人、名胜以及小说、典故中的典型人物的特点来借代。并且，它通常是用专有名词指代普通名词。试比拟：例1：The Wall Street definitely has more sa

31、y in their policy making.American financial center显然华尔街在他们的政策制定方面更有发言权。美国的各大银行、证券公司等都坐落在华尔街，故而华尔街成了美国金融中心的代名词。华尔街与美国金融中心具有等同关系，所以该句所采用的修辞手法是metonymy。例2：Shanghai is the New York of China. *是中国的纽约。a big and flourishing city纽约是美国的一个大城市，它具有繁华的特点；*是中国的一个大城市，也同样具有繁华的特点，故该句用纽约指代。然而不能与纽约等同，我们不能说就是纽约， 所以该句所采

32、用的修辞手法是antonomasia。例3：I have never read Li Bai. 我从未读过李白的诗。Li Bais poems通过动词read，可以联想到此句中的李白是指李白的诗。虽然李白是我国唐代著名诗人，但该句并没有利用他的*个特点进展借代，所以它不是antonomasia。而李白与李白的诗之间具有密切相关的联系，故该句所采用的修辞手法是metonymy。例4：You Judas! 你这个叛徒！a traitor根据圣经，犹大是耶稣十二个门徒之一，他为了三十枚纹银出卖了耶稣。根据这一典故，犹大便成了出卖朋友的人和叛徒的代名词。该句是利用典故中的典型人物的特点来借代，故它所采

33、用的修辞手法是antonomasia。转喻metonymy与提喻synecdoche的比拟：metonymy与synecdoche的共同点是它们都可以用人体的各个部位进展借代；它们的不同点在于：metonymy是利用人体部位指代其功能或特点，而synecdoche则是利用人体的部位指代整体。试比拟：例1：Her heart ruled her head. 她的感情控制了理智。emotions good sense该句用心指代感情，用头指代理智。虽然心和头都是人体的部位，但说话者并没有用它们来借代人这个整体，而是指代根据其特点联想所产生的东西，故该句所采用的修辞手法是metonymy。例2：No

34、 eye saw him, but a second later every ear heard a gunshot. man 没有人看见他。可是，一秒钟以后每个人都听到一声枪响。眼睛和耳朵都是人体的部位，在此用来借代其整体人。故该句所采用的修辞手法是synecdoche。例3：We are all ears. 我们洗耳恭听。listening attentively耳朵是人体部位，在此用来指代其听的功能，故该句所采用的修辞手法是metonymy。例4：Two heads are better than one. 两个脑袋总比一个脑袋强。people头是人体部位，在此指代整体人，故该句所采用的

35、修辞手法是synecdoche。例5：He has an old head on young shoulders. 他年轻而有见识。 e*periences young manhead是人体部位，前面加了形容词old后，产生一种联想意义，即有见识的；shoulders也是人体部位，前面加了形容词young后，产生一种象征意义，即年轻人。该句没有用人体部位指代整体，而是用人体部位指代其特点，故该句所采用的修辞手法是metonymy。例6：Never show your face again. 千万不要再露面。body 脸是人体部位，在此指代整个人 ，故该句所采用的修辞手法是synecdoche。

36、5.Synaesthesia 通感,联觉,移觉这种修辞法是以视.听.触.嗅.味等感觉直接描写事物.是指在*个感官所产生的感觉，转到另一个感官的心理感受。例如:1.The birds sat upon a tree and poured forth their lily like voice.鸟儿落在树上,倾泻出百合花似的声音.2.Taste the music of Mozart.品尝Mozart的音乐.3.Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested. 有些

37、书是应当尝尝滋味的，有些书是应当吞下去的，有少数书是应当咀嚼和消化的。6.Personification 拟人拟人是把生命赋予无生命的事物.是把人类的特点、特性加于外界事物之上，使之人格化，以物拟人，以到达彼此交融，合二为一。It gives human form of feelings to animals, or life and personal attributes(赋予) to inanimate(无生命的) objects, or to ideas and abstractions(抽象). For e*ample, the wind whistled through the tr

38、ees.例如:1.The night gently lays her hand at our fevered heads.2.I was very happy and could hear the birds singing in the woods.3.She may have tens of thousand of babies in one summer.(From Watching Ants)一个夏天她可能生育成千上万个孩子。这里用she和babies把蜜蜂比作人类妇女的生育。4.My only worry was that January would find me hunting

39、for a job again. 我唯一担忧的是，到了一月份我又得去找工作。英语里常把年月日人格化，赋以生命，使人们读起来亲切生动。7.Hyperbole 夸*夸*是以言过其实的说法表达强调的目的.它可以加强语势,增加表达效果.运用丰富的想象，过激的言词，渲染和装饰客观事物，以到达强调的效果。It is the deliberate use of overstatement or e*aggeration to achieve emphasis. For instance, he almost died laughing.例如:1.I beg a thousand pardons.2.Love

40、 you. You are the whole world to me, and the moon and the stars.3.When she heard the bad news, a river of tears poured out.4.My blood froze. 我的血液都凝固了。 5.When I told our father about this,his heart burst. 当我将这件事告诉我们的父亲时，他的心几乎要迸出来。 6.My heart almost stopped beating when I heard my daughtersvoice on th

41、e phone. 从里一听到我女儿的声音，我的心几乎停顿跳动。 8.Parallelism 排比, 平行prlelizm这种修辞法是把两个或两个以上的构造大体一样或相似,意思相关,语气一致的短语.句子排列成串,形成一个整体.例如:1.No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.2.In the days when all these things

42、are to be answered for, I summon you and yours, to the last of your bad race, to answer for them. In the days when all these things are to be answered for, I summon your brother, the worst of your bad race, to answer for them separately.9.Euphemism 委婉,婉辞法用温和的、间接的词语代替生硬的、粗俗的词语，以防止直接说出不愉快的事实冒犯别人或者造成令人

43、窘迫的、沮丧的局面。婉辞法指用委婉,文雅的方法表达粗恶,避讳的话.It is the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive(无冒犯) e*pression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant. For instance, we refer to die as pass away.例如:1.He is out visiting the necessary.他出去方便一下.2.His relation with his wife has not been fortunate

44、.他与妻子关系不融洽.3.Deng *iaoping passed away in 1997.4.He was both out of pocket and out of spirits by that catastrophe, failed in his health and prophesied the speedy ruin of the empire.5.senior citizens代替old people; low ine brackets代替poor people; handicapped代替crippled; washroom menswomens room代替lavatory

45、; emotionally disturbed代替mad; a slow learner an under achiever代替a stupid pupil.10.Allegory 讽喻,比方这是一种源于希腊文的修辞法,意为换个方式的说法.它是一种形象的描述,具有双重性,表层含义与真正意味的是两回事.例如:1.Make the hay while the sun shines.2.Its time to turn plough into sword.11.Irony 反语反语指用相反意义的词来表达意思的作文方式.如在指责过失.错误时,用赞同过失的说法,而在表扬时,则近乎责难的说法.是指用含蓄的

46、褒义词语来表示其反面的意义，从而到达使本义更加幽默，更加挖苦的效果。It is a figure of speech that achieves emphasis by saying the opposite of what is meant, the intended meaning of the words being the opposite of their usual sense. For instance, we are lucky, what you said makes me feel real good.例如:1.It would be a fine thing indeed

47、 not knowing what time it was in the morning.2Of course, you only carry large notes, no small change on you. the waiter said to the beggar.3.Well, of course, I knew that gentlemen like you carry only large notes. 啊，当然，我知道像你这样的先生只带大票子。 店员这句话意在挖苦这位穿破衣的顾客：像你这样的人怎么会有大票子呢？名为gentlemen实则beg gar而已。4.Well, o

48、f course, I knew that gentlemen like you carry only large notes.【sarcasm的特点是尖刻，往往蓄意中伤或讥讽；irony的特点是幽默或俏皮，成心使用同本意相反的说法，必须靠其语调或笔调表示真意；satire可用来泛指irony，sarcasm等，其特点是用来挖苦社会向现象或一些人，不像sarcasm那样指个人。】12.Pun 双关双关就是用一个词在句子中的双重含义,借题发挥.作出多种解释,旁敲侧击,从而到达意想不到的.滑稽效果.它主要以相似的词形.词意和谐音的方式出现.是以一个词或词组，用巧妙的方法同时把互不关联的两种含义结合

49、起来，以取得一种诙谐有趣的效果。It is a play on words, or rather a play on the form and meaning of words. For instance, a cannon-ball took off his legs, so he laid down his arms. (Here arms has two meanings: a persons body; weapons carried by a soldier.)例如:1.She is too low for a high praise, too brown for a fair pr

50、aise and too little for a great praise.2.An ambassador is an honest man who lies abroad for the good of his country.3.If we dont hang together, we shall hang separately.4.Napoleon was astonished.Either you are mad, or I am,he declared. Both，sir!cried the Swede proudly. Both一词一语双关，既指拿破仑和这位士兵都是疯子，又指这位

51、战士参加过拿破仑指挥的两次战役。 5.Why are lawyers all uneasy sleepers Because they lie on one side, and then on the other, and remain wide awake all the time.13.Parody 仿拟这是一种模仿名言.警句.谚语,改动其中局部词语,从而使其产生新意的修辞.例如:1.Rome was not built in a day, nor in a year.2.A friend in need is a friend to be avoided.3.If you give a

52、girl an inch nowadays she will make address of it.4.To smoke or not to smoke, that is a question.5.Wine was thicker than blood to the Mondavi brothers, who feuded bitterly over control of the family business, Charles Krug Winery.14.Rhetorical question 修辞疑问它与疑问句的不同在于它并不以得到答复为目的,而是以疑问为手段,取得修辞上的效果,其特点是

53、:肯定问句表示强烈否认,而否认问句表示强烈的肯定.它的答案往往是不言而喻的.例如:1.How was it possible to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worth of note2.Shall we allow those untruths to go unanswered15.Antithesis 对照,比照,对偶It is the deliberate arrangement of contrasting words or ideas in balanced sructural forms to achiev

54、e emphasis. For e*ample, speech is silver; silence is golden. A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are ju*taposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure.这种修辞指将意义完全相反的语句排在一起比照的一种修辞方法.将强烈对立的想法并列于稳定、对等的短语或语法构造中的修辞方法。例如:1.Not that I loved Caeser less but that I loved

55、Romemore.2.You are staying; I am going.3.Give me liberty, or give me death.4.Take little, give more.5.Pride hurts, modesty benefits.满招损，谦受益。6.All for one, one for all.人人为我，我为人人。16.Parado* 隽语这是一种貌似矛盾,但包含一定哲理的意味深长的说法,是一种矛盾修辞法.例如:1.More haste, less speed.2.The child is the father to the man.三岁看老。3.Ever

56、ybodys business is nobodys business.4.There are two ways of rising in the world, either by your own industry or by the folly of others.5.Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the rememberance of happiness.6.I believe, though, that praise should be measured, if there must be any, it should be negat

57、ive to be constructive.7.I love him so much that I hate him when he looks at another girl.8.A lover of peace emerged as a magnificent leader of war.9.In fact, it appears that the teachers of English teach English so poorly largely because they teach grammer so well.10.John McEnroe: The Champ You Lov

58、e to Hate.11.Saturday Night on Sunday Morning.(推销录像机的广告标题)12.Homeless, they have a hundred homes.13.The coach had to be cruel to be kind to his trainees.14.No news is good news.(尤其在战争年代)17.O*ymoron 反意法,逆喻,矛盾修饰法这也是一种矛盾修辞法,用两种不相调和的特征形容一个事物,以不协调的搭配使读者领悟句中微妙的含义.例如:1.No light, but rather darkness visible

59、.2.The state of this house is cheerless wele.3.The mother is undergoing the joyful pain,and the painful joy of childbirth.18.Clima* 渐进法,层进法这种修辞是将一系列词语按照意念的大小.轻重.深浅.上下等逐层渐进,最后到达顶点.可以增强语势,逐渐加深读者印象.例如:1.I am sorry, I am so sorry, I am so e*tremely sorry.2.Eye had not seen nor ear heard, and nothing had

60、 touched his heart of stone.3.And her face looking up, her lost face with beseeching eyes, and dark, wet hair-possessed, haunted, tortured him.19.Anticlima* 渐降法与clima*相反的一种修辞法,将一系列词语由大到小,由强到弱地排列.例如:1.On his breast he wears his decorations, at his side a sword, on his feet a pair of boots.2.The dutie