Hyperbole.ppt

1、Chinese sentences 1.他跑起来，像一阵狂风似的 2.去年一点相思泪，至今流不到腮边 3.他跑地比蜗牛还慢,English sentences 1.I was scared to death. 吓死我了 2.Its a crime to stay inside on such a beautiful day. 今天阳光明媚，躲在家中实在是太遗憾了 3.I love you. You are the whole world to me, and the moon and the stars 我爱你。你是我的一切，你是月亮和星星,Hyperbole is a figure of s

2、peech which is an exaggeration, an extreme way of saying something. Examples: I nearly died laughing. I tried a thousand times. I have a mountain of homework.,Hyperbole comes from the Greek word hyperbol, which means a throwing beyond, or excess . It is a common figure of speech popularly known as e

3、xaggeration or over-statement. 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 speakers mind he is truly describing his intense feeling at the time.,Attention,An exaggerated state

4、ment used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point. Example: Shes said so on several million occasions.,Hyperbole, simile or metaphor?,A hyperbole is a type of figurative language. It is often confused with a simile or a metaphor because it often compares tw

5、o objects. Example: His feet were as big as a barge. It looks like a simile. It is comparing foot size to the size of a barge. Everyone knows that a barge is approximately 700 feet long. A hyperbole is comparing something “normal” to something really big or extreme.,My sister wears so much makeup th

6、at,“When she takes it off, my mom doesnt recognize her.” “She has to use a sandblaster to get it off at night.” “When she smiles, cracks the size of the Grand Canyon form in the surface.” “by the time she gets it all on , its time to take it off!” “She weighs 50 pounds more when shes done!” “At nigh

7、t she has to get the paint scraper to take it off.” “She could pass as a clown at the circus.” “You could scrape off just the outer layer and put it on five other girls.”,My teacher is so old,“She showed us a yearbook from 1500 B.C. She cant even remember her own name! She claims that she invented t

8、he question mark. We looked up the word “ancient”, and there was full definition with her name and a big picture of her smiling ,My dog is so ugly,We have to pay people to pet it. Fleas wont even live on him. We have to wait till midnight to take him on walks. He only has cat friends.,Hyperbole or n

9、ot,Getting a shot in my arm stung. Getting a shot in my arm stung like a bee.,These books are heavy. These books are heavy as lead.,The queens dress is red. The queens dress is red as a cardinal.,I was angry. I was angry as an old wet hen.,It rained hard. It rained cats and dogs.,Activity: Rewrite t

10、hese sentences with a more interesting hyperbole.,The music was loud. The garden is pretty. The tired man snored loudly. The flowers grew quickly. I ate so much lunch my tummy is full.,Classification 1. By the use of numerals,(1) Thanks a million. (2) I beg 1,000 pardons. (3) The two sisters are dif

11、ferent 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),2. By the use of extreme words,(1) I was scared to death. (2

12、) My feet kill me after the long journey. (3) Polly, I love you. Youre the whole world to me, and the moon and the stars. (MaxShulman) (4) Id give the world to see you. (5) He almost died laughing.,3. By the use of certain adjectives and adverbs,(1) It is terribly cold today. (2) They are fearfully

13、talented people. (3) He is a terrific shot of the basketball team.,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

14、 nation on the face of the earth? (3) Im 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 recognize

15、d throughout the world. (2) Here was wealth beyond computation, almost beyond imagination. (3) His students are living and working from China to Peru. .,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

16、 burst his belly. (2) Waves thundered against the rocks. (3) During the economic crisis prices skyrocketed.,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 athe seas gang dry Till athe seas gang dry，my dear， And the rocks mel

17、t withe sun And I will love thee still，my deer， While the sands olife shall run (Robert Bums),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 anthracitethat was Daniel Webster in his prime(Stephen Vincent Benet：The Devil and Daniel Webster) Eg: Morr

18、ison is a whirlwind that made it impossible for his opponents to counterattack his powerful blows ,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 tw

19、o hundred horse-power 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 wont let his little baby have more than one measle at a time 他吝啬极了，竟然不肯让他的小婴孩一次出一粒以上的麻疹,Appreciation,Eg: A drop of ink may make a million think Eg: Poll

20、yI love youYou are the whole world to me，and the moon and the stars and the constellation of out space,In order to learn Hyperbole well, lets learn how to write a sentence in Hyperbole-夸张的表现形式,6种方式： 1）用数词或表示数量的词组进行夸张 2）利用动词进行夸张 3）利用形容词和副词进行夸张 4）用形容词最高级进行夸张 5）利用介词短语进行夸张 6）利用否定词进行夸张 7) 用虚拟语气进行夸张,About

21、 Translation,(一）用数词或表示数量的词组进行夸张 用数字对事实进行夸张是一种颇具特色的夸张修辞手法。它不仅可以使语言形象生动，还可以对事情渲染造势。 In the dock, she found scores of arrows piercing her chest. 站在被告席上，他感到万箭穿心。 2. The winds from the east go tearing round the mountains like forty thousand devils. 从东方吹来的风如同百万个魔鬼在山周围狂奔猛闯。.,夸张的表现形式,（二）利用动词进行夸张 借助词语的语义把要描述

22、的事情推向极端，从而激起读者或听着强烈的共鸣，引起他们的联想和想象， 揭示事物的本质。 1. The noise was loud enough to wake the dead. 声音大得足够把死人惊醒。 2A young girl brought the house down with a ballet dance. 一位年轻姑娘跳了芭蕾，博得全场喝彩。,夸张的表现形式,（三）利用形容词和副词进行夸张 在日常生活对话中，人们常用形容词、副词去修饰微不足道的事情，目的就是为了渲染一种气氛、强调某种意义后事情。 如副词：extremely, awfully, terribly, etc. 如形

23、容词：miserable, horrible, splendid, etc. 1Madame Loisel now knew the horrible life of the need. But she took her part heroically. 卢瓦泽尔太太现在懂的穷人过的着十分可怕的生活，但是她英勇的过上了穷人的日子。,夸张的表现形式,（四）用形容词最高级进行夸张 利用形容词和副词最高级进行夸张，也是把词语语义推向极端，只不过它有着明显的最高级语言标志，后面一般常有表示最高级的范围。 1. The most effective water power in the world wo

24、mens tears. 世界上最有效的水力 女人的眼泪。,夸张的表现形式,（五）利用介词短语进行夸张 利用短语进行夸张，把语义推向极端，渲染气氛，启发联想，突出事物的特征，增强艺术或感染力。 1. His reputation as an authority on Scripture is recognized throughout the world. 在全世界他享有圣经权威的美名。 2. Miss Bolo went straight home in a flood of tears and a sedan chair. 波落小姐泪如泉涌，坐着轿子径直回家去了。,夸张的表现形式,（六）利用

25、否定词进行夸张 这是一种常用的夸张修辞法，往往通过对否定词的重叠,倒装，或对某一概念的绝对否定而实现的。 Then, without a scrap of courage, but with a great deal of desperation, I went softly in and stood beside her, touching her with my finger. 然而，毫无半点勇气，却满怀不顾一切的激情， 我轻轻地走走去，站在他身边，用手指轻触她。,夸张的表现形式,（七）用虚拟语气进行夸张 1He woke them both up getting to bed, but

26、when they tried to wake him up afterwards they might as well have tried to wake the dead. 他去睡觉的时候把他们两人都弄醒了， 但是后来他们想唤醒他时，简直就像唤死人一样。,夸张的表现形式,Why Hyperbole is widely used in writing?-the advantage of Hyperbole? -夸张的修辞效果 Your opinions?,1)用于描写，可以使形象生动突出； 2)用于说理，能够化抽象为具体，变深奥为浅显； 3)用于抒情，能把景和情溶为一体，给语言增添幽默讽刺的趣味。,1)用于描写： 基于实际，超越实际，增加文章的生动性、趣味性、可读性和艺术感染性。 1Cool was I and logical, keen, ca