高级英语修辞

高级英语修辞
RhetoricalDevicesinHitler’sinvasionofthe
Metaphor:
Theywillberoundedupinhordes.
ThisisnotbowingdownintheHouofRimmon
IeRussiansoldiersstandingonthethreshold...
Meansofexistenceiswrungfromthesoil...
cataractofhorrors
Behindallthisglare,behindallthisstorm
ridtheearthofhisshadow...liberatepeoplefromhisyoke
Thescenewillbeclearforthefinalact.
Alliteration:dull,drilled,docile...
forhishearthandhome
Onomatopoeia:
clanking,heel-clicking,…
Allusion:
ThisisnotbowingdownintheHouofRimmon
simile:
cowingandtying...ploddingonlikecrawlinglocusts
Repetition:Wehavebutoneaimandonesinglepurpo
nothingwillturnus---nothing
Wewillneverparley,wewillnevernegotiate...
Thisisourpolicyandthisisourdeclaration
asweshallfaithfullyandsteadfastly
Parallelism:Thepast,withitscrimes,
itsfollies,
anditstragedies...
Behindallthisglare,behindallthisstorm,Iethatsmallgroupofvillainousmen...
Ie,...Ie...
thereturnofthebread-winner,
oftheirchampion,
oftheirprotector
Weshallfighthimbyland,
weshallfighthimbya,
weshallfighthimintheair
Anymanorstate...
Anymanorstate...
Letus...
Letus...
Periodicntences:WhenIawokeon...invasionofRussia.
IfHitlerimaginesthat...woefullymistaken.
inversion:
Fromthisnothingwillturnus.
ButthisIwillsay
RhetoricalQuestion:
Butcanyoudoubtwhatourpolicywillbe?
RhetoricalDevicesinButwhat’sadictionaryfor?
:
–.Thestorm...thatgreeted...
–.AnarticleintheAtlanticvieweditasadisappointment...
–.TheYewYorkTimes,...feltit
–.TheJournal...saw...
2.Alliteration:
–....verylittlelightonLincoln...onLife
3.Assonance:
–.Thedifferencebetweenthemuch-touted...andthemuchclouted...
4.Synecdoche:
–.Whatofthosheetsandjetsofairthatarenowbeingud,inplaceofold-fashionedoakandhinges...
Butneitherhisvanitynorhispurisanyconcernofthedictionary’s

–.TheWashingtonPost,...”keepYourOldWebster’s”
–.inshort,...writteninthelanguagethatthe3rdInternationaldescribes...
6.Metaphor
Lifecalledit“anon-worddeluge”
ModernlinguisticsgetsitscharterfromLeonardBloomfield’sLanguage(1933).
Butifso,hehaswalkedintooneoflexicography’sbiggestboobytraps
anyonewhotriestothreadhiswaythroughthemanymeaningsnowincludedunderdoormayhavetosacrificebrevitytoaccuracy
And,sureenough,inthedefinitionwhichraidthePost’sbloodpressure
7.Simile
Thedifference,...isnotlikethedifferencebetweenyearlymodelsbut.Likethedifferencebetweenthehorandbuggyandtheautomobile
8.Antithesis
betweenthemuch-toutedSecondInternational(1934)andthemuch-cloutedThirdInternational(1961)
RhetoricalDevicesinNosignpostinthea
Transferredepithet
1)andthecoolsupportofthewater
2)andtheskyatenderpaletteofpinkandblue(Transferredepithet
andMetaphor)
3)butaboveallIlovethelongpurpolessdaysinwhichIshedallthatIhaveeverbeen.
2.Alliteration:
1)onalesspracticalplane
2)AndnowehowIstand,asntimentalandnsitiveasanyoldmaid
3)clearofcloud
4)Iwouldneverhavebelievedinthesimpleblissofbeing
5)thehissofsuddenspray
3.Personification
Theyoungmoonliesonherbacktonightasisherhabitinthetropics,andas,Ithink,issuitableifnotemlyforavirgin.
4.Hyperbole
Iwonderedwhatmortalcontrolledit,inwhatmustbeoneoftheloneliest,mostforbiddingspotsonearth.
5.Metonymy
1)intheeveningshewearssoftrichcolours
2)hesaysheudtoreadme
6.Metaphor
1)anewClovis,lovingwhatIhavedespid…
2)anEndymionyoungandstrong
3)thea…withnoripplesatallbutonlythelazysatinofblue
4)theredball(thesun)
7.analogy:
Thecoastsremindmeofpeople;eithertheyareforbiddingandunapproachable,oreltheyprentnomysteryandshowalltheyhavetoataglance.
8.Antithesis
…asmallmanageabledomaininalargeunmanageableworld?
9.onomatopoeia:
AndthenIlikeallthesmallnoisofaship:thefaintcreaking,asofthesaddle-leathertoahormanridingacrossturf,theslapofarope,thehissofsuddenspray.
10.Euphemism
IwantmyfillofbeautybeforeIgo.
11.Simile
1)itisasinamovingpicturethatIcannotethegraceofhergestures
2)dismissiveasPharie
3)asntimentalandnsitiveasanyoldmaiddoingwatercoloursofsunts
4)myimagination…soaustereintheforegroundbutnurturingwhattreasuresoftenderness,likedelicateflowers,forthediscoveryoftheventuresome
5)…givesacrylikeaa-bird
6)…weareaspleadachildrenwhenourgamesucceeds
7)Ilikethefootfallofnakedfeetinthedust,silentasacatpassing.
8)thefaintcreaking,asofthesaddle-leathertoahormanridingacrossturf
RhetoricalDevicesinShipsintheDert
Personification
1)Wherethereshouldhavebeengentleblue-greenwaveslappingagainstthe
sideoftheship,therewasnothingbuthotdrysand.(Para.1)
Hyperbole
thepopulationexplosion(Para.5)
Metaphor
1)anotherghostlyimage(Para.6)
2)theghostsinthesky(Para.8)
Metonymy
1)therelationshipbetweenthetwosuperpowers(Para.23)