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Rhetorical Devices
1.A Sentential Adverb
在句中插入副词/副词性词组，从而强调副词旁边的词语
But the lake was not drained before April.
→But the lake was not,in fact,drained before April.
2.Asyndeton
省略掉词语、词组、从句间的连词
On his return,he received medals,honors,treasures,titles,fame.in my arms
(此句中省略掉and，给人还未列举完的感觉)
3.Polysyndeton
在各个词语、词组、从句间都加入连词，与asyndeton相反
They read and studied and wrote and drilled.I laughed and played and talked and flunked.
4.Understatement轻描淡写
故意将事情的重要性降低。出于讽刺、礼貌、简洁等目的。
a.The1906London earthquake interrupted business somewhat in the downtown area.
b.Anyone who says this water is safe to drink is either stupid or foolish.The stuff is poisoned with
Conliform bacteria.Don’t tho idiots know that?
→My opponents think this water is drinkable,but I’m not sure I would drink it.Perhaps they are not aware of the dangerous bacteria count.
5.Litotes
是understatement的一种特殊形式。否定相反意思来表示本来的意思。
Heat waves are common in the summer.
→Heat waves are not rare in the summer.
6.Parallelism平行结构
句法结构相似，重复出现。
I have always sought but ldom obtained a parking space near the door.
7.Chiasmus交错配列
句子的前后两部分语法结构颠倒过来。
The computer mainframe is now on sale;available also at a discount is the peripheral equipment.
8.Zeugma
有语法联系的词语用在相似的修辞手法中。
一个主语带若干动词
乒乓世家一个动词带若干宾语
若干主语带一个动词……
a.Fred excelled at sports;Harvey at eating;Tom with girls.
b.He smashed the clock into bits ad his fist through the wall.
9.Antithesis对偶
将两个表示相反意思的句子，以平行结构连接起来
a.That’s one small step for a man,one giant leap for mankind.
b.Success makes man proud;failure makes him wi.
10.Anaphora
同一词/词组在连续的句子中，于句首重复。
a.Will he read the book?Will he learn what it has to teach him?Will he live according to what he has
learned?
b.She stroked her kitty cat very softly,very slowly,very smoothly.
11.Epistrophe/Antistrophe
与anaphora相反，同一词/词组在句尾重复。
The cars do not ll becau the engineering is inferior,the quality of materials is inferior,and the workmanship is inferior.
12.Anadiplosis
在随后的句子的开头或是接近开头的部分重复前面句子/短语/从句的最后一个词
a.Pleasure might cau her read,reading might make her know,knowledge might pity win,and pity
grace obtain…
b.In the beginning was the word,and the word was with God.
13.Conduplicatio
She fed the goldfish every day with the new pellets brought from Japan.Gradually the goldfish began to turn a brighter orange than before.
14.Epanalepsis
a.Water alone dug this giant canyon;yes,just plain water.
b.Our eyes saw it,but we could not believe our eyes.
15.Hypophora
a.What behavior,then,is uniquely human?My theory is that…
b.But what was the result of this move on the steel industry?The annual reports for that year clearly
indicate…
16.Rhetorical Question
Is justice then to be considered merely a word?Or is it whatever results from the bartering between attorneys?
17.Procatalepsis
Occasionally a person of rash judgment will argue that the high-speed motor is better than the low-speed one,becau for the same output,high-speed motors are lighter,smaller,and cheaper.But they are also noisier and less efficient,and much greater wear and shorter life;so that overall they are not better.
18.Metabasis
Now that I have made this catalogue of swindles and perversions,let me give another example of the kind of writing that they lead to.
19.Distinctio
a.The modern automobile(and here I refer to the post-1995,desmogged American car)is more a
product of bolt-on solutions than of revolutionary engineering.
b.Mr.Hskins describes the process as a simple one.If by simple he meas easy to explain on paper,he
is correct.But if he means there are no complexities involved in getting it to work,he is quite mistaken.
20.Amplification
This orchard,this lovely,shady orchard,is the main reason I bought this property.
21.Scesis Onomaton
a.We succeeded,we were victorious.We accomplished the feat!
b.But there s one thing the glassy-eyed idealists forget:such a scheme would be extremely costly,
horrendously expensive,and require a ton of money.
22.Apophasis/Praeteritio/Occupatio
a.I pass over the fact that Jenkins beats his wife,is an alcoholic,and lls dope to kids,becau we
will not allow personal matters to enter into our political discussion.
b.Of cour,I do not need to mention that you should bring a No.2pencil to the exam.
23.Metanoia/Correctio
a.Fido was the friendliest of all St.Bernards,nay of all dogs.
b.The new textbooks will genuinely improve the lives of our children,or rather the children of the
whole district.
24.Aporia
a.I am not sure whether to side with tho who say that higher taxes reduce inflation or with tho
who say that higher taxes increa inflation.
b.I do not know whether this legislation will work all the miracles promid by its backers,but it does
em clear that…
c.It is hard to know which ice cream is better,banana,or coffee.
25.Simile直喻/明喻（ems to be,remble,as,like,as if…）亚斯伯格症
a.The grass bends with every wind;so does Harvey.
b.Fortune is like glass-the brighter the glitter,the more easily broken.
26.Analogy类比(A to B is what C to D,A is to B what C is to D)
a.You may abu a tragedy,though you cannot write one.You may scold a carpenter who has made托福考试内容
怠慢的意思you a bad table,though you cannot make a table.
b.Judicious prai is to children what the sun is to flower.
c.Food is to our body what books are to our mind
d.Freedom is to slaves what air is to lif
e.
27.Metaphor暗喻(A is B.A is to be B.)
a.The mind is but a barren soil.
人生如戏英文
b.Your eye is the lamp of your body.
c.The furnace of affliction had softened his heart and purified his soul.
28.Catachresis
a.The little old lady turtled along at ten miles per hour.
email格式(turtle:n.→v.)
b.I will speak daggers to her.
(daggers代替angry words)
29.Synecdoche提喻
隐喻的一类：整体（互相代替）部分，种类（互相代替）属，部分、属性（互相代替）整体，材料（互相代替）成品
a.If I had some wheels,I’d put on my best threads and ask for Jane’s hand in marriage.
b.It is sure hard to earn a dollar the days.
c.A major lesson Americans need to learn is that life consists of more than cars and television ts.
(cars+TVs→material life)
30.Metonymy转喻/换喻
a.The orders came directly from the White Hou.
b.This land belongs to the crown.
c.Boy,I’m dying from the heat.Just look how the mercury is rising.
d.No sweat,no sweet.
31.Personification拟人
the的音标
a.The ship began to creak and protest as it struggled against the rising a.
深圳化妆
b.The coffee is strong enough to get up and walk away.
c.Wisdom cries aloud in the streets;in the markets she rais her voice…
