Figurative language:
Definition: is to translate something abstract or unfamiliar into something concrete or familiar.
Function: By comparison, the figurative language allows reader to visualize what is otherwi obscure, such as an image, an idea, or a feeling.
Kinds of figurative language:
• Simile(明喻）
• Metaphor（暗喻）
• Personification（拟人）
• Metonymy(转喻/借代）
• Exaggeration（夸张）
• Alliteration（头韵）
• Parallelism（排比）
• Contrast（对比）
Examples:
My love is like a red, red ro. (Simile)
You don’t miss your water till your well runs dry. (Metaphor)
My teddy bear gave me a hug. (Personification)
He is fond of the bottle (Metonymy)
She lls ashells by the ashore. (Alliteration)
I could eat a cow (Exaggeration)
One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible (Parallelism)
Figurative language in the article----what life means to me
Metaphor -- Above me towered the colossal edifice of society…(line 6)
Society →a huge building
attic (line 111)
中秋日期
parlor floor (line 111)投稿文章
portals (line 30 pt. 牛肉和什么菜包饺子好吃Ⅱ)
cellar ( line 84)
It was now the ladder of business. (line 32)
business→ ladder
A man may love oysters, but too many oysters will disincline him toward that particular diet. (line 78)
Oysters →work
Many → too much work
Metonymy-- Up above, men wore black clothes and boiled shirts, and women dresd in beautiful gowns.
High—class people
The science of custom
Exposition 说明文
Definition Quotation
Examples Analogy
Contrast Illustrations
Comparison Narration
Description Cau and effect七子花
Classification Division
1． Catholic Church: The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope(蒲伯), it defines its mission as spreading the gospel（福音） of Jesus Christ. The Roman Catholic Church is among the oldest institutions in the world and has played a prominent role in the history of Western civilization. It teaches that it is the one true church founded by Jesus Christ
2． Protestantism: is one of the three major groupings (Catholicism, Orthodoxy, and Protestantism) within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices
3． Christianity: is a monotheistic（一神论的） religion bad on the life and teachings of Jesus as prented in canonical gospels(福音书) and other New Testament（新约） writi
ngs. Christianity teaches that Jesus is the Son of God, God having become human and the savior of humanity.
4． Ivy League(常春藤联盟): is an athletic conference（联盟）including eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly ud to refer to tho eight schools as a group. The eight institutions are Brown University有天无日（布朗大学）, Columbia University, Cornell University（康乃尔大学）, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University（普林斯顿大学）, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University. The term Ivy League also has connotations（涵义；暗示） of academic excellence, lectivity（选择性） in admissions, and social elitism（精英主义）.
5． Dante(但丁): Was an Italian poet, pro writer, literary theorist（理论家）, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental （不朽的）epic poem The Divine Comedy（神曲）. His Divine Comedy is considered the greatest literary work compod in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature.
6． IQ: An intelligence quotient, or IQ, is a score derived from one of veral different standardized tests(标准化测验notice) designed to asss（评定）亭子怎么画 intelligence.
7． EQ: a lf-perceived(自我感知) ability to identify, asss, and control the emotions of onelf, of others, and of groups.
8． Material Cultural Heritage: Historical relics, Historical buildings, Cultural sites(文化遗址). The Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven.
Non-material Cultural heritage: 巴西的地理位置Verbal tradition
Performing arts
Social custom, etiquette, festival
Practices of the natural world and space
Traditional handcraft arts
9． Murphy’s Law: This is a humorous maxim(格言) declaring that if anything can go wrong, it will. The law originated in 1949 with Ed Murphy, an aircraft engineer. He is by no means a savant（专家） in the true n of the word. But the law he formulates ems to be universally true.
