Rhetorical Devices
1.Simile 明喻
A figure of speech in which two esntially unlike things are compared, often in a phra introduced by like or as
Eg. How like the winter hath my abnce been.
So are you to my thoughts as food to life. (Shakespeare)
很的笔画2.Metaphor 暗喻
A figure of speech in which a word or phra that ordinarily designates one thing is ud to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison
Eg. The world is a stage.
如何驱鼠3.Personification 拟人
A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are reprented as posssing human form
Eg. Hunger sat shivering on the road.
4.Antithesis 对照，对立，对比
A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtapod in a balanced or parallel phra or grammatical structure
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Eg. That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind. （Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 Moon Landing Speech）
5.云南建水古城Pun 双关
A play on words, sometimes on different ns of the same word and sometimes on the similar n or sound of different words
空调不制热Eg. Being in politics is just like playing golf: you are trapped in one bad lie after another. (l
ie:①a deliberate untruth ②the position in which something rests)
6.Ridicule 奚落
Words intended to evoke contemptuous laughter at or feelings toward a person or thing
Eg. Sure my worthy opponent claims that we should lower tuition, but that is just laughable.
7.Irony 反语,讽刺
The u of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning
An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning
Eg. It must be delightful to find onelf in a foreign country without a penny in one's pocket.
8.Sarcasm 讥讽
A combine of irony and ridicule, using witty language to convey insults or scorn
Eg. It is possible for your mind to be so open that your brain falls out.
9.Hyperbole 夸张
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is ud for emphasis or effect
Eg. This book weighs a ton.
10.Euphemism 委婉
The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive
Eg. sleep with — have xual intercour with;
departed — dead;
relieve onelf — urinate
11.Epigram警句, 隽语, 讽刺短诗
A conci, clever, often paradoxical statement
Or: A short, witty poem expressing a single thought or obrvation
Eg. "I am not young enough to know everything." (Oscar Wilde)
50英文12.Allusion 隐喻, 典故
A figure of speech that makes a reference to, or reprentation of, a place, event, literary work, myth, or work of art, either directly or by implication
Eg. A son of the morning is a traveler; an allusion to the practice in the Middle East to ri before dawn so one wouldn't have to travel in the heat of day.
13.Litotes 间接肯定
A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expresd by negating its opposite
Eg. This is no small problem. (Instead of “this is a big problem”)
14.Oxymoron 矛盾形容法，逆喻
A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined
Eg. A mournful optimist
15.Paradox似非而是的隽语
A emingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true
Eg. "I know that I know nothing."
(Knowing "know nothing" is knowing something, thus cannot be "know nothing". This logic is lf-contradictory, but one can know that they know nothing.)
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16.Transferred epithet 移就
A figure of speech in which the adjective or adverb is transferred from the noun it logically belongs with, to another one which fits it grammatically but not logically
Eg. A sleepless night (night cannot be sleepless; people can)
17.Metonymy转喻
A figure of speech in which one word or phra (usually an attribute or feature) is substituted for another with which it is cloly associated
Eg. They counted 狗的品种大全heads. (heads stands for people)
the White Hou for the US president
18.Synecdoche提喻
A figure of speech in which a part is ud for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for
a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword)
19.Climax层进法
A figure of speech in which words, phras, or claus are arranged in order of increasing importance. It is sometimes ud with anadiplosis, which us the repetition of a word or phra in successive claus.
Eg. There are three things that will endure: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of the is love.
