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1、. Lexical AnaphoraE.g.Youth is not a time of life；it is a state of mind；it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees；it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions；it is the freshness of the deep springs of life. Theit is; it is; it is; it isshows t
2、he pattern (a)(a). By repeating, it helps tone and meaning. E.g.so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, courage and power from man and from the infinite, so long as you are young. Theso long as,so long asshows the pattern (a)(a), either. ParallelismAcross sentencesE.g.Youth is not a time of
3、 life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.These sentences are in parallel. We can find they have similar patterns, and
4、have the same importance to this paragraph. It makes the paragraph orderly and clearly.Within a sentence E.g. (1) it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees(2) it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions(3) In the center of your heart and my he
5、art(4) so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, courage and power from man and from the infiniteWe can find in these parallel constructions, it is to balance word for word (noun with noun, adjective with adjective), phrase with phrase. The parallel construction gives us emphasis, clarity, co
6、herence of ideas and the rhythm of language. AntithesisE.g. (1) Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind.(2) it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions.This two sentences use it isit is not
7、to make antithesis. It can achieve force and emphasis.(3) Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.This sentence make a contrast between two concepts that what can be bring about by years and giving up enthusiasm. AssonanceE.g.it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lip
8、s and supple knees.The word cheekslipskneesare resembled in vowel sounds. And it has created a musical rhythm. MetaphorE.g.it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.It compared youth to the freshness of the deep springs of life. So we can understand the youth further more. SynecdocheE.g.Worry,
9、 fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dustHere dust means nothing, it want to tell us worry, fear, self-distrust defeat the spirit, break down the spirit.E.g. Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human beings heart the lure of wondersIn this sentence, 6016are standing for t
10、he old and the young. Here, it uses the part for the whole.Text:YouthYouth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep sp
11、rings of life.Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust. Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human beings heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing appetite for whats next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart, there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, courage and power from man and from the infinite, so long as you are young. The Paper of English RhetoricMajor: 对外汉语Name: 李佳铭Student Number: 201015614
