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1、Use of Idioms876543PICTURE STARTN-COUNT 习语;成语 An idiom is a group of words which have a different meaning when used together from the one they would have if you took the meaning of each word separately. Stylistic Features How to learn an idiomRhetorical FeaturesVariations of IdiomsThe resources of t
2、he idioms are various, for example, some comes from seaman on the sea, hunters in the woods, farmers in the fields, workman at mills, housewives and cooks in the kitchen and so on. And these idioms come from their daily occupations. Although some of the expressions are colloquial, they can express t
3、hings vividly and forcibly. Gradually they are widely accepted.As a result, they become part of the common core of the language and now are used in different situations. As times goes on, they developed into colloquialisms, slang and literary expressions.In addition, the same idiom may show stylisti
4、c differences when it is assigned different meanings. And there are also differences between British English and American English. We should know which is the most suitable in different situations, talking to different groups of people. It is vital to pay attention to the use of the idioms.Colloquia
5、lismStylistic FeaturesSlangSlangLiterary Literary ExpressionsExpressionsColloquialisms take up the maximum percentage in idiom. Colloquialism is a word, phrase or paralanguage that is employed in conversational or informal language but not in formal speech or formal writing. Dictionaries often displ
6、ay colloquial words and phrases with the abbreviation colloq. as an identifier. Colloquialisms are sometimes referenced collectively as “colloquial language“. A colloquial name is a word or term used for identification that is employed in conversational or informal language but not in formal speech
7、or formal writing.a type of language speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people: slang is a phenomenon of speech, rather than written language and etymologies which are typically traced via consisting of words and phrases that are regarded as very in
8、formal, are more common in corpus. Slang consists of a lexicon of non- standard words and phrases in a given language. Words and expressions that are informal and not standard English. Different social groups often use a special vocabulary. Sometimes this is fairly widespread and well understood.Exa
9、mple: 1.according to Hoyle(纸牌游戏） with strict adherence（坚持） to a set of rules 2.all systems go a state of readiness（准备就绪） for immediate action 3.all thumbs（拇指） clumsy and awkward 4.apple of ones eye* the favorite object of a persons love or affection 5.as the crow（乌鸦） flies the most direct route betw
10、een two placesLexical ManipulationPhonetic ManipulationSemantic ManipulationAlliteration Alliteration is a term that describes a literary stylistic device. Alliteration occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound. Chop and change (keep changing ones
11、 opinion) Might and main (all ones power and strength) Drips and drabs (small irregular amounts) Busy as a bee; Dead as a doornail; Get your goat Give up the ghost; Good as goldRhymeA rhyme occurs when two or more words have similar sounds. Typically, this happens at the end of the words, but this i
12、snt always the case. Kith and kin (relative) Wear and tear (damage from continuous use)Phonetic ManipulationLittle Miss Muffet, sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider, that sat down beside her, and frightened Miss Muffet away. Had I but lived a hundred years ago I might ha
13、ve gone, as I have gone this year, By Warmwell Cross on to a Cove I know, And Time have placed his figure on me nowReiterationDuplication of synonymsRepetitionRepetition is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer .As a rhetorical device, it could
14、be a word, a phrase or a full sentence or a poetical line repeated to emphasize its significance in the entire textJuxtaposition (of antonyms)Juxtaposition is a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions etc. are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem f
15、or the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.Lexical Manipulation完全地，充分地 例句：You can trust him，for hes honest through and through. 你可以信任他，他是真正诚实的。Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turnThese three lines have been taken from “Ash-Wednesday” aut
16、hored by T. S. Eliot, a famous modern poet of the 20th century. The repletion of a full phrase shows us mastery the poet has acquired in using words and phrases to make his point clear and emphasize what he wants to say that he has no hope to come back.on the up and up坦率，诚实 例句：How can we know whether a person is on the up and up by his appeara
