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1、修辞格解释及例子 1. alliterationDefinition: the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of s or in stressed syllables of an English language phrase.Examples: will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their characterKing, Jr. that all of us are
2、created equal is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone; to hear a King proc
3、laim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth 2. assonanceDefinition: The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighboring s to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences, and together with alliteration and consonance serves as on
4、e of the building blocks of verse. Examples:field, winding hither and thither through the weeds, dragging their long tails amid the rattling canisters.(James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1916)(Annie Dillard, Holy the Firm, 1977)3. consonanceDefinition: Broadly, the repetition of con
5、sonant sounds; more specifically, the repetition of the final consonant sounds of accented syllables or important s. Examples:T was later when the summer went Than when the cricket came,And yet we knew that gentle clock Meant nought but going home.T was sooner when the cricket went Than when the win
6、ter came, Yet that pathetic pendulum Keeps esoteric time.(Emily Dickinson, 4. onomatopoeia Definition:Onomatopoeia is defined as a , which imitates the natural sounds of a thing, which itdescribes. It creates a sound effect that makes the thing described, making the idea more expressive and interest
7、ing.Examples:The buzzing bee flew away.The sack fell into the river with a splash.The books fell on the table with a loud thump. He looked at the roaring sky.The rustling leaves kept me awake.a group of s reflecting different sounds of water are; bloop, splash, gush, sprinkle, drizzle, drip etc.Simi
8、larly, s like growl, giggle, grunt, murmur, blurt, chatter etc. denote different kinds of human voices.Moreover, we can identify a group of s related to different sounds of wind, such as; swish, swoosh, whiff, whoosh, whizz, whisper etc.5. simileDefinition: A simile is a figure of speech that makes
9、a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Unlike a metaphor, a simile draws resemblance with the help of s like or as. Therefore, it is direct comparison. Examples:1. Written by Joseph Conrad,I would have given anything for the power to soothe her frail soul, tormenting itself
10、 in its invincible ignorance like a small bird beating about the cruel wires of a cage.2. In her novel To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf compares the velocity of her thoughts about the two men with that of spoken s. . . impressions poured in upon her of those two men, and to follow her thought was l
11、ike following a voice which speaks too quickly to be taken down by ones pencil . . .3. Robert Burns uses a simile to describe beauty of his beloved. O my Luves like a red, red rose Thats newly sprung in June; O my Luves like the melodie Thats sweetly played in tune.6. metaphorDefinition: Metaphor is
12、 a figure of speech makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things or objects that are poles apart from each other but have some characteristics common between them. In other s, a resemblance of two contradictory or different objects is made on a single or some common characteris
13、tics. Examples:1. She is all states, and all princes, I.John Donne , a metaphysical poet, was well-known for his abundant use of metaphorsthroughout his poetical works. In his well-known work The Sun Rising, the speaker scolds the sun for waking him and his beloved. Among the most evocative metaphor
14、s in literature, he explains she is all states, and all princes, I. This line demonstrates the speakers belief that he and his beloved are richer than all states, kingdoms, and rulers in the entire world because of the love that they share.2. Shall I Compare Thee to a summers Day,William Shakespeare
15、 was the best exponent of the use of metaphors. His poetical works and dramas all make wide-ranging use of metaphors.Sonnet 18,also known as Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day, is an extended metaphor between the love of the speaker and the fairness of the summer season. He writes that thy eterna
16、l summer, here taken to mean the love of the subject, shall not fade.3. Before high-pild books, in charactry / Hold like rich garners the full-ripened grain,The great Romantic poet John Keats suffered great losses in his life the death of his father in an accident, and of his mother and brother with the tuberculosis.When he began displaying signs of tube
