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1、Figures of speech1 Similean overt comparison between two unlike things as though they were similar -usually with the words like or as.His strong love stands like a granite rock unmoved by the hurricanes of our inequity.Ive had some long nights in the stir. Alone in the dark with nothing but your tho
2、ughts, time can draw out like a blade. That was the longest night of my life. The first time I read an excellent book, it is as if I had gained a new friend.2 Metaphoran implied comparison between two different things which share at least one attribute in commonLife is a journey.He is a walking dict
3、ionary.Take away love and our world is a tomb.They are birds of a feather.Beauty is but flower, which wrinkles will devour.Hold fast to dreams , for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.He lives in a palace of a house.His speech touched off a stormy protest.He wolfed down his
4、supper.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.3 PersonificationFigure which represents abstractions or inanimate objects with human qualities, including physical, emotional, and spiritual; the application of human attributes or abilities to nonhuman entities.Such acts are commonly stimulated by
5、 forces of hatred and malevolence such as today are eating their way into the bloodstream of American life.- USSC Justice Earl Warren, Eulogy for John F. KennedyOnce again, the heart of America is heavy. The spirit of America weeps for a tragedy that denies the very meaning of our land.“- Lyndon Bai
6、nes Johnson4 Hyperboledeliberate exaggeration of a person, thing, quality, event to emphasize a point external to the object of exaggeration; intentional exaggeration for rhetorical effectSo first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.The chamber is
7、celebrating an important milestone this week: your 70th anniversary. I remember the day you started.Henry was 18 when we met and I was queen of France. He came down from the north to Paris with a mind like Aristotles and a form like mortal sin. We shattered the commandments on the spot.5 Rhetorical
8、QuestionFigure which asks a question, not for the purpose of further discussion, but to assert or deny an answer implicitly; a question whose answer is obvious or implied.It really is time to ask ourselves, How can we allow the rich and powerful, not only to rip off people as consumers, but to conti
9、nue to rip them off as taxpayers?Can anyone look at the record of this Administration and say, Well done?Can anyone compare the state of our economy when the Carter Administration took office with where we are today and say, Keep up the good work?Can anyone look at our reduced standing in the world
10、today and say, Lets have four more years of this?-Ronald Reagan, 1980 Republican National Convention Acceptance Address6 Analogy: A kind of extended metaphor or long simile in which an explicit comparison is made between two things (events, ideas, people, etc) for the purpose of furthering a line of
11、 reasoning or drawing an inference; a form of reasoning employing comparative or parallel cases.何 Dont worry about the future; or worry - but know that worryi ng is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.何I look at this as being in the form of a house.and the stude
12、nts are the foundation, and the teachers are the walls, and the roof itself is the school. And we know that if you have a weak foundation, the walls and the roof cant be supported. Therefore, it crumbles.何 Wishi ng for the end to AIDS and extreme poverty in Africa is like wishi ng that gravity didnt
13、 make things so damn heavy. We can wish it, but what the hell can we do about it?7 Irony: the expression of actual intent in words that carry the opposite meaning. Irony springs from a perception of the absurdity of life.This hard-working boy seldom reads more than an hour per week.You are eloquent
14、as an oyster.I fear I wrong the honorable man whose daggers have stabbed Caesar. Robbing a widow of her savings was certainly a noble act.8 Sarcasm: a cruelly humorous statement made with the intention of injuringthe self-respect of the person addressedHe is here because ignorance and bigotry are ra
15、mpant, and it is a strong combination.Bree: Lets say your boss is always making you work overtime, and henever praises your work. Someone asks you, “What is your boss like?” What do you say?Jill: Oh, hes a real sweetheart!Bree: Thats it! Like exaggeration and understatement, sarcasm is an indirect w
16、ay of speaking. To understand it better, look for cues like: rolling eyes; a very serious look, or an exaggeration of features, like a fake-looking smile. In any case, a person using sarcasm seldom speaks in a straightforward natural manner. He may speak in a lowered, serious pitch or raised, mocking pitch; at a slower or faster pace; in a
