高级英语第一册修辞总结

高级英语第一册修辞总结

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Lesson 1 The Middle Eastern Bazaar.

1.（Onomatopoeia）: is the formation of words in imitation o the sounds associated with the thing concerned.拟声法它是指用词语模拟客观事物的声音,以增强讲话或文字的实际音感。1）As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge on your ear.

2）the squeaking and rumbling of the grinding-wheels and the occassional grunts and sighs of the camels.

creak, squeak, rumble, grunt, sigh, groan, etc.

tinkling, banging, clashing

2.Metaphor: is the use of a word or phrase which describes one thing by stating another comparable thing without using “as” or “like”.

1) the heat and glare of a big open square

2）in the maze of vaulted streets which honeycomb the bazaar.

3）Little monkeys with harmoniously tinkling bells thread their way among the throngs of people entering and leaving the bazaar.

4）It is a vast, sombre cavern of a room,

3. Alliteration: is the use of several words in close proximity beginning with the same letter or letters.

e.g. 1) …thread their way among the throngs of people (Para. 1)

2)…make a point of protesting

4. Hyperbole: is the use of a form of words to make sth sound big, small, loud and so on by saying that it is like something even bigger, smaller, louder, etc

1）a tiny restaurant (Para. 7)

2）a flood of glistening linseed oil (Para. 9)

3）goods of every conceivable kind are sold

4）…as the burnished copper catches the light of innumberable lamps and braziers

5) ... takes you ...hundreds even thousands of years

6)...with the dust of centuries

5．Antithesis: is the setting, often in parallel structure, of contrasting words or phrases opposite each other for emphasis.

1) …a tiny apprentice blows a big charcoal fire with a huge leather bellows…

2) …which towers to the vaulted ceiling and dwarfs the camels and their stone wheels.

6. Personification: a figure of speech in which inanimate objects are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form.

1）…as the burnished copper catches the light of …(Para.5)

2）where camels lie disdainfully chewing their hay…

3）a fairyland of dancing flashes…(metaphor and personification)

4)The Middle Eastern bazaar takes you...

5）the beam groan ... and protesting

Lesson 2 Hiroshima—the “Liveliest” City in Japan

1.Metaphor: 暗喻

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison.

暗喻是一种修辞，通常用指某物的词或词组来指代他物，从而暗示二者之间的相