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1、Reuben英语修辞简介11/26/2013AGeneralSurveyofEnglishRhetoricsSimileandmetaphorNewChinaislikearedsunrisingintheeast.Subject/tenor-----reference/vehicle-----indicatorofresemblance/similemarkerSimilemarker:like/as/asif/asthough/as….as/similartoetc.Motherwasshortandplumpandpretty.Hereyeswer

2、eblue,andherbrownhairwaslikeabird’ssmoothwings….Avoidtouseoutdatedsimiles.---freshasarose/braveasalion/cunningasafox/proudaspeacock.Metaphor-------condensedsimileThenewsisadaggertohisheart.Joefoughtlikealion------Joewasalioninthebattle.Thegossipwaslikeanetthatstrangledher.Thepark

3、sofourcityarelikehumanlungs.Theparksarethelungsofourcity.Shewasstrangledinthenetofgossip.Moneyisthelensinacamera.(J.T.Adams)Notes:AddfueltotheflamesConstantdroppingwearsthestoneAboltfromtheblueYouwillcrossthebridgewhenyougettoit.CastlesintheairCarrycoalstoNewcastleExcises:1)Theda

4、taprocessingisgoingonasslowasasnail.2)Everymanhasafoolinhissleeve.3)Thebrainsdon’tlieinthebeard.4)Twoheadsarebetterthanone.5)Anounceofpracticeisworthapoundoftheory.Analogy类比是就两种本质上不同的事物之间的几个共同的特征或相似点进行平行比较，从中找出两者的相似之处，得出针对性极强的结论。它比比喻的着眼点更广阔，描述更充分。Judiciouspraiseistochildrenwhatth

5、esunistoflowers.Anindividualhumanexistenceshouldbelikeariver----smallatfirst,narrowlycontainedwithinitsbanks,andrushingpassionatelypastbouldersandoverwaterfalls.Graduallytherivergrowswider,thebanksrecede,thewatersflowmorequietly,andintheend,withoutanyvisiblebreak,theybecomemerged

6、inthesea,andpainlesslylosetheirindividualbeing._____BertrandRussell1Reuben英语修辞简介11/26/2013Metonymy（achangeofname）借代:“Thenameofsomethingisusedtorepresentamoregeneralbutclosely-relatedthing”主要借代关系;1)Acontainerforitscontent(Thekettleisboiling.)2)Aplaceforthepeople(Thewholetownattend

7、edthefuneral.)3)Alocationfortheinstitutionororganization4)Aninstrumentforitsuser(thepenisstrongerthanthesword.)5)Astrikingfeatureforthepersonorthing(abaldslippedoutthroughthebackdoor.)6)Anorganforitsfunction(hehasaroughtongue.)7)Authorforwork(OnlybillionairesareabletocollectPicas

8、so.)8)Theconcretefortheabstract,orthespe