1、高级英语课文修辞总结（1-7 课）第一课 Face to Face With Hurricane Camille Simile:1. The children went from adult to adult like buckets in a fire brigade. (comparing the passing of children to the passing ofbuckets of water in a fire brigade when fighting a fire)2. The wind sounded like the roar of a train passing a
2、few yards away. (comparing the sound of the wind to the roar of a passing train)1. We can batten down and ride it out. (comparing the house in a hurricane to a ship fighting a storm at sea)2. Wind and rain now whipped the house. (Strong wind and rain was lashing the house as if with a whip.)1. A mom
3、ent later, the hurricane, in one mighty swipe, lifted the entire roof off the house and skimmed it 40 feet through the air. (The hurricane acted as a very strong personlifting something heavy and throwing it through the air.)2. It seized a 600, 000-gallon Gulfport oil tank and dumpedit 3 1/2miles aw
4、ay. (The hurricane acted as a very strong man lifting something very heavy and dumping it 3 1/2 miles away.).Elliptical and short simple sentences generally increase the tempo and speed of the actions being described. Hence in a dramatic narration they serve to heighten tension and help create a sen
5、se of danger and urgency. For examples see the text, paragraphs 10-18 and 21-26.Lesson 2 Hiroshima the“ Liveliest” City in Japan“ Seldom has a city gained such world renown, and I am proud and happy to welcome you to Hiroshima, a town known throughout the world for its- oysters ” . (anticlimax) as t
6、he fastest train in the world slipped to a stop. where thousands upon thousands of people had been slain in one second, where thousands upon thousands of others had lingered on to die in slow agony.At last this intermezzo came to an endBut later my hair began to fall out , and my belly turned towate
7、r .I felt sick ,and ever since then they have been testing and treating me .(alliteration)Each day that I escape death, each day of suffering that helps to free me from earthly cares, I make a new little paper bird, and add it to the others.Hiroshima the“ liveliestcity in”JapanI felt sick, and ever
8、since then they have been testing and treating me.The rather arresting spectacle of little old Japan adrift amid beige concrete skycrapers is the very symbol of the incessant struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt.There were fresh bows, and the faces grew more and more serious each time the n
9、ame Hiroshima was repeated .(synecdoche)Was I not at the scene of the crime? (rhetorical question)Lesson 3 BlackmailMetaphor:.the nerves of both . were excessively frayed.his wife shot him a swift, warning glance.The words spat forth with sudden savagery.Her tone .withered.self-assurance.flickered.T
10、he Duchess kept firm tight rein on her racing mind.Her voice was a whiplash.eyes bored into himI spell it out.Euphemism:.and you took a lady friend.Metonymy:won 100 at the tableslost it at the bartheyll throw the book,.Onomatopoeia:appreciative chuckleclucked his tongueLesson 41) The trial that rock
11、ed the world (hyperbole)2) Darrow had whispered throwing a reassuring arm round my shoulder (transferred epithet)3) The case had erupted round my head (synecdoche)4) Bryan, ageing and paunchy, was assisted (ridicule)5) and it is a mighty strong combination (sarcasm)6) until we are marching backwards
12、 to the glorious age of the sixteenth century (irony)7) There is some doubt about that.(sarcasm)8) The Christian believes that man came from above. The evolutionist believes that he must have come from below(antithesis)9) His reputation as an authority on Scripture is recognized throughout the world
13、. (hyperbole)10) Resolutely he strode to the stand, carrying a palm fanlike a sword to repel his enemies. (ridicule ，simile)11) Bryan mopped his bald dome in silence.(ridicule)12) Dudley Field Malene called my conviction a, victoriousdefeat. (oxymoron )第五课The many metaphors and similesin the essay a
14、relargelyap propritately used in describing the ugliness ofWestmoreland County.For example, in para. 3 the metaphor of comparing thehouses thereto pigswallowingin the mud themetaphorin the same para. of comparing the patches of paint to dried up scales formed by a skin diseaseand the simileinpara.2
15、as shown inthe sentenceoneblinks . shot away, the sim ile in the same para.as shown inthesentenceasteelstadium - theline,just to mention a few. Hyperboles are profusely usedin the essay. They are mostly very effective inconveying what the author had to say.In para. 1, we read the sentence Here was w
16、ealth .alley cats,exaggeratingthe richnessand grandeur ofthis region and of America as a whole, the boast andpride of the richest and grandest nation ever seen onearthin para. 5 we read It is as if . of them, whichimplies exaggeratedly that it is as if some genius ofgreat power, who didn t like to d
17、o the right thingsand who was an inflexible enemy of man, em ployed allthe cleverness and skill of hell to build these uglyhouses;and again inpara.2 thereis thesentence What alludeto in sight, which suggests an exaggeration that is hard to believe. Not every house could have been that ugly.Lesson 6
18、Mark Twain - Mirror of AmericaMetaphor:Mark Twain - Mirror of Americasaw clearly ahead a black wall of night.main artery of transportation in the young nations heartAll would resurface in his books.that he soaked up.When railroads began drying up the demand.the epidemic of gold and silver fever.Twai
19、n began digging his way to regional fame.Mark Twain honed and experimented with his new writingmuscles.Simile:Most American remember M. T. as the father of.a memory that seemed phonographicHyperbole:.cruise through eternal boyhood and .endless summer offreedom.The cast of characters. - a cosmos.Amer
20、ica laughed with him.Personification:.to literatures enduring gratitude.the grave world smiles as usual.Bitterness fed on the man.America laughed with him.Personal tragedy haunted his entire life.Antithesis:.between what people claim to be and what they really are.took unholy verbal shots at the Hol
21、y Land.a world which will lament them a day and forget them foreverEuphemism: a motley band of Confederate guerrillas who diligently avoided contact with the enemy.mens final release from earthly struggle Alliteration.the slow, sleepy, sluggish-brained sloths stayed at home.with a dash and daring.a
22、recklessness of cost or consequences.Metonymy.his pen would prove mightier than his pickaxe Lesson 7 Everyday Use for your grandmama“ Maggie s brain is like an elephant s” . Wangerosaid ,laughing .(ironic)“ Mama,” Wangero said sweet as a bird . “ can I have these old quilts? ” (simile) showing just
23、enough of her thin body enveloped in pink skirtand red blouseAfter I tripped over it two or three times he told me (metaphor)And she stops and tries to dig a well in the sand with her toe.(exaggeration)Hair is all over his head a foot long and hanging from his chin like a kinky mule tail. (simile)Ha
24、ve you ever seen a lame animal, perhaps dog run over by some careless person rich enough to own a car ,sidle up to someone who is ignorant enough to be kind of him?(metaphor) I feel my whole face warming from the heat waves it throws out .(exaggeration)Impressed with her they worshiped the well-turn
25、ed phrase, the cute shape, the scalding humor that erupted like bubbles in lye. (simile)It is like an extended living room. (simile)Johnny Carson has much to do to keep up with my quick and witty tongue.My skin is like an uncooked barley pancake. (simile)She gasped like a bee had stung her.(simile)W
26、angero said, sweet as a bird. (simile)Who ever knew a Johnson with a quick tongue? Who can even imagine me looking a strange white man in the eye? (rhetorical question)You didn t even have to look close to see where hands pushing the dasher up and down to make butter had left a kind of sink in the wood .(metaphor)
