英语常见的修辞格 Figures of speech (修辞)are ways of making our language figurative
When we use words in other than their ordinary or literal sense to lend force to an idea, to heighten effect, or to create suggestive imagery, we are said to be speaking or writing figuratively
Now we are going to talk about some common forms of figures of speech
1) Simile：(明喻）It is a figure of speech which makes a comparison between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic (特性)in common
To make the comparison, words like as, as
as, as if and like are used to transfer the quality we associate with one to the other
For example, As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country
明喻（simile）是以两种具有相同特征的事物和现象进行对比，表明本体和喻体之间的相似关系，两 者都在对比中出现
常用比喻词like，as，as if，as though 等，例如：
