1 Unit 1 Middle Eastern Bazaar 1. Onomatopoeia（拟声法）: is the formation of words in imitation or the sounds associated with the thing concerned. e.g. 1) Little monkeys with harmoniously tinkling bells thread their way among the throngs of people (Para. 1) 2) the squeaking and rumbling (Para. 9) 2. Metaphor（隐喻）: is the use of a word or phrase which describes one thing by stating another comparable thing without using “as” or “like”. e.g. 1) the heat and glare of a big open square (Para. 1) 2)… until you rounded a corner and see a fairlyland of dancing flashes… . 3)… in the maze of vaulted streets which honeycomb this bazaar (Para. 7) 3. alliteration（头韵）: 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)… the sellers, on the other hand, make a point of protesting 4. Hyperbole(夸张): 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. e.g.or sit in a tiny restaurant with porters and… (Para. 7) quickly the trickle becomes a flood of glistening linseed oil (Para. 9) 5．Antithesis(对偶): is the setting, often in parallel structure, of contrasting words or phrases opposite each other for emphasis. e.g. 1) … a tiny apprentice blows a big charcoal fire with a huge leather bellows… (Para. 5) 2) … which towers to the vaulted ceiling and dwarfs the camels and their stone wheels. (Para. 9) 6. Personification: a figure of speech in which inanimate objects are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form. e.g. … as the burnished copper catch...
