FiguresofSpeechFiguresofSpeech
ABriefIntroductionⅠFiguresofspeecharewaysofmakingourlanguagefigurative
Whenweusewordsinotherthantheirordinaryorliteralsensetolendforcetoanidea,toheighteneffect,ortocreatesuggestiveimagery,wearesaidtobespeakingorwritingfiguratively
Nowwearegoingtotalkaboutsomecommonformsoffiguresofspeech
FormsofFiguresofSpeechⅡ1
Simile(明喻)1)
DefinitionItisafigureofspeechwhichmakesacomparisonbetweentwounlikeelementshavingatleastonequalityorcharacteristicincommon
SimilemarkerTomakethecomparison,wordslikeas,as
as,asif,asthough,as…so,similarto,tobeararesemblancetoandlikeareusedtotransferthequalityweassociatewithonetotheother
Examples:NewChinaislikearedsunrisingintheeast
∣∣∣SubjectsimilemarkerreferenceHere“NewChina”iscalled“subject”or“tenor”,“aredsun”iscalled“reference”or“