RhetoricRhetoric•Theartofeffectiveorpersuasivespeakingorwriting,especiallytheexploitationoffiguresofspeechandothercompositionaltechniques
(broad)写作;修辞学RhetoricRhetoric•Itcanbedatedbackto400B
,theAristotletime
•Oralskill/argumentation•Stressoratory演讲术FiguresofspeechFiguresofspeech•Awordorphraseusedinanon-literalsensetoaddrhetoricalforceorinteresttoaspokenorwrittenpassage
(narrow)修辞;修辞格FunctionsofFiguresofspeechFunctionsofFiguresofspeech•Ineverydayspeechandwritingandinliteraturethechieffunctionsoffiguresofspeechareprobablytoembellish(润色),toemphasizeortoclarify
•Theyareusedtogivetoneoratmospheretodiscourse(演讲),toprovidevivid(鲜明的,生动的)examples,tostimulatethoughtbystartlingthereaderorlistener,togivelifetoinanimateobjects,toamuse,ortoornament(修饰)
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