1英语常见的修辞格Figuresofspeech(修辞)arewaysofmakingourlanguagefigurative
Whenweusewordsinotherthantheirordinaryorliteralsensetolendforcetoanidea,toheighteneffect,ortocreatesuggestiveimagery,wearesaidtobespeakingorwritingfiguratively
Nowwearegoingtotalkaboutsomecommonformsoffiguresofspeech
1)Simile:(明喻)Itisafigureofspeechwhichmakesacomparisonbetweentwounlikeelementshavingatleastonequalityorcharacteristic(特性)incommon
Tomakethecomparison,wordslikeas,as
as,asifandlikeareusedtotransferthequalityweassociatewithonetotheother
Forexample,Ascoldwaterstoathirstysoul,soisgoodnewsfromafarcountry
2)Metaphor:(暗喻)Itislikeasimile,alsomakesacomparisonbetweentwounlikeelements,butunlikeasimile,thiscomparisonisimpliedratherthanstated
Forexample,theworldisastage
3)Analogy:(类比)Itisalsoaformofcomparison,butunlikesimile