英语中所有26种修辞手法的全部解释和例句

英语修辞手法总结 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 s 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. 2 Metaphor暗喻）It is like a simile, also makes a comparison between two unlike elements, but unlike a simile, this comparison is implied rather than stated. For example, the world is a stage. 3 Analogy 类比）It is also a of comparison, but unlike simile or metaphor which usually uses comparison on one point of resemblance, analogy draws a parallel between two unlike things that have several common qualities or points of resemblance. 4 Personification 拟人）It gives human of feelings to animals, or life and personal attributes赋予 to inanimate无生命的 objects, or to ideas and abstractions抽象. For example, the wind whistled through the trees. 5 Hyperbole 夸张） It is the deliberate use of overstatement or exaggeration to achieve emphasis. For instance, he almost died laughing. 6 Understatement 含蓄陈述） It is the opposite of hyperbole, or overstatement. It achieves its effect of emphasizing a fact by deliberately故意地 understating it, impressing the listener or the reader more by what is merely implied or left unsaid than by bare statement. For instance, It is no laughing matter. 7 Euphemism 委婉） It is the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive无冒犯 expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant. For instance, we refer to “die“ as “ pass away“. 8 Metonymy 转喻）It is a figure of speech that has to do with the substitution of the mane of one thing for that of another. For instance, the pen words is mightier than the sword forces. 9 Synecdoche 提喻） It is involves the substitution of the part for the whole, or the whole for the part. For instance, they say theres bread and work for all. She was dressed in silks. 10 Antonomasia 换喻）It has also to do with substitution. It is not often mentioned now, though it is still in frequent use. For example, Solomon for a wise man. Daniel for a wise and fair judge. Judas for a traitor. 11 Pun 双关语） It is a play on words, or rather a play on the and meaning of words. For instance, a cannon-ball took off his legs, so he laid down his arms. Here “arms“ has two meanings a persons body; weapons carried by a soldier. 12 Syllepsis 一语双叙） It has two connotations. In the first case, it is a figure by which a word, or a particular or inflection of a word, refers to two or