高级英语8-13课修辞

AdvancedEnglish(I)RhetoricalDevicesAppliedfrom8---13Unit8AnInteractiveLife1.Wherehesawinternalmemos,someoneelsesawBeethowven.–(metonymy)2.Willgovernmentregulatemessagessentoutonthisvastdatahighway?---(metaphor)3.Topreventgettingtrampledbyastampedeofdata,viewerswillrelyonprogrammedelectronicselectorsthatcouldgooutintotheinfocorralandropeinthesubjectstheviewerwants.---(metaphor)4.Sheisachildofthepeople,bornintheveryheightandheatofbattle.–(alliteration)5.Craftymencondemnstudies;simplemenadmirethem;andwisemenusethem---(antithesis)6.Shesaysconsumerswouldbealittlelikeinformation“cowboys,”roundingupdatafromcomputer-basedarchivesandinformationservices.---(simile)Unit9MarkTwain--MirrorofAmerica1.Metaphor:MarkTwain--MirrorofAmericasawclearlyaheadablackwallofnight...mainarteryoftransportationintheyoungnation'sheartthevastbasindrainedthree-quartersofthesettledUnitedStatesAllwouldresurfaceinhisbooks...thathesoakedup...Steamboatdecksteemed...maincurrentof...butitsflotsamWhenrailroadsbegandryingupthedemand......theepidemicofgoldandsilverfever...2.Simile:MostAmericanrememberM.T.asthefatherof......amemorythatseemedphonographic3.Hyperbole:...cruisethrougheternalboyhoodand...endlesssummeroffreedom...Thecastofcharacters...-acosmos.4.Parallelism:MostAmericansremember...thefatherofHuckFinn'sidylliccruisethrougheternalboyhoodandTomSawyer'sendlesssummeroffreedomandadventure.5.Personification:lifedealthimprofoundpersonaltragedies...theriverhadacquaintedhimwith......toliterature'senduringgratitude......anentrythatwilldeterminehiscourseforever...Thegraveworldsmilesasusual...Bitternessfedontheman...Americalaughedwithhim.Personaltragedyhauntedhisentirelife.6.Antithesis:...betweenwhatpeopleclaimtobeandwhattheyreallyare......tookunholyverbalshotsattheHolyLand......aworldwhichwilllamentthemadayandforgetthemforever7.Euphemism:...men'sfinalreleasefromearthlystruggleHetiredsoldieringfortwoweekswithamotleybandofConfederateguerrillaswhodiligentlyavoidedcontactwiththeenemy.8.Alliteration:...theslow,sleepy,sluggish-brainedslothsstayedathome...withadashanddaring......arecklessnessofcostorconsequences...9.Metonymy:...hispenwouldprovemightierthanhispickaxeUnit10Thetrialthatrocktheworld.1.Thetrialthatrocktheworld.---(hyperbole)2.Darrowhadwhisperedthrowingareassuringarmroundmyshoulder.---(transferredepithet)3.H.L.Menkenwrotesulphurousdispatchessittinginhispantswithafanblowingonhim,andtherewastalkofrunninghimoutoftownfor….(transferredepithet)4.“TheChristianbelievesthatmancamefromabove.Theevolutionistbelievesthathemusthavecomefrombelow.”---(antithesis)5.BythetimethetrialbeganonJuly10,ourtownof1500peoplehadtakenonacircusatmosphere.---(metaphor)6.…thatmycasewouldsnowballintooneofthemostfamoustrialsinUS.History.---(metaphor)7.…untilwearemarchingbackwardstothegloriousageofthesixteenthcentury…(irony)8.DudleyFieldMalonecalledmyconvictiona“victoriousdefeat”.---(oxymoron)9.ThecasehaderuptedroundmyheadnotlongafterIarrivedinDaytonassciencemasterandfootballcoachatthesecondaryschool.---(synecdoche)10.Darrowwalkedslowlyroundthebakingcourt.--.(transferredepithet)11.Oneshopannounced:Darwinisright–inside.–(pun)Unit11ButWhat'saDictionaryFor?Personification1.ThestormofabuseinthepopularpressthatgreetedtheappearanceofWebster‟sThirdNewInternationalDictionaryisacuriousphenomenon.2.AnarticleintheAtlanticvieweditasa“disappointment,”a“shock,”a“calamity,”“ascandalandadisaster.”TheYewYorkTimes,inaspecialeditorial,feltthattheworkwould…3.TheJournaloftheAmericanBarAssociationsawthepublicationas...Alliteration4.--aconceptofhowthingsgetwrittenthatthrowsverylittlelightonLincolnbutagreatdealonLife.Assonance5.Thedifference,forexample,betweenthemuch-toutedSecondInternational(1934)andthemuch-cloutedThirdInternational(1961)isnotlikethedifferencebetweenyearlymodelsbut…Synecdoche6.Whatofthosesheetsandjetsofairthatarenowbeingused,inplaceofold-fashionedoakandhinges,toscreenentrancesandexist?7.Butneitherhisvanitynorhispurseisanyconcernofthedictionary’sMetonymy8.TheWashingtonPost,inaneditorialcaptionedkeepYourOldWebster's,”says,inthefirstsentence,…9.Inshort,allofthesepublicationsarewritteninthelanguagethatthe3rdInternationaldescribes,eventheveryeditorialswhichscornit.Unit12TheLoonsHyperbole1.…dressesthatwerealwaysmilestoolong.2.…thosevoicesbelongedtoaworldseparatedbyaeonsfromourneatworldMetaphor3.…thefiligreeofthesprucetrees4.…daughteroftheforest5.Itriedanotherline6.AstreakofamberTransferredepithet7.Allaround,thesprucetreesgrewtallandclose-set,branchesblacklysharpagainsttheskywhichwaslightenedbyacoldflickeringofstars.8.Iwasashamed,ashamedofmyowntimidity,thefrightenedtendencytolooktheotherway.9.Mybrother,Roderick,whohadnotbeenbornwhenwewereherelastsummer,satonthecarruginthesunshineandexaminedabrownsprucecore,meticulouslyturningitroundandroundinhissmallandcurioushands.Metonymy10.Thosevoicesbelongedtoaworldseparatedbyaeonsfromourneatworldofsummercottagesandthelightedlampsofhome.(ourmoderncivilization)Synecdoche11.thedamnbone’sflaredupagainPersonification12.Thetwogreysq