修辞学phonetic_device.ppt

For example combination/explanation/coronatio /destination/ imagination greenery/scenery frightening/brightening antelope/cantaloupe 羚羊/罗马甜瓜, 香瓜, 哈密瓜 4.Beginning Rhymes Words with beginning rhyme have the same initial consonant sound(s) and the same first vowel sound. This option lets you find words with initial alliteration (the repetition of initial consonant sounds), initial assonance (the repetition of initial vowel sounds), and front rhyme (the succession of beginning sounds of words). For example plantation/plan/plaque/plaste /plateau scenery/cedar 雪松 cat/kangaroo table/tailor physics/fizzle Note： The terms alliteration, assonance, and rhyme identify kinds of recurring sound that in practice are often freely mixed together. In considering a poem, it may not be easy or useful to decide where one stops and another starts.(Tom McArthur, The Oxford Companion to the English Language, 1992) Onomatopoeia [,?n?m?t?‘pi:?] 拟声 Definition: Or an onomatopoeic word--the formation or use of words such as buzz, hiss or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. Effect: sound device, creates an especially vivid impression Examples: The cuckoo whizzed past the buzzing bees. hum, buzz, crash, swish The moan of doves in immemorial elms,And murmuring of innumerable bees.(Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Come Down, O Maid) I had no doubt that alcohol was poison for me, but I missed that marvelous little buzz.(Sammy Davis, Jr.) Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is. 扑通声; 发嘶嘶声，冒气泡声(Advertising slogan of Alka Seltzer :一种德国矿泉水) Examples: Geese gaggle.嘎嘎地叫 Horses neigh, snort.马嘶叫 Magpies chatter. 喜鹊啁啾 Mice squeak.老鼠吱吱叫 Pigs squeal, grunt. 猪尖叫/发出呼噜声 Lions roar. Tigers growl, roar. Im hungry -- my stomachs rumbling. 我饿得肚子咕咕叫. Sound from nature: Murmur, babble咿呀声、潺潺声, swish沙沙声, patter啪嗒声、轻快 脚步声或拍打声, rumble隆隆声、 沉声音, roll持续颤动的声音, rustle 摩擦声, zip飕飕飞过, toot短鸣, 嘟嘟声, tick滴答声, tinkle丁零声, screech尖利的声音, bang, bubble汩汩