高写与第二次课figure of speech.pptVIP

;· Topics 1 Classroom Writing Analysis 2. Figures of Speech 3. Assignment ;A Letter to Your Family;;;II. Figures of Speech - A word or phrase used in a non-literal sense to add rhetorical force or interest to a spoken or written passage (rhetoric: the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, esp. the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.) ;Why Use Figures of Speech?;Type One: Analogy (比喻类) tenor:本体 vehicle: 喻体 a. Simile (明喻 Definition - A figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another, in such a way as to clarify and enhance an image. It is explicit comparison (as opposed to the metaphor where comparison is implicit) recognizable by the use of words “like” as “as”.;Characteristics lively and vivid description the simplest figure of speech the most commonly used figure of speech being adopted esp. in literary works;The commonly used connectives as (如), like (像), seem (似乎), as if (好像), as though (好像), such as (像…一样) The basic structures A is like B A is as …as B; The cheque fluttered to the floor like a bird with a broken wing. Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. My love is like a red, red rose. My heart is like a singing bird.;A Lullaby;English proverbs and idioms with simile: Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit. 有天资而无学识，好比树木不结果实。 Choose an author as you choose a friend. 择书如择友。 Credit lost is like a Venice-glass broke. 信誉丧失，犹如破镜难圆。 Use a book as a bee does flowers. 读书如蜜蜂采花。;(as) blind as a bat 完全看不见东西的 (as) cool as cucumber 泰然自若 (as) cold as a marble 冷若冰霜 (as) busy as a bee 像蜜蜂一样忙 (as) firm as a rock 坚如磐石 (as) light as a feather 轻如鸿毛 (as) mute as an oyster 噤若寒蝉 (as) strong as a horse 健壮如牛;like a duck to water 如鱼得水 like a hen on a hot griddle 像热锅上的蚂蚁 like a cat in a hole 瓮中之鳖