高级英语 Mark_Twain.pptVIP

Structural analysis Part 1: (the first para.) Introduction The first paragraph serves as an introduction of the whole text. It provides an general appraisal of Mark Twain, the father of Hack and Tom, the nation’s best-loved author, and the good news and bad news . The author adopted some rhetorical devices to illustrate the picture, and some very emphatic adjectives, adverbs, such as eternal, endless, every bit, profound, etc. The fist paragraph is highly conclusive. Rhtorical Devices Metaphor Simile Hyperbole Parallelism Personification Antithesis Euphemism Alliteration Metonymy synecdoche Most Americans remember Mark Twain as the father... Father: metaphor. Endless: hyperbole. The whole sentence: parallelism. Mirror of A mirror reflects or reveals the truth of something America: or somebody. cruise乘船航行: A cruise is a holiday during which you travel on a ship and visit lots of places. When it is used as a verb, it means to move at a constant speed that is comfortable and unhurried. Idyllic cruise 诗情画意的旅程 idyllic平和美丽的，完美无瑕的: [i / ai] a simple happy period of life, often in the country an idyllic setting, holiday, marriage III. Detailed study of the text: Mark Twain is famous to most Americans as the creator of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. Hucks sailing / travel on the river was so peaceful that it made his boyhood seem to be infinite, while Toms independent mind and his dangerous activities made the summer seem everlasting. 5. every bit as…as: just as…as, quite as…as He is every bit as clever as you are. Im every bit as sorry about it as you. Adventure： Mark Twain was adventurous in every sense of the word. He was trying new things, and always going to new places. Even in his literary career, he was never satisfied with what he had achieved. Patriotic: His profound love for his country with its robust people and beautiful scenery and its lofty ideals; it also refers to his pride in the American traditions and A