1、Simile 明喻

明喻是將具有共性的不同事物作對(duì)比.這種共性存在于人們的心里,而不是事物的自然屬性.

標(biāo)志詞常用 like, as, seem, as if, as though, similar to, such as等.

例如:

①He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

②I wandered lonely as a cloud.

③Einstein only had a blanket on, as if he had just walked out of a fairy tale.

2、Metaphor 隱喻,暗喻

隱喻是簡(jiǎn)縮了的明喻,是將某一事物的名稱用于另一事物,通過比較形成.

例如:

①Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

②Some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

3、Metonymy 借喻,轉(zhuǎn)喻

借喻不直接說出所要說的事物,而使用另一個(gè)與之相關(guān)的事物名稱.

I.以容器代替內(nèi)容,例如:

①The kettle boils. 水開了.

②The room sat silent. 全屋人安靜地坐著.

II.以資料.工具代替事物的名稱,例如:

Lend me your ears, please. 請(qǐng)聽我說.

III.以作者代替作品,例如:

a complete Shakespeare 莎士比亞全集

VI.以具體事物代替抽象概念,例如:

I had the muscle, and they made money out of it. 我有力氣,他們就用我的力氣賺錢.

4、Synecdoche 提喻

提喻用部分代替全體,或用全體代替部分,或特殊代替一般.

例如:

①There are about 100 hands working in his factory.(部分代整體)

他的廠里約有100名工人.

②He is the Newton of this century.(特殊代一般)

他是本世紀(jì)的牛頓.

③The fox goes very well with your cap.（整體代部分）

這狐皮圍脖與你的帽子很相配.

5、Synaesthesia 通感,聯(lián)覺,移覺

  這種修辭法是以視.聽.觸.嗅.味等感覺直接描寫事物.通感就是把不同感官的感覺溝通起來，借聯(lián)想引起感覺轉(zhuǎn)移，“以感覺寫感覺”。通感技巧的運(yùn)用，能突破語言的局限，豐富表情達(dá)意的審美情趣，起到增強(qiáng)文采的藝術(shù)效果。比如：欣賞建筑的重復(fù)與變化的樣式會(huì)聯(lián)想到音樂的重復(fù)與變化的節(jié)奏；聞到酸的東西會(huì)聯(lián)想到尖銳的物體；聽到飄渺輕柔的音樂會(huì)聯(lián)想到薄薄的半透明的紗子；又比如朱自清《荷塘月色》里的“ 微風(fēng)過處送來縷縷清香,仿佛遠(yuǎn)處高樓上渺茫的歌聲似的”。

  例如:

①The birds sat upon a tree and poured forth their lily like voice.（用視覺形容聽覺，鳥落在樹上，由它發(fā)出的聲音聯(lián)想到百合花）

鳥兒落在樹上,傾瀉出百合花似的聲音.

②Taste the music of Mozart.（用嗅覺形容聽覺）

品嘗Mozart的音樂.

6、Personification 擬人

擬人是把生命賦予無生命的事物.

例如:

①The night gently lays her hand at our fevered heads.（把夜擬人化）

②I was very happy and could hear the birds singing in the woods.（把鳥擬人化）

7、Hyperbole 夸張

夸張是以言過其實(shí)的說法表達(dá)強(qiáng)調(diào)的目的.它可以加強(qiáng)語勢(shì),增加表達(dá)效果..

例如:

①I beg a thousand pardons.

②Love you. You are the whole world to me, and the moon and the stars.

③When she heard the bad news, a river of tears poured out.

8、Parallelism 排比, 平行

這種修辭法是把兩個(gè)或兩個(gè)以上的結(jié)構(gòu)大體相同或相似,意思相關(guān),語氣一致的短語.句子排列成串,形成一個(gè)整體.

例如:

①No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly  happy  till all are happy.

②In the days when all these things are to be answered for, I summon you and yours, to the last of your bad race, to  answer for them. In the days when all these things are to be answered for, I summon your brother, the worst of your bad race, to answer for them separately.

9、Euphemism 委婉,婉辭法

婉辭法指用委婉,文雅的方法表達(dá)粗惡,避諱的話.

例如:

①He is out visiting the necessary.   他出去方便一下.

②His relation with his wife has not been fortunate. 他與妻子關(guān)系不融洽.

③Deng Xiaoping passed away in 1997. （去世）

10、Allegory 諷喻,比方（原意“寓言”）

建立在假借過去或別處的事例與對(duì)象之上，傳達(dá)暗示，影射或者譏諷現(xiàn)世各種現(xiàn)象的含義。

英文解釋：an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive   

resemblances; an extended metaphor 摘自英語專業(yè)《大學(xué)英語教程》一書

這是一種源于希臘文的修辭法,意為"換個(gè)方式的說法".它是一種形象的描述,具有雙重性,表層含義與真正意味的是兩回事.

例如:

①M(fèi)ake the hay while the sun shines.

表層含義：趁著出太陽的時(shí)候曬草

真正意味：趁熱打鐵

②It's time to turn plough into sword.

表層含義：是時(shí)候把犁變成劍
11、Irony 反語

反語指用相反意義的詞來表達(dá)意思的作文方式.如在指責(zé)過失.錯(cuò)誤時(shí),用贊同過失的說法,而在表揚(yáng)時(shí),則近乎責(zé)難的說法.

例如:

①It would be a fine thing indeed not knowing what time it was in the morning.

早上沒有時(shí)間觀念還真是一件好事啊（真實(shí)含義是應(yīng)該明確早上的時(shí)間觀念）

②"Of course, you only carry large notes, no small change on you. "the waiter said to the beggar.

12、Pun 雙關(guān)

雙關(guān)就是用一個(gè)詞在句子中的雙重含義,借題發(fā)揮.作出多種解釋,旁敲側(cè)擊,從而達(dá)到意想不到的幽默.滑稽效果.它主要以相似的詞形.詞意和諧音的方式出現(xiàn).

例如:

①She is too low for a high praise, too brown for a fair praise and too little for a great praise.

②An ambassador is an honest man who lies abroad for the good of his country.

③If we don't hang together, we shall hang separately.

13、Parody 仿擬

這是一種模仿名言.警句.諺語,改動(dòng)其中部分詞語,從而使其產(chǎn)生新意的修辭.

例如:

①Rome was not built in a day, nor in a year.

②A friend in need is a friend to be avoided.

③If you give a girl an inch nowadays she will make address of it.

14、Rhetorical question 修辭疑問（反問）

它與疑問句的不同在于它并不以得到答復(fù)為目的,而是以疑問為手段,取得修辭上的效果,其特點(diǎn)是:肯定問句表示強(qiáng)烈否定,而否定問句表示強(qiáng)烈的肯定.它的答案往往是不言而喻的.

例如:

①How was it possible to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worth of note?

②Shall we allow those untruths to go unanswered?

15、Antithesis 對(duì)照,對(duì)比,對(duì)偶

這種修辭指將意義完全相反的語句排在一起對(duì)比的一種修辭方法.

例如:

①Not that I loved Caeser less but that I loved Romemore.

②You are staying; I am going.

③Give me liberty, or give me death.

16、Paradox 雋語

這是一種貌似矛盾,但包含一定哲理的意味深長(zhǎng)的說法,是一種矛盾修辭法..

例如:

①M(fèi)ore haste, less speed.欲速則不達(dá)

②The child is the father to the man.（童年時(shí)代可決定人之未來）三歲看大，四歲看老。

17、Oxymoron 反意法,逆喻

這也是一種矛盾修辭法,用兩種不相調(diào)和的特征形容一個(gè)事物,以不協(xié)調(diào)的搭配使讀者領(lǐng)悟句中微妙的含義.

例如:

①No light, but rather darkness visible.沒有光亮，黑暗卻清晰可見

②The state of this house is cheerless welcome.

18、Climax 漸進(jìn)法,層進(jìn)法

這種修辭是將一系列詞語按照意念的大小.輕重.深淺.高低等逐層漸進(jìn),最后達(dá)到頂點(diǎn).可以增強(qiáng)語勢(shì),逐漸加深讀者印象.

例如:

①I am sorry, I am so sorry, I am so extremely sorry.

②Eye had not seen nor ear heard, and nothing had touched his heart of stone.

19、Anticlimax 漸降法

與climax相反的一種修辭法,將一系列詞語由大到小,由強(qiáng)到弱地排列.

例如:

①On his breast he wears his decorations, at his side a sword, on his feet a pair of boots.

②The duties of a soldier are to protect his country and peel potatoes.

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