麻布英语修辞法 figures of speech

2021年1月21日发(作者：chang)
英语修辞作业

I. Transference of Terms of Rhetorical Devices.
1. Transference of Terms of Rhetorical Devices from English to Chinese
Simile------
明喻
Allusion------
引喻

Personification------
拟人
Parallelism------
平行

Synaesthesia------
通感
Oxymoron------
矛盾修饰法

Synecdoche------
提喻
Anticlimax------
突降

Euphemism------
委婉语
Alliteration------
头韵

Metaphor------
隐喻
Antithesis------
对照

Transferred Epithet------
移就
Paradox------
隽语

Metonymy------
转喻
climax------
层递

Understatement------
低调陈述
Repetition------
重复


2. Transference of Terms of Rhetorical Devices from Chinese to English
隐喻
------ Metaphor
对照
------ Antithesis
移就
------Transferred Epithet
隽语
------ Paradox
转喻
------ Metonymy
层递
------ Climax
低调陈述
------ Understatement
重复
------ Repetition
夸张
------ Hyperbole
元韵
------ Assonance
明喻
------ Simile
引喻
------ Allusion
拟人
------ Personification
平行
------ Parallelism
通感
------ Synaesthesia
矛盾修饰
----Oxymoron
提喻
------ Synecdoche
突降
------Anticlimax

II. Identify the rhetorical devices according to the given definitions.

1. I
t’s
repetition of an initial sound, usually of a consonant or cluster, in two or more words of a
phrase, line of poetry, etc.
A. Parallelism

B. Metonymy

C. Alliteration D.
Metaphor
2. It
’
s a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or
phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another.
A. Metaphor B. Hyperbole C. Simile D.
Personification
3. It
’
s the humorous use of words, or of words which are formed or sounded alike
but
have
different
meanings,
in
such
a
way
as
to
play
on
two
or
more
of
the
possible
applications; a play on words.
Hyperbole------
夸张
Assonance------
元韵

委婉语
------ Euphemism
头韵
------ Alliteration
A. Allusion B. Pun






C. Climax D. Oxymoron
4. It
’
s a figure of speech that consists in using the name of one thing for that
of something else with which it is associated.
A. Parallelism B. Metonymy C. Alliteration D.
Metaphor
5. It
’
s a statement that is not strong enough to express facts or feelings with
full force; or It
’
s a statement that expresses an idea, etc, too weakly.
A. Parallelism B. Climax





C. Rhetorical Question D.
Understatement
6. It
’
s a figure of speech in which something of an unpleasant, distressing, or
indelicate
nature
is
described
in
less
offensive
terms,
as
in
the
expressions
“
under
the weather
”
for
“
ill
”
or
“
passed away
”
for died
”
.
A.
Metaphor B.
Hyperbole C.
Euphemism D.
Parallelism
7. It
’
s usually an implicit reference, perhaps to another work of literature or
art, to a person or an event.
A. Allusion B. Simile






C. Metaphor D.
Synecdoche
8.
It
’
s
a
figure
of
speech
that consists
of
phrases
or
sentences of
similar
construction and meaning placed side by side, balancing each other.
A. Parallelism B. Antithesis C. Irony
D.
Repetition
9.
It
’
s
a
figure
of
speech
that
combines
incongruous
and
apparently
contradictory
words and meaning for a special effect.
A. Allusion B. Pun







C. Climax D. Oxymoron
10.
It
is
a
sentence
in
which
the
last
part
expresses
something
lower
than
the
first.
In fact, a bathetic declension from a noble tone to one less exalted. The effect
can be comic and is often intended to be so.
A. Repetition B. Anticlimax




C. Paradox D. Climax
11. It
’
s 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 an explicit comparison.
A.
Metaphor





B.
Hyperbole








C.
Simile













D.
Personification
12. It
’
s a figure of speech in which human qualities and abilities are
attributed
to inanimate objects, animals, abstractions, and events
A.
Metaphor





B.
Hyperbole











C.
Simile













D.
Personification
13. It
’
s a figure of speech in which a sensation produced in one

modality when a
stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound
induces the visualization of a certain color