建立在假借過(guò)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(yǔ)專業(yè)《大學(xué)英語(yǔ)教程》一書(shū)
這是一種源于希臘文的修辭法,意為"換個(gè)方式的說(shuō)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:
1>.Make the hay while the sun shines.
表層含義:趁著出太陽(yáng)的時(shí)候曬草
真正意味:趁熱打鐵
2>.It's time to turn plough into sword.
表層含義:是時(shí)候把犁變成劍
11.Irony 反語(yǔ)
反語(yǔ)指用相反意義的詞來(lái)表達(dá)意思的作文方式。如在指責(zé)過(guò)失。錯(cuò)誤時(shí),用贊同過(guò)失的說(shuō)法,而在表?yè)P(yáng)時(shí),則近乎責(zé)難的說(shuō)法。
例如:
1>.It would be a fine thing indeed not knowing what time it was in the morning.
早上沒(méi)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?;Ч?。它主要以相似的詞形。詞意和諧音的方式出現(xiàn)。
例如:
1>.She is too low for a high praise, too brown for a fair praise and too little for a great praise.
2>.An ambassador is an honest man who lies abroad for the good of his country.
3>.If 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(yǔ),改動(dòng)其中部分詞語(yǔ),從而使其產(chǎn)生新意的修辭。
例如:
1>.Rome was not built in a day, nor in a year.
2>.A friend in need is a friend to be avoided.
3>.If you give a girl an inch nowadays she will make address of it.
14.Rhetorical question 修辭疑問(wèn)(反問(wèn))
它與疑問(wèn)句的不同在于它并不以得到答復(fù)為目的,而是以疑問(wèn)為手段,取得修辭上的效果,其特點(diǎn)是:肯定問(wèn)句表示強(qiáng)烈否定,而否定問(wèn)句表示強(qiáng)烈的肯定。它的答案往往是不言而喻的。
例如:
1>.How was it possible to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worth of note?
2>.Shall 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(yǔ)句排在一起對(duì)比的一種修辭方法。
例如:
1>.Not that I loved Caeser less but that I loved Romemore.
2>.You are staying; I am going.
3>.Give me liberty, or give me death.
16.Paradox 雋語(yǔ)
這是一種貌似矛盾,但包含一定哲理的意味深長(zhǎng)的說(shuō)法,是一種矛盾修辭法.
例如:
1>.More haste, less speed.欲速則不達(dá)
2>.The child is the father to the man.(童年時(shí)代可決定人之未來(lái))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:
1>.No light, but rather darkness visible.沒(méi)有光亮,黑暗卻清晰可見(jiàn)
2>.The 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(yǔ)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)??梢栽鰪?qiáng)語(yǔ)勢(shì),逐漸加深讀者印象。
例如:
1>.I am sorry, I am so sorry, I am so extremely sorry.
2>.Eye 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(yǔ)由大到小,由強(qiáng)到弱地排列。
例如:
1>.On his breast he wears his decorations, at his side a sword, on his feet a pair of boots.
2>.The duties of a soldier are to protect his country and peel potatoes.