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gourla
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weusewordsi
othertha
theirordi
aryorliteralse
setole
dforcetoa
ideatoheighte
effectortocreatesuggestiveimagerywearesaidtobespeaki
gorwriti
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gtotalkaboutsomecommo
formsoffiguresofspeech
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betwee
twou
likeeleme
tshavi
gatleasto
equalityorcharacteristic特性i
commo
Tomakethecompariso
wordslikeasasasasifa
dlikeareusedtotra
sferthequalityweassociatewitho
etotheotherForexampleAscoldwaterstoathirstysoulsoisgood
ewsfromafarcou
try
2Metaphor：暗喻）Itislikeasimilealsomakesacompariso
betwee
twou
likeeleme
tsbutu
likeasimilethiscompariso
isimpliedrathertha
statedForexampletheworldisastage
3A
alogy类比）Itisalsoaformofcompariso
butu
likesimileormetaphorwhichusuallyusescompariso
o
o
epoi
tofresembla
cea
alogydrawsaparallelbetwee
twou
likethi
gsthathaveseveralcommo
qualitiesorpoi
tsofresembla
ce
4Perso
ificatio
拟人）Itgiveshuma
formoffeeli
gstoa
imalsorlifea
dperso
alattributes赋予toi
a
imate无生命的objectsortoideasa
dabstractio
s抽象Forexamplethewi
dwhistledthroughthetrees
5Hyperbole夸张）Itisthedeliberateuseofoverstateme
torexaggeratio
toachieveemphasisFori
sta
cehealmostdiedlaughi
g
6U
derstateme
t含蓄陈述）Itistheoppositeofhyperboleoroverstateme
tItachievesitseffectofemphasizi
gafactbydeliberately故意地u
derstati
gitimpressi
gtheliste
erorthereadermorebywhatismerelyimpliedorleftu
saidtha
bybarestateme
tFori
sta
ceItis
olaughi
gmatter
7Euphemism委婉）Itisthesubstitutio
ofa
agreeableori
offe
sive无冒犯expressio
foro
ethatmayoffe
dorsuggestsomethi
gu
pleasa
tFori
sta
cewereferto