《英语修辞学》课件汇总 Lectures 5-18 Aesthetic Rhetoric.ppt

3)adv.+adj.(1)dullybright(2)mercifullyfatal(3)quietlyactivee.g.Thekidsarequietlyactive.4)Verb+adv.(1)hastenslowly(2)shinedarkly5)noun+noun(1)alove-haterelationshipExercisesThefollowingstatementscontainexamplesofepigram(警句),paradox,oxymoron.Identifythem.Exercises1)Inyourvoice,therewassweetsadnessandsorrow.2)Afoolisafinecounsellorforawiseman.3)Experienceisthenameeveryonegivestohismistakes.Exercises4)Ostrongandlong-liveddeath,howcamestthouin?(byDonne)5)Itisnousedoingwhatyoulike;youhavegottolikewhatyoudo.(byChurchill)Exercises6)Oneman’sterroristisanotherman’sfreedomfighter.7)Heplayedinacrudelyskilfulsortofway.8)Themorewomenlookintheirglass,thelessthelooktotheirhouse.(proverb)Answers1)oxymoron2)paradox/epigram3)epigram4)oxymoronAnswers6)epigram7)paradox/epigram(警句)8)oxymoronEnglishRhetoricFiguresofOppositionFiguresofOpposition18.Antithesis对偶,反对,对照Antithesis反对，对照Antithesis：fromGreek,meaning‘opposite’.Definition:Antithesisisthedeliberatearrangementofcontrastingwordsorideasinbalancedstructuralformstoachieveforceandemphasis.Antithesis反对，对照1)Morehaste,lessspeed.2)AnymanorstatewhofightsonagainstNazidomwillhaveouraid.AnymanorstatewhomarcheswithHitlerisourfoe.Examples3)Artislong,lifeisshort.学无涯，而生有涯。4)NotthatIloveCaesarless,butthatIloveRomemore.不是因为我不爱凯撒，而是因为我更爱罗马。Examples5)Pennywise,poundfoolish.小事精明，大事糊涂。6)Speechsilver,silencegolden.言语是银，沉默是金。Examples7)Itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheageoffoolishness;itwastheepochofbelief,itwastheepochofdoubtfulness;Continueditwastheseasonoflight,itwastheseasonofdarkness;itwasthespringofHope,itwasthewinterofDespair.---CharlesDickens: