英文押韵.ppt

The Use of Alliteration, Assonance and Consonance Made by Definition Alliteration头韵 The use of the same consonant (consonantal alliteration) or of a vowel, not necessarily the same vowel (vocalic alliteration), at the beginning of each word or each stressed syllable in a line of verse, as in around the rock the ragged rascal ran Definition Assonance 母韵，元音韵 The use of the same vowel sound with different consonants or the same consonant with different vowels in successive words or stressed syllables, as in a line of verse. Examples are time and light or mystery and mastery Definition Consonance 尾韵 The use of the same consonant or of a vowel, not necessarily the same vowel, at the end of each word or each stressed syllable in a line of verse Examples Spare the rod, spoil the child. US trade policy is often viewed as inconsistent, incoherent, and incomprehensible to the countries of the origin. One man’s disaster is another man’s delight. fair and square, near and dear The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain. healthy and wealthy / Fit or fat? / Rough and tough. When I lent, I was a friend; when I asked, I was unkind. There is probability rather than certainty Early ripe, early rotten. He is all fire and fight. 11. Where there is a will, there is a way. 12. He laughs best who laughs last. 13. He is lifeless that is faultless. 14. He that will not when he may, when he will he will have nay. 15. He that will thrive, must rise at five. 16. Waste not, want not. 17. Throughout the play we are made to witness the force of politics to shape and shatter lives. 18. You don’t have to be infected to be affected. 19. We believe that inspiration plus perspiration is a marvelous formula. 20. Science is “the observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of Natural phenomena.” Reminder As with any rhetorical techniques, alliteration doesnt make an argument more intelligent. Done well, however, it can