英语修辞.docx

1、英语修辞头韵（Alliteration） 头韵是两个或两个以上的词的首字母发音相同而产生的音韵。在广告中使用头韵看起来醒目，读起来悦耳。另外，某些音位的组合所具有的特定联想意义，能体现语言与事物的有机联系和内在和谐。例如： Export fair set for foreign-funded firms（博览会广告） 这是一则外资企业出口产品博览会的广告，七个词中有五个（fair，for，foreign，funded，firms）互押头韵。听起来好像是博览会在文质彬彬地迎接众多外资企业。 Bathing Beauty Discovered in Interior Decorators Bath

2、room（瓷砖广告） 这则广告中有两组头韵词“Bathing，Beauty，Bathroom”和“Discovered，Decorators”，让消费者将装修与美丽联系起来，暗示了产品的神奇效果。 One mans disaster is another mans delight（削价售货广告） One mans meat is another mans poison. 一个人的佳肴常为另一人的毒药。Peter Piper picked a peck of picking pepper.（alliteration） 皮特.派特咽下了一口腌菜用的胡椒粉。twist and turn 迂回曲折mi

3、ght and main 尽全力part and parcel 重要部分safe and sound 安然无恙spick and span 崭新的，极干净的time and tide 岁月，时光go to rack and ruin 陷于毁灭slow and sure 慢而稳，稳妥hale and hearty 老当益壮chop and change 变幻莫测（尤指观点,计划等）fair and foul 在任何情况下weal and woe 福祸sum and substance 主要情况，要点（尤指讲话的主要部分） forgive and forget 不念旧恶wax and wane （

4、月的）盈亏圆缺；盛衰forfameandfortune 为了名利forthefantasyoffame 有名无实dineandwine 大吃大喝远来的和尚会念经Farfowlshavefairfeathers. (远处的鸟羽毛更美丽。)面善心恶Afairfacehidesafoulheart. 上海迅速发展成为一个充满生机和希望的城市。Shanghaihasbeendevelopingrapidlyintoacityfullofvigorandvitalityandshowingagreatpromise.We should serve the people heart and soul. T

5、he missing child came back safe and sound. They quarreled last night and this morning she left, bag and baggage. After the fight, he was black and blue all over. 尾韵end rhyme尾韵是两个或两个以上的词的尾元音及其后的辅音相同而产生的音韵。Emergency Medical Insurance and Assistance（保险广告） “Insurance”与“Assistance”押尾韵，让投保者联想到“保险”与“帮助”的必然

6、联系。 Most Spacious and Luxurious（汽车广告） “Spacious”与“Luxurious”押尾韵，增加了广告的音乐性，使消费者对空间大、豪华舒服的汽车羡慕不已。 押在诗行最后一个重读音节上，叫尾韵。这是英文诗歌最常见的押韵部位。Spring, the sweet spring, is the years pleasant king; Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring,Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village t

7、hough;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.He gives his harness bells a shakeTo ask if there is some mistake.The only other sounds the s

8、weepOf easy wind and downy flakeThe woods are lovely, dark and deep.But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.我想我认识树林的主人他家住在林边的农村；他不会看见我暂停此地，欣赏他披上雪装的树林。我的小马准抱着个疑团：干嘛停在这儿，不见人烟，在一年中最黑的晚上，停在树林和冰湖之间。它摇了摇颈上的铃铎，想问问主人有没有弄错。除此之外唯一的声音是风飘绒雪轻轻拂过。树林真可爱，既深又黑，但我有许多诺

9、言不能违背，还要赶多少路才能安睡，还要赶多少路才能安睡。雪夜林边驻足是美国著名诗人弗罗斯特的代表作, 也被认为是最美的抒情诗之一。这是该诗的最后一节。作者在该节诗中运用了尾韵的修辞方法(deep, keep, sleep),声情并茂地描述了雪夜林边,诗人留恋着幽深美丽的森林,但 又不得不继续赶路的矛盾心情。尾韵长元音的运用不仅仅构成了和谐、押韵的听觉美,同 时更富有语音联想,象征着“路漫漫、夜茫茫”,其声音效果为全诗主题服务。加上最后两句重复 修辞方法的巧妙运用使该诗的内在思想与外在语言的表达形式上产生了美的共鸣,进一步地强调了诗人“任重道远,永往直前”的决心,因而,提升了语言表达效果。Fir

10、e and Ice by Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice. From what Ive tasted of desire，I hold with those who favor fire.But if it had to perish twice,I think I know enough of hateTo know that for destruction ice Is also great and would suffice.火与冰罗伯特弗洛斯特有人说世界将结束于熊熊烈焰，有人则说结束于凛凛

11、寒冰。 欲望如火，体会其烈，则知世之归于火为我所愿。但若其必两度遭逢毁灭， 我知恨之极至， 必然明了，毁灭之冰，同样魁伟， 同样顺人心意。所谓pun，通常是指利用一个单词的两个含义，或者利用两个特定的单词，达到“一语双关”的目的。They pray for you today and prey on you tomorrow.pray(祈祷)和prey(捕食)，发音相同，外形相似，因此这句话的意思是：他们今天为你祈祷，明天就会加害于你。He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends.他违章超

12、速驾驶，结果将昂贵的名车撞到树上，他终于看到他的奔驰车(Mercedes)是怎样撞弯(bends)的。这句话的幽默之处是将Mercedes Benz(奔驰车)中的Benz，故意改写成bends。 Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.A bicycle cant stand on its own because it is two-tyred. One day an English grammar teacher was looking ill.A student asked, Whats the matter?Tense, a

13、nswered the teacher, describing how he felt.The student paused, then continued, What was the matter? What has been the matter? What might have been the matter. ?Teacher: Rumiko, be careful your purse is open. Someone might take your money!Rumiko: Oh, no. I left it open so I can get more money.Teache

14、r: How can you get more money?Rumiko: The weather report said we would have some change in our weather!Boyfriend: What is your favorite music group?Girlfriend: I love U2!Boyfriend: I love you too, but what is your favorite music group?英语修辞格修辞格(figures of speech)大体分为三类：音韵修辞格(phonological rhetorical d

15、evices )；词义修辞格(semantic rhetorical devices)和句法修辞格(syntactical rhetorical devices)（一）音韵修辞格(phonological rhetorical devices)Alliteration就是在一个词组或一个诗行中，有两个以上彼此靠近的词，其开头的音节（或其他重读音节）具有同样的字母或声音.Peter Piper picked a peck of picking pepper.（alliteration） 皮特.派特咽下了一口腌菜用的胡椒粉。Assonance是在一句话或在一个诗行中间，有两个或更多的词具有相同的元音。With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. 怀着这个信念，我们能把绝望的大山凿成希望的磐石。