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1、A Handbook of Rhetorical DevicesA Handbook of Rhetorical DevicesRobert A. Harris Version Date: July 26, 2002 This book contains definitions and examples of more than sixty traditional rhetorical devices, all of which can still be useful today to improve the effectiveness, clarity, and enjoyment of y

2、our writing. Note: This book was written in 1980, with some changes since. The devices presented are not in alphabetical order. To go directly to the discussion of a particular device, click on the name below. AlliterationAntithesisClimaxEpizeuxisMetanoiaPolysyndetonAllusionApophasisConduplicatioEpo

3、nymMetaphorProcatalepsisAmplificationAporiaDiacopeExemplumMetonymyRhetorical QuestionAnacoluthonAposiopesisDirimens CopulatioExpletiveOnomatopoeiaScesis OnomatonAnadiplosisApostropheDistinctioHyperbatonOxymoronSententiaAnalogyAppositiveEnthymemeHyperboleParallelismSimileAnaphoraAssonanceEnumeratioHy

4、pophoraParataxisSymploceAntanagogeAsyndetonEpanalepsisHypotaxisParenthesisSynecdocheAntimetaboleCatachresisEpistropheLitotesPersonificationUnderstatementAntiphrasisChiasmusEpithetMetabasisPleonasmZeugma A Preface of QuotationsWhoever desires for his writings or himself, what none can reasonably cond

5、emn, the favor of mankind, must add grace to strength, and make his thoughts agreeable as well as useful. Many complain of neglect who never tried to attract regard. It cannot be expected that the patrons of science or virtue should be solicitous to discover excellencies which they who possess them

6、shade and disguise. Few have abilities so much needed by the rest of the world as to be caressed on their own terms; and he that will not condescend to recommend himself by external embellishments must submit to the fate of just sentiments meanly expressed, and be ridiculed and forgotten before he i

7、s understood. -Samuel Johnson Men must be taught as if you taught them not; And things unknown proposd as things forgot. -Alexander Pope Style in painting is the same as in writing, a power over materials, whether words or colors, by which conceptions or sentiments are conveyed. -Sir Joshua Reynolds

8、 Whereas, if after some preparatory grounds of speech by their certain forms got into memory, they were led to the praxis thereof in some chosen short book lessoned thoroughly to them, they might then forthwith proceed to learn the substance of good things, and arts in due order, which would bring t

9、he whole language quickly into their power. -John Milton IntroductionGood writing depends upon more than making a collection of statements worthy of belief, because writing is intended to be read by others, with minds different from your own. Your reader does not make the same mental connections you

10、 make; he does not see the world exactly as you see it; he is already flooded daily with thousands of statements demanding assent, yet which he knows or believes to be false, confused, or deceptive. If your writing is to get through to him-or even to be read and considered at all-it must be interest

11、ing, clear, persuasive, and memorable, so that he will pay attention to, understand, believe, and remember the ideas it communicates. To fulfill these requirements successfully, your work must have an appropriate and clear thesis, sufficient arguments and reasons supporting the thesis, a logical and

12、 progressive arrangement, and, importantly, an effective style. While style is probably best learned through wide reading, comprehensive analysis and thorough practice, much can be discovered about effective writing through the study of some of the common and traditional devices of style and arrange

13、ment. By learning, practicing, altering, and perfecting them, and by testing their effects and nuances for yourself, these devices will help you to express yourself better and also teach you to see the interrelatedness of form and meaning, and the psychology of syntax, metaphor, and diction both in

14、your own writing and in the works of others. The rhetorical devices presented here generally fall into three categories: those involving emphasis, association, clarification, and focus; those involving physical organization, transition, and disposition or arrangement; and those involving decoration

15、and variety. Sometimes a given device or trope will fall mainly into a single category, as for example an expletive is used mostly for emphasis; but more often the effects of a particular device are multiple, and a single one may operate in all three categories. Parallelism, for instance, helps to o

16、rder, clarify, emphasize, and beautify a thought. Occasionally a device has certain effects not readily identifiable or explainable, so I have not always been able to say why or when certain ones are good or should be used. My recommendation is to practice them all and develop that sense in yourself

17、 which will tell you when and how to use them. Lots of practice and experimentation are necessary before you will feel really comfortable with these devices, but too much practice in a single paper will most assuredly be disastrous. A journal or notebook is the best place to experiment; when a devic

18、e becomes second nature to you, and when it no longer appears false or affected-when indeed it becomes genuinely built in to your writing rather than added on-then it may make its formal appearance in a paper. Remember that rhetorical devices are aids to writing and not ends of writing; you have no

19、obligation to toss one into every paragraph. Further, if used carelessly or excessively or too frequently, almost any one of these devices will probably seem affected, dull, awkward, or mechanical. But with a little care and skill, developed by practice, anyone can master them, and their use will ad

20、d not just beauty and emphasis and effectiveness to your writing, but a kind of freedom of thought and expression you never imagined possible. Practice these; try them out. Do not worry if they sometimes ring false at first. Play with them-learn to manipulate and control your words and ideas-and eve

21、ntually you will master the art of aggressive instruction: keeping the reader focused with anaphora, emphasizing a point with an expletive, explaining to him with a metaphor or simile, organizing your work in his mind with metabasis, answering his queries with hypophora or procatalepsis, balancing p

22、ossibilities with antithesis. You will also have gone a long way toward fulfilling the four requirements mentioned at the beginning: the devices of decoration and variety will help make your reader pay attention, the devices of organization and clarification will help him understand your points, the

23、 devices of association and some like procatalepsis will help him believe you, and the devices of emphasis, association, beauty, and organization will help him remember. Rhetorical Devices1.Expletive(Added or inserted in order to fill out something, such as a sentence or a metrical line. 附加的或插入的,为了充

24、实诸如一个句子或诗句等东西 )is a single word or short phrase, usually interrupting normal syntax, used to lend emphasis to the words immediately proximate to the expletive. (We emphasize the words on each side of a pause or interruption in order to maintain continuity of the thought.) Compare: But the lake was n

25、ot drained before April. But the lake was not, in fact, drained before April. Expletives are most frequently placed near the beginning of a sentence, where important material has been placed: All truth is not, indeed, of equal importance; but if little violations are allowed, every violation will in

26、 time be thought little. -Samuel Johnson But sometimes they are placed at the very beginning of a sentence, thereby serving as signals that the whole sentence is especially important. In such cases the sentence should be kept as short as possible: In short, the cobbler had neglected his soul. Indeed

27、, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. -John 4:14 (NIV) Or the author may show that he does not intend to underemphasize an objection or argument he rejects: To be sure, no one desires to live in a foul and disgusting environment. But neither do we wa

28、nt to desert our cities. In a few instances, especially with short sentences, the expletive can be placed last: It was a hot day indeed. Harold won, of course. A common practice is setting off the expletive by commas, which increases the emphasis on the surrounding words, though in many cases the co

29、mmas are necessary for clarity as well and cannot be omitted. Note how the expletive itself is also emphasized: He without doubt can be trusted with a cookie. He, without doubt, can be trusted with a cookie. An expletive can emphasize a phrase: The Bradys, clearly a happy family, live in an old hous

30、e with squeaky floors. Transitional phrases, accostives, some adverbs, and other interrupters can be used for emphasizing portions of sentences, and therefore function as kinds of quasi-expletives in those circumstances. We find a few people, however, unwilling to come. Your last remark, he said, is

31、 impertinent. There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. -Samuel Johnson Some useful expletives include the following: in fact, of course, indeed, I think, without doubt, to be sure, naturally, it seems, after all, for all that, in brief, on the whole, in short, to tell the t

32、ruth, in any event, clearly, I suppose, I hope, at least, assuredly, certainly, remarkably, importantly, definitely. In formal writing, avoid these and similar expletives: you know, you see, huh, get this. And it goes without saying that you should avoid the unprintable ones. 2.Asyndeton (The omission of conjunctions from constructions in which they would normally be used, as in 连词的省略在构造句子成分中经常使用的连词的省略,如:Are all thy conquests

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