What happened to English literary genius?

Of course, English is also literary. English, like Chinese, is rhetorical. Beautify the article through rhetoric. If you can use these figures of speech in English, it will definitely make your article more brilliant.

As follows:

1. Metaphor

Metaphor is metaphor. Can be divided into simile and metaphor:

Simile (simile):

Use like, as, like, as, as...as, as if (though) or other words to point out the similarities between two different things. For example:

Oh, my love is like a red rose. My love is like a red rose.

This man can't be trusted. He is very cunning. That man is not to be trusted. He is as cunning as an eel.

He jumped as if he had been stung. He jumped as if he had been stung.

Childhood is like a fleeting dream. Childhood is like a fleeting dream.

Metaphor (metaphor):

Use a word to refer to another thing with similar characteristics to what the word refers to. For example:

He has a heart of stone. He has a heart of stone.

The world is a stage. The world is a big stage.

2. Metonymy

Replacing the name of one thing with the name of another closely related thing, as long as one thing is mentioned, it will make people think of another thing. For example, replace the American government or president with the White House, replace wine or alcohol with bottles, replace the legal profession with bars, and replace the king with crowns. For example:

His pursuit does not allow him to be extravagant. His financial conditions do not allow him to enjoy that luxury.

Mother does her best to take care of the cradle. The mother does her best to take care of the children.

He succeeded to the throne in 1848. He succeeded to the throne in 1848.

3. Synonymy

Refers to the use of parts to represent the whole or the whole to represent parts, special to represent the general or special to represent the general. For example:

He makes a living by writing. He makes a living by writing.

During the harvest season, the farm is short of manpower. During the harvest season, the farm is short of labor.

Australia beat Canada in cricket. Australia beat Canada in cricket.

He is Newton of this century. He is Newton of this century.

Step 4 incarnate

It is called personification to regard things or concepts as people or characters with human qualities. For example:

My heart is singing. My heart is singing.

This time fate is smiling at him. This time fate smiled at him.

The flowers nodded to her as she passed by. The flowers nodded to her as she passed by.

The wind roared through the Woods. The wind blew through the Woods and the leaves rustled.

5. Euphemism

Use mild and indirect words instead of blunt and vulgar words, so as not to directly tell unpleasant facts to offend others or cause embarrassing and depressed situations. For example:

Used to sleep; Stop thinking; Pass away; Go to heaven; Leave us instead of dying.

Replace the elderly with the elderly.

Replace a stupid student with a slow learner or a poor student.

Replace fat people with dieters.

Replace a madhouse or mental hospital with a mental hospital.

Replace mad with emotional disorder.

Use toilets, men's/women's toilets instead of toilets.

Replace disability with disability

Use low-income grades; Poor class; Vulnerable groups, not the poor

6. Puns

Using homonyms or one word with two meanings to achieve humorous effect: on the surface, it means one thing, but in fact it means another thing, and this implied meaning is the real purpose of the sentence. For example:

A shell took away his legs, so he laid down his weapon. (Arms can refer to arms or weapons)

A shell broke his leg, so he surrendered.

"May I try on that dress in the window?" A potential customer asked.

"Of course not, madam!" The salesman replied. May I try on that robe in the window? Or: May I try on that robe in the window?

Seven days without water will make you weak. Seven days without water will make you weak. Or: seven days without water means a week without water.

7. Iron

Use words with opposite meanings, irony or irony, and use the meaning of words from the opposite angle to produce special effects. The following is a good example of irony in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. Brutu assassinated Caesar out of ambition, and Caesar's friend Anthony laughed at Brutus and said:

With the permission of brutus and others.

Brutus is a respectable person;

So are they, all respectable people—

I'm here to speak at Caesar's funeral.

He is my friend, loyal and fair to me;

But brutus said he was ambitious;

Brutus is a respectable man.

Anthony's repeated use of the word "respectable" is an ironic example.

8. oxymoron

Rhetorical method of using two contradictory words together. It uses the apparent contradiction of word meaning to unify the apparent disharmony in the deep ideological content, thus revealing the essential characteristics of the unity of opposites and achieving the purpose of deepening the impression. For example:

She read the long-awaited letter with a tearful smile. She read the long-awaited letter with a tearful smile.

The coach has to be kind to his coach. The coach had to be cruel to his trainees in order to be kind to them.

In his useful life, he often felt that he was nothing. He always feels that he is useless in a successful life.

Others are sweet pain; Thunderous silence; Luxury poverty; Heavy and light; Living dead; Impossible. Hope. Wait.

9. Yoke collocation

A method of applying words that are suitable for one thing to another. A word can modify or control two or more words in the same sentence, which can make the language lively and humorous. For example:

She opened her heart to the homeless boy. She opened the door and opened her heart to the homeless boy.

When I left home after breakfast, my heart and appearance were shaking. When I left home after breakfast, I was shaking all over.

I wish my horse had the speed of your tongue. I wish my horse could talk as fast as you.

10. Transfer modifier

Modifiers that should be used to modify one kind of nouns are used to modify another kind of nouns. For example:

There was a short, thoughtful silence. There was a short, thoughtful silence.

The old man put a comforting hand on my shoulder. The old man put a comforting hand on my shoulder.

He ended his busy life at the age of six. At the age of sixty, he ended his busy life.

This is the cheapest market in this country. This is the cheapest market in this country.

165438+ alliteration

Two or more words begin with the same rhyme or letter to form an alliteration. For example:

Proud as a peacock

Almost completely blind

safe and sound

Little Lily laughed long and loudly. Little Lily laughed loudly for a long time.

The windows shook violently in the wind. The windows shook violently in the wind.

The sun sets slowly. The sun sets slowly.

12. Gradual (climax)

According to the logical relationship of things, from small to large, from light to heavy, from shallow to deep, from low to high, from less to more, describe or discuss step by step. This neat structure can deepen and improve people's ideological understanding and enhance the appeal and persuasiveness of language. For example:

I'm coming; I saw it; I conquered it. I'm coming; I saw it; I conquered it.

Reading enriches people; An alert person; Write about a real man. Reading makes a full person; Talking makes people witty; Writing makes people precise.

Some books are to be tested, some books are to be swallowed, and some books are to be chewed and digested. Some books can be tasted, some can be swallowed, and some need to be digested and chewed.

Lincoln realized the value of ordinary people; He loves ordinary people; He fought for ordinary people; He died for ordinary people. Lincoln realized the value of ordinary people; He loves ordinary people; He fought for ordinary people; He devoted himself to civilians.