What is the rhetorical device of pun?

Definition of pun:

In a certain language environment, using the condition of polysemy or homonymy of words, it is intended to make a sentence have double meanings, and this rhetorical device is called pun.

When using words to make a sentence, it seems to have one meaning, but it hides another meaning.

Examples of pun:

1. Meaning pun

Using the synonyms of words to intentionally make a sentence have double meanings is called meaning pun.

For example, in A Dream of Red Mansions, "See through those three spring seasons, how about peach blossoms and willow greens?" Beat out this youth and find that light sky. " "Sanchun" refers to late spring on the surface, including the situations of Yuan Chun, Ying Chun and Tan Chun.

2. Homophonic pun

Using homonyms of words to intentionally make a sentence have double meanings is called homophonic pun.

The word "sunny" in the example "Tao is sunny but sunny" is sunny on the surface and contains emotional "sentiment".

Common rhetorical methods include analogy, metaphor, parallelism, exaggeration, metonymy, duality, rhetorical question, rhetorical question, repetition, foil, allusion, translation and intertextuality.

The purpose of learning rhetorical knowledge is to serve language practice. Firstly, we can identify various rhetorical methods in language, and then understand their applicable effects; At the same time, we should be able to use these rhetorical methods to improve our ability to use language. Rhetoric methods are also called figures of speech. According to experts' research, there are as many as 7 Chinese figures of speech, and there are more than 1 common ones.

References: Baidu Encyclopedia Entry-Rhetoric