英语修辞学例子

1

This elephant is like a snake as anybody can see.

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2

He looked as if he had just stepped out of my book of fairytales and had passed

me like a spirit. (simile)

3

It

has

long

leaves

that

sway

in

the

wind

like

slim

fingers

reaching

to

touch

something. (simile)

4

He jumped back as if he had been stung, and the blood rushed sintoshis wrinkled

face. (simile)

5

The cheque fluttered to the floor like a bird with a broken wing. (simile)

6

German

guns

and

German

planes

rained

down

bombs,

shells

and

bullets.

(metaphor)

7

Nothing. No tracks but my own are stitched into the dusting of fresh snow, white

as birch bark that fell during the night. No flittering shadows in the trees, not a

sliver of bird song in the air. (metaphor)

8

Strawberries flooded the market and prices dropped down. (metaphor)

9

I suddenly came upon a wall of feeding elephants.(metaphor)

10

The diamond department was the heart and center of the store. (metaphor)

11

She may have tens of thousand of babies in one summer. (personification)

12

... four evergreen shrubs stood at each corner, swheres they struggled to survive

the dust and fumes from a busy main road. (personification)

13

But the houses were cold, closed, unfriendly. (personification)

14

My

only

worry

was

that

January

would

find

me

hunting

for

a

job

again.

(personification)

15

My blood froze. (hyperbole)

16

When I told our father about this, his heart burst. (hyperbole)

17

My heart almost stopped beating when I heard my daughter’s voice on the phone.

(hyperbole)

18

Vingo

sat

stunned,

looking

at

the

oak

tree.

It

was

covered

with

yellow

handkerchiefs

—

20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds. (hyperbole)

19

She

gave

me

the

impression

of

shavings

more

teeth,

white

and

large

and

even,

than were necessary for any practical purpose. (hyperbole)

20

We are none of us getting any younger. (understatement)

21

Last week I saw a woman flayed, and you will hardly believe how much it altered

her person for the worse. (understatement)

22

…there

was

a

loud

cry

from

a

number

of

voices,

and

the

horses

reared

and

plunged.

But

for the latter inconvenience, the

carriage probably would not

have

stopped; carriages were often known to drive on, and leave their wounded behind,

and why not? (understatement)

23

Those

of

us

are

quitting

are

the

impatient

ones

who

lack

the

imagination

to

believe that the bright dream will glow again. (understatement)

24

No

one

was

more

willing

to

do

a

favor

for

friend

neighbor

than

he.

(understatement)

25

The Great Wall was made not only of stones and earth, but of the flesh and blood

of millions of men. (synecdoche)

26

He says that it was the most beautiful tongue in the world. (synecdoche)