Functions and expressive effects of various rhetorical devices

The functions and expressive effects of various rhetorical devices are as follows:

1, metaphor.

Definition: a rhetorical method of explaining another abstract, abstruse and unfamiliar thing or situation with a specific, simple and familiar thing or situation. Metaphor can be divided into three forms: metaphor, metaphor and metonymy.

Example: the sun is like a big fireball; The thick green scenery is simply a green landscape painting; Rain is the most common. It lasts for three or two days at a time. Don't be upset. Look, it is like cow hair, like a needle, like a filament, densely woven into a diagonal. Zhu Ziqing's Spring.

Function: According to the content and language expression of sentences, analyze writing techniques, scenes (scenery features) and emotions, comment on vivid words, and point out their wonderful and ingenious points. Use "vivid" and "outstanding" evaluation language.

2. personification.

Definition: treat things as people and give them the same feelings and actions.

Example: peach trees, apricot trees and pear trees, I won't let you if you don't let me. They are all in full bloom. Zhu Ziqing's Spring. The east wind is coming, and the pace of spring is coming soon.

Function: Using personification rhetoric to write a composition can make abstract things concrete, make rigid things active and help to better express thoughts and feelings. Enhance the friendly and natural expression effect.

3. exaggeration.

Definition: a rhetorical method to describe the image, characteristics, function and degree of things in an enlarged or reduced way.

Example: It's flying down to thousands of feet, and it's suspected that the Milky Way will set for nine days.

Function: Use exaggerated rhetoric to embody ontological characteristics, or strengthen the author's feelings, emphasize tone, set off the atmosphere, and arouse readers' association.

4. Parallelism.

Definition: Use three (or more) sentences or phrases with the same content, structure and tone.

Example: The water in Lijiang River is so quiet that you can't feel it flowing. The water in Lijiang River is very clear, and you can see the sand and stones at the bottom of the river. The water in Lijiang River is so green, as if it were a flawless jade.

Function: Use parallelism rhetoric to emphasize features and enhance language momentum. Expressed the author's feelings and expressed them more powerfully.

5. repeat it.

Definition: Reuse certain words or sentences according to the needs of expression.

Example: silence, silence! If you don't break out in silence, you will perish in silence. I left quietly, just as I came gently; I waved my hand gently and bid farewell to the clouds in the western sky.

Function: use repeated rhetoric to highlight thoughts and render feelings; Enrich music and strengthen the sense of rhythm.

Step 6 ask questions.

Definition: Use interrogative sentences to express clear meaning, so as to strengthen the tone. So, there is no need to answer.

Example: shouldn't we reflect on such mistakes? Isn't it normal for a movie like Wolf Warriors to break 4 billion at the box office?

Function: Use rhetorical devices to strengthen tone and express established ideas more clearly and strongly.

Step 7 ask questions.

Definition: Asking questions means asking yourself and answering yourself, asking questions first, and then expressing your opinions.

Example: Who are these seven people serving? It was none other than Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, Liu Tang and San Ruan.

Function: use rhetorical devices to ask questions and attract attention; Inspire thinking and deepen understanding.

8. Duality.

Definition: Two phrases or sentences with the same or almost the same structure, the same number of words and closely related meanings are arranged in pairs.

For example: if you live in a closet, you know the world events; Stay indoors and enjoy the scenery everywhere. The reeds on the wall are top-heavy and shallow; Bamboo shoots in the mountains have a thick mouth and an empty stomach.

Function: use dual rhetoric, with neat form and symmetrical structure; The rhythm is distinct and the rhyme is harmonious; Concise and comprehensive, expressive.

9. quote.

Definition: Use famous sayings and proverbs. Increase literary talent, enhance expressiveness and persuasiveness, and enrich connotation.

Function: the language is concise and clear; Vivid image and enhanced expressive force; Strengthen authenticity; Prove it. ?

10, metonymy.

Definition: Borrow relevant things instead of what needs to be expressed.

Function: Make the language changeable, colorful and concrete, and arouse readers' association.

1 1, intertextuality.

Definition: Intertextuality, also called intertextuality, is a rhetoric method commonly used in ancient poetry. The ancient Chinese interpretation of it is: "See each other with words, see words with words." Specifically, the upper and lower sentences or two parts of a sentence seem to say two things, but in fact they echo, explain and complement each other and say the same thing. A rhetorical method to express the meaning of a complete sentence by interweaving, infiltrating and supplementing the contextual meaning.

Example: smoke cage, cold water, moon cage sand. Du Mu's Bo Qinhuai. We should understand it this way: smoke covers cold water and sand; Moonlight is covered with sand and cold water. If you translate this sentence into: "Smoke blocks the cold water and moonlight blocks the sand", it will be all wet and meaningless.

12, pun intended.

Definition: in a certain language environment, using the condition of polysemy or homonymy, the sentence is intentionally made to have double meanings, and the words here have different meanings. This rhetorical device is called pun. Puns can make language express implicit humor, deepen meaning and impress people.

Example:? "A Dream of Red Mansions" said, "He who sees through the three spring seasons, how about keeping powder and green? Beat this youth out and find that bright sky. " On the surface, "three spring" refers to late spring, including Yuan Chun, Yingchun and Tan Chun.