Simile is to compare different things with * * *. This * * * sex exists in people's hearts, not the natural attributes of things.
Signs are commonly used? Like, like, as if, through, similar to, such as.
He is 1? Like what? A cock? He thought the sun rose to hear him crow.
He is like a rooster, thinking that the sun rises because he wants to hear him crow.
Einstein was wearing only one blanket? Like? He just walked out of a fairy tale.
Einstein was only covered with a blanket, as if he had just come out of a fairy tale.
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Metaphor metaphor
Metaphor is a simplified simile, which is formed by comparing the names of one thing instead of another.
1 I hope so? Answer? Nice breakfast, but it is? A terrible dinner.
I hope this is a hearty breakfast, but this is a terrible dinner. Warn people not to hope that the impossible will happen.
Some books are to be sold? Have you tasted it? Other? Swallow, some minority? Chew and digest.
Some books can be tasted, some books can be swallowed, and a few books must be chewed and digested.
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metonymy
Metonymy does not directly say what you want to say, but uses another name related to it.
1 Replace content with container.
Kettle? It's boiling ?
The water is boiling.
Replace the names of things with data and tools.
Lend me yours? Please prick up your ears.
Please listen to me.
Replace the work with the author.
A complete one? Shakespeare?
Complete works of Shakespeare
Replace abstract concepts with concrete things.
I have? Muscle, they make money from it.
I have strength, so they use my strength to make money.
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Synecdoche synecdoche
Synonyms substitute parts for whole, whole for parts, or special for general.
1 partially generate the whole
About 100? Hands? Working in his factory.
His factory has about 100 workers.
The special generation is the general generation.
Is he? Newton? This century's
He is Newton of this century.
3 whole generation part
Fox? It goes well with your hat. ?
This fox fur scarf goes well with your hat.
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Synesthesia
This rhetorical method directly describes things with senses such as vision, hearing, touch, smell and taste. Synaesthesia is to communicate the feelings of different senses, cause the transfer of feelings through association, and "write feelings with feelings"
1 use vision to describe hearing
The bird sat in the tree and poured out his heart. Lily's favorite voice.
The bird landed on the tree and poured out a lily-like sound.
Describe hearing with sense of smell
Smell? Mozart's music.
Taste Mozart's music.
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personification
Personification is something that gives life to inanimate objects.
1 night? Gently? Lay a foundation? Her hand was on our feverish head.
Gentle night, such as hand stroking, our heads are burning.
I'm happy, can you hear me? Birds are singing? In the woods.
I'm glad to hear birds singing in the Woods.
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exaggerate
Exaggeration is to exaggerate for the purpose of expressing emphasis. It can strengthen the language situation and increase the expression effect.
1 I beg for a? A thousand? Forgive me.
I prayed for forgiveness countless times.
I love you. Are you? The whole world? For me, then what? The moon and the stars.
I love you. You are like the whole world to me, just like the stars and the moon in the night sky.
When she heard the bad news? A river? Tears welled up.
Tears welled up in her eyes when she heard the bad news.
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parallelism
This rhetorical method is to arrange two or more phrases and sentences with roughly the same or similar structures, related meanings and consistent tones into a string to form a whole.
1 No one can? Complete freedom until everyone is free; ? Nobody can? Complete morality, until all people are moral; ? Nobody can? So happy that everyone is happy.
All people can be completely free only after they are free; All people can be completely moral only after morality; Everyone is happy in order to be completely happy.
On the day when all these things will be rewarded, I call? You and yours, until the end of your bad race, are responsible for them. ? On the day when all these things have to be accounted for, I call? Your brother, the worst of your bad races, is responsible for them respectively.
When the day comes when all this will be repaid, I will ask you and your family to repay it until the last person in your evil family. When the day comes when all this will be repaid, I will make your brother, the worst coward among you, pay for it alone.
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Euphemism, euphemistic refusal?
Polite refusal refers to expressing rude and taboo words in a tactful and elegant way. ?
1 Is he out? Necessary visits. ?
He went out to pee.
How is his relationship with his wife? Bad luck. ?
He has a bad relationship with his wife. ?
3 Deng Xiaoping? Passed away? At 1997. ?
Deng Xiaoping died on 1997. ?
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Like fables. Fables?
Based on examples and objects in the past or elsewhere, it conveys the meaning of implying, insinuating or mocking various phenomena in this world.
1 seize the opportunity.
Surface meaning: dry the grass when the sun comes out.
True meaning: strike while the iron is hot.
It' s time to turn a plow into a sword.
It's time to turn the plow into a sword.
What it really means is that there will be a war.
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Irony
Irony refers to the writing style in which words with opposite meanings are used to express meaning. For example, when accusing faults and mistakes, we use the expression of agreeing with faults, while when praising, it is close to blaming.
1 That would be one? How are you? Really? No idea? What time is it in the morning?
On the surface: it is really a good thing that there is no concept of time in the morning.
Real meaning: We should define the concept of time in the morning.
"Of course, you only carry it? Large bills, you have no change. " The waiter said to it? Beggar.
The waiter said to the beggar, "Of course, you only have big bills on you, and you won't have any change."
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pun
Pun is to use the double meaning of a word in a sentence to make use of the topic. A variety of explanations, beat about the bush, to achieve unexpected humorous effect. Mainly in the case of similar forms, similar meanings and similar homophones.
So is she? Low? For a? Tall? Praise, too Brown? For a? Is it fair? Praise and too? Small? For a? Great? Great.
Her praise for height is too humble, and her praise for justice is too indifferent; There is too little praise for generosity. ?
Who is the ambassador? Is it honest? Which man? Lies Go abroad for the benefit of the country.
The ambassador is an honest man. He was sent abroad to lie for the benefit of the country.
What if we don't? Hang up? We should be together? Hang up? Separate.
Hang yourself if you don't unite.
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Parody
This is a rhetorical device that imitates famous sayings, aphorisms and proverbs, and changes some words to make them new.
Rome was not built in a day, nor was it built in a year.
Rome was not built in a day, nor was it built in a year.
A friend in need is? A friend that should be avoided.
A friend in trouble is a friend that should be avoided.
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Rhetorical question
It uses questions as a means to achieve rhetorical effect, and its characteristics are: affirmative questions indicate strong negation, and negative questions indicate strong affirmation. Its answer is often self-evident.
How is that possible? Walking in the forest for an hour without seeing anything of value?
How can you walk in the forest for an hour without seeing anything worth noting?
Can we? Allow those lies not to be answered?
Should we let the rumors continue to spread?
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Contradiction, contrast, duality
This rhetoric refers to a rhetorical method of juxtaposing sentences with completely opposite meanings.
1 Not that I love Caesar? Less? But I love Rome? More.
It is not that I don't love Caesar enough, but that I love Rome more.
And you are? Stay; Am I? Go ahead.
You stay. I'm leaving.
3 Give it to me? Freedom, or for me? Death.
Set me free or let me die.
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Paradox fable
This is a seemingly contradictory statement, but it contains a certain philosophical meaning and is a contradictory rhetoric.
1 more? In a hurry? Less? Speed.
Take your time.
That kid? Is it? Where's father? To that man.
Three years old looks big and four years old looks old.
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The antonym of oxymoron
This is also a contradiction modification method, which describes a thing with two uncoordinated features and makes readers understand the subtle meaning of the sentence with uncoordinated collocation.
1 no light,? But? Darkness is visible.
Without light, we can see the darkness.
What's the condition of this house? A cold welcome.
The house greeted its guests listlessly.
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Progressive climax method
This rhetoric is to make a series of words step by step according to the size, weight, depth and height of thoughts, and finally reach the peak. It can enhance the language potential and gradually deepen the impression of readers.
1 who am I? sorry Am I? I'm sorry. Am I? I'm terribly sorry.
I'm sorry, I'm very sorry, I'm very sorry.
Two eyes? Haven't seen it or not? Ears? Yes, nothing touched him. Heart? Stone.
Eyes can't see, ears can't hear, nothing can touch his heart of stone.
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Anticlimactic descent method
A figure of speech (gradual method, progressive method) opposite to climax, in which a series of words are arranged from big to small and from strong to weak.
1 on the chest? He's wearing his decorations? By his side? A sword? Standing? A pair of boots.
He wears a medal on his chest, a sword on his waist and a pair of boots on his feet.
What are the duties of soldiers? Protect the country and defend the country, peel potatoes.
The duty of a soldier is to defend the country and peel potatoes.
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alliteration
Refers to the unique rhythm formed by the same pronunciation of the first letters of words, that is, two or more words with the same initials appear in a group of words, a sentence or a line of poetry.
That? The breeze blows,
White? There are few bubbles;
That? Plough follows freedom,
We are. First?
Have you ever had one? Burst? Sink into the silent sea.
The wind blew and the water splashed.
The ship broke through the waves,
Into the silent ocean,
We are the first group.
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Analogy analogy
Comparing the similarities between two essentially different things is to help explain facts or describe complex situations through the comprehensive use of metaphors.
1 praise a child appropriately? What is it? The sun is for flowers. ?
Proper praise is to children what sunshine is to flowers.
Write a collection of poems? Like ... Drop a rose petal in the Grand Canyon and wait for an answer.
Writing a book about poetry is like throwing a rose petal into the grand canyon and waiting for its reply.