CONTENTS 3
Ⅰ．Simile 明喻 3
Ⅱ．Metaphor 暗喻 10
Ⅲ．Analogy 类比 18
Ⅳ．Personification 拟人 20
Exercises on Ⅰ—Ⅳ 25
Ⅴ．Hyperbole 夸张 30
Ⅵ．Understatement 含蓄陈述 38
Ⅶ．Euphemism 委婉 40
Exercises on Ⅴ—Ⅶ 46
Ⅷ．Metonymy 转喻 50
Ⅸ．Synecdoche 提喻 53
Ⅹ．Antonomasia 换称 56
Exercises on Ⅷ—Ⅹ 57
Ⅺ．Pun 双关语 59
Ⅻ．Syllepsis 一语双叙 62
ⅩⅢ．Zeugma 轭式搭配 63
Exercises on Ⅺ—ⅩⅢ 65
ⅪⅤ．Irony 反语 67
ⅩⅤ．Innuendo 暗讽 71
ⅩⅥ．Sarcasm 讥讽 71
Exercises on ⅩⅣ—ⅩⅥ 74
ⅩⅦ．Paradox 似非而是的隽语 76
ⅩⅧ．Oxymoron 矛盾修饰 78
ⅩⅨ．Antithesis 对照 81
ⅩⅩ．Epigram 警句 81
Exercises on ⅩⅦ—ⅩⅩ 82
ⅩⅪ．Climax 渐进 83
ⅩⅫ．Anti-climax or Bathos 突降 85
Exercises on ⅩⅪ and ⅩⅫ 87
ⅩⅩⅢ．Apostrophe顿呼语 89
ⅩⅩⅣ．Transferred Epithet转类形容词 89
Exercise on ⅩⅩⅣ 90
ⅩⅩⅤ．Alliteration头韵 90
ⅩⅩⅥ．Onomatopoeia拟声 93
Exercises on ⅩⅩⅤ and ⅩⅩⅥ 94
Answers to the Exercises 96