《英语修辞》期末复习试题及答案.doc

《英语修辞》作业 I. Transference of Terms of Rhetorical Devices 1. Transference of Terms of Rhetorical Devices from English to Chinese Simile------ Allusion------ Personification------ Parallelism------ Synaesthesia------ Oxymoron------ Synecdoche------ Anticlimax------ Euphemism------ Alliteration------ Metaphor------ Antithesis------ Transferred Epithet------ Paradox------ Metonymy------ climax------ Understatement------ Repetition------ Hyperbole------ Assonance------ 2. Transference of Terms of Rhetorical Devices from Chinese to English 隐喻------ 对照------ 移就------ 隽语------ 转喻------ 层递------ 低调陈述------ 重复------ 夸张------ 元韵------ 明喻------ 引喻------ 拟人------ 平行------ 通感------ 矛盾修饰---- 提喻------ 突降------ 委婉语------ 头韵------ II. Identify the rhetorical devices according to the given definitions. 1. It’s repetition of an initial sound, usually of a consonant or cluster, in two or more words of a phrase, line of poetry, etc. A. Parallelism 　　 B. Metonymy 　　C. Alliteration D. Metaphor 2. It’s a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another. A. Metaphor B. Hyperbole C. Simile D. Personification 3. It’s the humorous use of words, or of words which are formed or sounded alike but have different meanings, in such a way as to play on two or more of the possible applications; a play on words. A. Allusion B. Pun　　　　　　　C. Climax D. Oxymoron 4. It’s a figure of speech that consists in using the name o