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1、Lesson 1 Face to Face with Hurricane Camille1.We can battle down and ride it out. (metaphor)2.Wind and rain now whipped the house. (metaphor)3.Camille, meanwhile, had raked its way northward across Mississippi. (metaphor)4.and the group heard gun-like reports as other upstairs windows disintegrated.

2、 Water rose above their ankles. (simile)5.The children went from adult to adult like buckets in a fire brigade. (simile)6.The wind sounded like the roar of a train passing a few yards away. (simile)7. Strips of clothing festooned the standing trees, and blown-down power lines coiled like black spagh

3、etti over the roads. (simile)8. A moment later, the hurricane, in one mighty swipe, lifted the entire roof off the house and skimmed it 40 feet through the air. (personification)9.Richelieu Apartments there held a hurricane party to watch the storm from their spectacular vantage point. (transferred

4、epithet)10. Everybody out the back door to the cars! John yelled. (elliptical)Lesson 2 Hiroshimathe “Liveliest” City in Japan1. “Seldom has a city gained such world renown, and I am proud and happy to welcome you to Hiroshima, a town known throughout the world for its-oysters”. (anticlimax)2. as the

5、 fastest train in the world slipped to a stop. (alliteration)3. where thousands upon thousands of people had been slain in one second, where thousands upon thousands of others had lingered on to die in slow agony. (parallelism, transferred epithet)4. At last this intermezzo came to an end (metaphor)

6、5. This way I look at them and congratulate myself of the good fortune that my illness has brought me. (irony)6. Each day that I escape death, each day of suffering that helps to free me from earthly cares, I make a new little paper bird, and add it to the others. (euphemism)7. Hiroshimathe “livelie

7、st” punCity in Japan(irony)8. I felt sick, and ever since then they have been testing and treating me. (alliteration)9. The rather arresting spectacle of little old Japan adrift amid beige concrete skyscrapers is the very symbol of the incessant struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt (synecdo

8、che, metonymy)10. There were fresh bows, and the faces grew more and more serious each time the name Hiroshima was repeated. (synecdoche)11. Was I not at the scene of the crime? (rhetorical question)12. Because I had a lump in my throat. (metaphor)13. Whose door popped open at the very sight of a tr

9、aveler. (onomatopoeia)14.Noonetalksaboutitanymore,andnoonewantsto,especiallythepeoplewhowerebornhereorwholivedthroughit.(climax)Lesson 3 Blackmail1. As a result the nerves of both duke and duchess were excessively frayed when the muted buzzer of the outer door eventually sounded. (metaphor)2. His wi

10、fe shot him a swift, warning glance. (metaphor)3. You drove there in your fancy Jaguar, and you took a lady friend. (euphemism)4. The Duchess of Croydon kept firm, tight rein on her racing mind. (metaphor)5. In what conceivable way does our car concern you? (rhetorical question)6. Her voice was a wh

11、iplash. (metaphor)7. The obese body shook in an appreciative chuckle. (transferred epithet)8. Two high points of color appeared in the paleness of the Duchess of Croydons cheeks. (transferred epithet)9. The house detective clucked his tongue reprovingly. (onomatopoeia)10. Eyes bored into him. (metap

12、hor)Lesson 4 A Trial that Rocked the World1) The trial that rocked the world (hyperbole)2) Darrow had whispered throwing a reassuring arm round my shoulder (transferred epithet)3) The case had erupted round my head (synecdoche)4) Bryan, ageing and paunchy, was assisted (ridicule)5) and it is a might

13、y strong combination (sarcasm)6) until we are marching backwards to the glorious age of the sixteenth century (irony)7) There is some doubt about that. (sarcasm)8) No one, .that may case would snowball into.(metaphor)9) The streets around the three-storey red brick law court sprouted with rickety st

14、ands selling hot (metaphor)10) Resolutely he strode to the stand, carrying a palm fan like a sword to repel his enemies. (ridicule, simile)11) Bryan mopped his bald dome in silence. (ridicule)12) DudleyFieldMalenecalledmyconvictiona“victoriousdefeat”(oxymoron)13) .ourtown.hadtakenonacircusatmosphere

15、.(metaphor)14) Hethunderedinhissonorousorgantones. (metaphor)15）.championhadnotscorchedtheinfidels.(metaphor)16）afterthepreliminarysparringoverlegalities(metaphor)17)NowDarrowspranghistrumpcardbycallingBryanasan.(metaphor)18)Thenthecourtbrokeintoastormofapplausethat(metaphor)19）.sweptthearenalikeapr

16、airiefire(simile)20)TheoratoricalstormblewupinthelittlecourtinDaytonsweptlikeafreshwind(simile)21).tomorrowthemagazines,thebooks,thenewspapers.(Metonymy)22) The Christian believes that man came from above. The evolutionist believes that he must have come from below.(Metonymy)23)Hisreputationasanauth

17、orityonScriptureisrecognizedthroughouttheworld. (Hyperbole)24)TheChristianbelievesthatmancamefromabove.Theevolutionistbelievesthathemusthavecomefrombelow.(antithesis)25)whenbigotslightedfaggotstoburn.(Consonance)26) There is never a duel with the truth, he roared. The truth always wins - and we are

18、not afraid of it. The truth does not need Mr. Bryan. The truth is eternal.(Repetition)27)Darrow walked slowly round the baking court. (transferred epithet)28)GonewasthefiercefervorofthedayswhenBryanhadsweptthepoliticalarenalikeaprairiefire.(Alliteration)29) DARWIN IS RIGHTINSIDE(pun)Lesson5TheLibido

19、fortheUgly1. Here was the very heart of industrial America, the center of its most lucrative and characteristic activity (metaphor, transferred epithet, antithesis)2. Here was wealth beyond computation, almost beyond imagination-and here were human habitations so abominable that they would have disg

20、raced a race of alley cats. (Antithesis, Repetition, hyperbole)3. There was not one in sight from the train that did not insult and lacerate the age. (synecdoche)4. There was not a single decent house within eye range from the Pittsburgh to the Greensburg yards. There was not one that was misshapen,

21、 and there was not one that was not shabby. (Understatement; Litotes)5. The country is not uncomely, despite the grim of the endless mills. (Litotes, Overstatement)6. They would have perfected a chalet to hug the hillsides. (personification)7. On their low sides they bury themselves swinishly in the

22、 mud. (Metaphor)8. And one and all they are streaked in grim, with dead and eczematous patches of paint peeping through the streaks. (Metaphor)9. When it has taken on the patina of the mills, it is the color of a fried egg. When it has taken on the patina of the mills, it is the color of an egg long

23、 past all hope or caring. (Metaphor, ridicule)10. I award this championship only after laborious research and incessant prayer. (Irony, sarcasm)11. N.J. and Newport News, Va.Safe in a Pullman, I have whirled through the gloomy (Metonymy)12. But in the American village and small town the pull is alwa

24、ys towards ugliness, and in that Westmoreland valley it has been yielded to with an eagerness bordering upon passion. (Ridicule)13. It is incredible that mere ignorance should have achieved such masterpieces of horror. (Irony)14. On certain levels of the American race, indeed, there seems to be posi

25、tive libido for the ugly, as on the other and less Christian levels there is a libido for the beautiful. (Antithesis)15. The taste for them is as enigmatical and yet as common as the taste for the dogmatic theology and the poetry of Edgar A.Guest. (Metaphor)16. And some of them are appreciably bette

26、r. (Sarcasm)17. They let it mellow into its present shocking depravity. (Metaphor; sarcasm)18. The effect is that of a fat woman with a black eye. (Metaphor)19. The boast and pride of the richest and grandest nation ever seen on earth. (hyperbole)20. What I allude to is the unbroken and agonizing ug

27、liness, the sheer revolting monstrousness of every house in sight. (hyperbole)21. A steel stadium like a huge rat-trap somewhere further down the line. (simile, ridicule)22. Obviously, if there were architects of any professional sense of dinity in the region, they would have perfected a chalet to h

28、ug the hillsides. (sarcasm)23. By the hundreds and thousands these abominable houses cover the bare hillsides, like gravestones in some gigantic and decaying cemetery. (simile)24. They have the most loathsome towns and villages ever seen by a mortal eye. (hyperbole)25. They are incomparable in color

29、, and they are incomparable in design. (sarcasm)26. It is as if some titanic and aberrant genius, uncompromisingly inimical to man, had devoted all ingenuity of Hell to the making of them. (hyperbole and irony)27. Beside it, the Parthenon would no doubt offend them. (sarcasm)28. In precisely the sam

30、e way the authors of the rat-trap stadium that I have mentioned made a deliberate choice. (metaphor)29. They made it perfect in their own sight by putting a completely impossible penthouse, painted a starting yellow, on top of it. (ridicule)30. The effect is that of a fat woman with a black eye. (me

31、taphor)31. It is that of a Presbyterian grinning. (metaphor)32. This they have converted into a thing low-pitched roof. (inversion)33. But nowhere on this earth, at home or abroad, have I seen anything to compare to the village(inversion)34. coal and steel town(synecdoche)35. boy and man(synecdoche)

32、36. Was it necessary to adopt that shocking color? (rhetorical question)37. Are they so frightful because the valley is full of foreigners dull, insensate brutes, with no love of beauty in them? (rhetorical question)38. a crazy little church. (transferred epithet)39. a bare leprous hill (transferred

33、 epithet)40. preposterous brick piers (transferred epithet)41. uremic yellow (transferred epithet)42. the obscene humor (transferred epithet)Lesson 6 Mark Twain - Mirror of America 1)saw clearly ahead a black wall of night. (Metaphor)2)main artery of transportation in the young nations heart(Metapho

34、r)3)All would resurface in his books.that he soaked up. (Metaphor)4)When railroads began drying up the demand. (Metaphor)5).the epidemic of gold and silver fever. (Metaphor)6)Twain began digging his way to regional fame. Mark Twain honed and experimented with his new writing muscles. (Metaphor)7)Mos

35、t American remember M. T. as the father of. .a memory that seemed phonographic(Simile)8) America laughed with him. (Hyperbole, personification)9).to literatures enduring gratitude.(Personification)10)the grave world smiles as usual. (Personification)11) Bitterness fed on the man who had made the wor

36、ld laugh (Personification)12)America laughed with him. (Personification)13).between what people claim to be and what they really are (Antithesis)14).a world which will lament them a day and forget them forever(Antithesis)15) a motley band of Confederate guerrillas who diligently avoided contact with

37、 the enemy. (Euphemism)16).the slow, sleepy, sluggish-brained sloths stayed at home(Alliteration)17).with a dash and daring. .a recklessness of cost or consequences.(Alliteration)18).his pen would prove mightier than his pickaxe (Metonymy)19)For eight months he flirted with the colossal wealth avail

38、able to the lucky and the persistent, and was rebuffed. (metaphor)20)From the discouragement of his mining failures, Mark Twain began digging his way to regional fame as a newspaper reporter and humorist.(metaphor)21)He boarded the stagecoach for San Francisco, then and now a hotbed of hopeful young

39、 writers. (metaphor)22) he commented with a crushing sense of despair on mens final release from earthly struggles (euphemism)23) .took unholy verbal shots at the Holy Land. (metaphor, antithesis)24) Most Americans remember . the father of Huck Finns idyllic cruise through eternal boyhood and Tom Sa

40、wyers endless summer of freedom and adventure. (parallelism, hyperbole) 25) The cast of characters set before him in his new profession was rich and varied -a cosmos (hyperbole)26) the vast basin drained three-quarters of the settled United States(metaphor)27) Steamboat decks teemed.main current of.

41、but its flotsam(metaphor)28) Twain began digging his way to regional fame. (metaphor)29) life dealt him profound personal tragedies. (personification)30) the river had acquainted him with . (personification)31) .an entry that will determine his course forever. (personification)32) Personal tragedy h

42、aunted his entire life. (personification)33) Keelboats, .carried the first major commerce (synecdoche)Lesson 7 Everyday Use for your grandmamma1. “Maggies brain is like an elephants”. Wangero said, laughing. (irony)2. “Mama,” Wangero said sweet as a bird. “can I have these old quilts?” (simile)3. sh

43、owing just enough of her thin body enveloped in pink skirt and red blouse (metaphor)4. After I tripped over it two or three times he told me (metaphor)5. And she stops and tries to dig a well in the sand with her toe. (hyperbole)6. Hair is all over his head a foot long and hanging from his chin like

44、 a kinky mule tail. (simile)7. Have you ever seen a lame animal, perhaps dog run over by some careless person rich enough to own a car, sidle up to someone who is ignorant enough to be kind of him? (metaphor)8. I feel my whole face warming from the heat waves it throws out. (hyperbole)9. Impressed w

45、ith her they worshiped the well-turned phrase, the cute shape, the scalding humor that erupted like bubbles in lye. (simile)10. It is like an extended living room. (simile)11. Johnny Carson has much to do to keep up with my quick and witty tongue. (assonance)12. My skin is like an uncooked barley pa

46、ncake. (simile)13. She gasped like a bee had stung her. (simile)14. You didnt even have to look close to see where hands pushing the dasher up and down to make butter had left a kind of sink in the wood. (metaphor)15. Who ever knew a Johnson with a quick tongue? Who can even imagine me looking a strange white man in the eye? (rhetorical question)