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O, my love’s like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June: O, my love’s like the melody That’s sweetly played in tune.
－Robert Burns
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Type Six: others
Who is to blame but her tyrant of a father. 怪谁呢？只怪她那暴君般的父亲。 A doctor must have the heart of a lion and the hand of a lady. 当一个医生必须有狮子般的胆量和仕女般 的巧手。
( A Dictionary of Literary Terms)
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Simile
w 1. Origin: Latin, meaning like w 2. Comparative words: like, as w 3. Functions: describing shape, scenery; expressing emotions; explaining; vivid description, making easy to understand;
Figures of Speech
Figures Of Speech
In English Stylistics
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Simile
A figure of speech in which one thing is liken to another, in such a way as to clarify and enhance an image. It is an explicit comparison recognizable by the use of the word like or as.
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啊，我的爱人像一朵红红的玫瑰； 六月里迎风初开；
啊，我的爱人像一曲甜蜜的歌； 唱得合拍又柔和。
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The first line of the poem above, O, my love’s like a red, red rose, is a simile. To communicate his feelings, the poet invites the reader to perceive in his sweetheart some of the properties of a rose. Properties this might include are beauty, freshness, scentedness, specialness and rarity. Greenfly, thorns or blight, also common properties of roses, are likely to seem appropriate points of comparison, bearing in mind what we know of the context.
w As changeable as the weather
w As wet as a dw As fat as a pig
w As proud as a peacock
w As fresh as a rose
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Type Three: what
Two Patterns: A is to B what C is to D. What C is to D, A is to B.
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Type Three: what
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. The pen is to a writer what the gun is to a fighter. 作家的笔犹如战士的枪。
w Truth and roses have thorns about them. w Kings and bears often worry their keepers. w A word and stone let go cannot be recalled.
说出去的话就像抛出去的石子，是收不 回的。
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Type Four: than
w A home without love is no more than a body without a soul.
w He had no more idea of money than a cow
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Type Five: and
w Love and cough can not be hid. 爱情像咳嗽一样是掩盖不了的。
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w Type Two: as
w As firm as a rock
w As mute as a fish
w As strong as a horse
w As brave as a lion
w As obstinate as a cow
w As white as snow
w As black as ink / pitch
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Type Three: what
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. 教育之于心灵犹如雕刻之于大理石。
What salt is to food, wit and humor are to conversation and literature
creating interest.
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Structure of a Simile
w Tenor + comparative word + vehicle w Subject + comparative word + reference w Example: My love is like a red red rose w Tom is as tall as his brother (not a simile) w Tom is as tall as a Maypole.(simile)
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Type One: like
w Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
w Marriage is like a beleaguered fortress: those who are without want to get in, and those within want to get out.