浅析英文"比喻"与"拟人"的修辞功能

要学好英语,必须掌握一定的英文修辞.英文修辞方式丰富多彩,比喻和拟人是常用的两种修辞手法.比喻是利用事物之间的相似性,不直接说出某事物,而用另一具体的事物作比方来表现原事物.拟人赋予动物以人的特征、思想和活动,或将无生命的东西比作有生命的东西,从而将原事物表达得更加生动、深刻.

On the Rhetoric Functions of Metaphors and Personification

A good command of English requires a good knowledge of the varied English rhetorical devices, of which metaphor and personification are the two frequently used. Metaphor makes use of the similarity or similarities between two things: instead of saying something directly, it implies or suggests indirectly on the basis of comparison. Personification, on the other hand, helps achieve impressiveness and vividness of expression by providing the animal with human traits, feelings or activities; or by animating the inanimate.