《英语修辞学》课件 Figures of Similarity-4. Personification

EnglishRhetoric英语修辞学AestheticRhetoric美学修辞FiguresofSpeech英语修辞格FiguresofSimilarity相似修辞学I.FiguresofSimilarity1.Simile2.Metaphor3.

Analogy4.PersonificationPersonification拟人4.Personification4.DefinitionofPersonification:Personificationisafigureofspeechthatgiveshumanformorfeelingstoanimals,orlifeandpersonalattributestoinanimateobjects,ortoideaandabstractions.

4.PersonificationPersonificationcanbeexpressedbymeansofnouns,pronouns,adjectivesorverbs.4.Personification1)Nouns(Personificationbymeansofnouns)(1)Spring,thesweetspring,istheyear’spleasantking.(2)Hecouldevenhearthewhisperofleaves.4.Personification2)

Pronouns

(Personificationbymeansofpronouns)(1)Englandhasdonewhatshepromisedtodo.(2)Deathwillcomewhenheisleastexpected.4.Personification3)Adjectives(Personificationbymeansofadjectives)(1)Unfriendly

lamplighthidunderitsshape.(2)Thehungry

flamestearupthebuildingsfasterthananythingI’veseen.饥饿的火焰以我见过的最快的速度烧毁房屋。

4.Personification(3)Ireallylikethatblushing

rose.(含羞的玫瑰)(4)Theysawa

smilingvalleyinautumn.(5)Thehouseswerecold,closedandunfriendly.4.Personification4)Verbs(Personificationbymeansofverbs)(1)Thewindwhistledthroughthetrees.(2)Smartriddle:Whatdidonemountainsaytotheother?

Let’smeetinthevalley.4.Personification(3)Bitternessfedonthemanwhomadetheworldlaugh.4.Personification(4)Howsoonhathtime,thesubtlethiefofyouth,stolenonhiswingmythreeandtwentiethyear.(Milton)

时间，这个盗窃青春的小偷，盗窃了我二十又三年，飞走了。HereisafunnyriddleinwhichpersonificationisusedIdon’thaveamouth,butIcanblow;Idon’thavelegs,butIcanmove.WhenIshoutloudly,thingsaretrembling;whenIstandstill,I’mnothing.WhatamI?---windHereisafunnyriddleinwhichpersonificationisusedIhavehandsandnolegs,butIcanwalk.Ihavefaceandnomouth,butIcantalk.---WhatamI?---clock4.PersonificationPersonificationisasimpleenoughfiguretorecognizeandtounderstand.Itiseasyenoughtousetoo,exceptforoneproblem---gender,orthegrammaticalclassificationofthethingpersonifiedasmasculineorfeminine.Feminine1)nature---MotherNature2)earth---MotherEarth3)morning---Aurora；daughterofthedawn(Homer;)4)evening—thepalechild,EveFeminine5)night---empressofsilence,andthequeenofsleep(ChristopherMarlowe;6)themoon---Diana,Luna,Phoebe;queenofheaven,queenofnight(Shakespeare);queenandhuntress,chasteandfair(B.Jonson)Masculine1)thesun---Helios,Apollo,Hyperion;thegodoflifeandlight(Byron)2)rivers---theFatherofwaters(oftheMississippiandtheIrrawaddy(伊洛瓦底江，缅甸中部),forexample)4.PersonificationPersonificationinsongwordsofEdelweiss(Listentothesong)Edelweise7517444244800128.mp3EdelweissEdelweiss,edelweiss,Everymorning

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greetme,SmallandwhiteCleanandbrightYoulookhappytomeet

me.EdelweissBlossomofsnowmayyoubloomandgrowBloomandgrowforever,Edelweiss,edelweiss,Blessmyhomelandforever.1.牡丹之歌:有人说你娇媚，娇媚的身影哪有这样丰满；有人说你富贵，哪知道你曾历尽贫寒。2.草原，你好！当我扑进你的怀抱，酒杯淹没的绿色波涛…当我告别你的怀抱，马头琴声依然在我心缭绕…3.我爱你中国TheKingLionCub:mom,Iwillkeeptherabbitasapet.I’mnotinterestedinhunting.Mom:Oh,it’sthedifferencebetweenlivinganddying.Onelioncubwastastinggrass,theotherasked:---Whatareyoudoing,brother?--I’mtryingtobeavegetarian.WriteafairytaleAnimals:1.afox,amonkey,grapes2.atiger,afox,squirrel,ant3.sparrow,crow,phoenix,eagleAssignment1.Writeafairytale2.Watchthemovie