AnalysisoffiguresofspeechSimile&metaphorAsimileisafigureofspeechwhichmakesacomparisonbetweentwounlikeelementshavingatleastonequalityorcharacteristicincommon.Ametaphorisinasenseacondensedsimile,differingfromthelatteronlyinformandartistry.Theassociationisimplied.Inasimile,thewordslike,as,as…so…areusedtomakecomparison.(1)Jimwasascunningasafox.(2)Theworldislikeastage.Inmetaphor,however,thecomparisonwouldappearsimply.(1a)Jimwasafox.(2a)Theworldisastage.Inasimiletheparticularaspectofthepointofresemblancebetweentwounlikeelementsisgivenbysomespecificwords.Inametaphornothingisstated.(1)Jimwasascunningasafox.(1a)Jimwasafox.Takingthesentence(1)asanexample,wecanseethattheaspectofcunningnessinbothmanandfoxiscompared,butinsentence(1a),thisaspectisimplied.Metonymy2.借代关系Eg:TheminutePresleytookthestage,themuseumhallburstintocheers.(museumhall指代大厅中的观众)普雷斯利一登台，整个音乐厅爆发出一片欢呼声。Thewholetownattendedthefuneral.(town代替镇民)所有镇民都去送葬了。以工具代工具使用者Eg：Thepenismightierthanthesword.笔比剑更有力。（pen指代写文章的人，即文人；sword指代使用刀剑动武的人，即军人）具体代抽象或以特定代泛指Eg：Withoutsweat,withoutbread.(sweat指代辛勤努力;bread指代一切食物、生计)不流汗就没面包吃。不耕耘就没收获。Eg：Abaldslippedoutthroughthebackdoor.一个秃头从后门溜了出去。(bald指代秃顶的人)Eg:Hehasaroughtongue.(tongue代替说话方式、能力)他言语粗鲁。Eg:OnlybillionairesareabletocollectPicasso.（Picasso指代毕加索的美术作品）只有那些亿万富翁才有能力收集毕加索的画。HewasanauthorityonShakespeare.(authority指代具有权威的人)他是沙学权威。SynecdocheHecouldhardlyearnhiseverydaybread.他几乎挣不到日用之食。这里的bread.代替food。bread.属于food中的一种,有互相隶属的关系,这是典型的举隅法,即以局部的面包(bread)代替全部的食物(food)。(1)ChinametBrazilattheFootballWorldCupmatchin2002.2002年世界杯足球赛上,中国队迎战巴西队。China,Brazil分别代替China’sfootballteam和Brazil’sfootballteam.Metonymy:thesubstitutionofthenameofonethingforthatofanotherwithwhichitiscloselyassociated.(换喻或借代)Synecdoche:Whenapartissubstitutedforthewholeorthewholeissubstitutedforapart.(提喻)借代是一种互不隶属的关系，没有局部与整体的关系，而提喻是一个隶属关系。AnalysisDefinitionofoxymoronEffectsofOxymoronexamplesDefinitionofparadoxexamplesRelationshipDifferenceThankyou！！