
1. Simile 明喻
1.Hearing the news that my father bought me a new mobile-phone which I was thinking of owning for 6 months, I was as happy as a prince.
2.It was only 5 minutes’ left and I lost my presentation material,which made me get into a flap like a hen on a hot griddle.
2. Metaphor 暗喻
1.Life is a mirror, you smile to it and it will do the same to you.
2.Travelers poured into Jiuzhaigou Valley when door opened.
3. Personification拟人
1.Failure is the mother of success.
2.The osier stretched out its arms and sang along with the wind.
4.Metonymy 借代 换喻
1.When Jenny stepped onto the dais, the class burst into applause.
2.She’d never again believe anything in trousers.
5. Synecdoche提喻法
1.The poor man had 10 mouths to feed.
2.It really shocked all of us that he can’t ride a wheel.
6. Euphemism委婉
1.After the economic crisis, he became unwaged.
2.He should devote himself more diligently to his studies so that he could be smoothly admitted to a college.
7. Irony
1.He is so rich that he owns everything but good character.
2.His sound of singing is so beautiful that even crows can’t compete with.
8.Transferred Epithet 移就
1.He passed a dreary thoughtful day.
2.I gave him a gorgeous turn and tears started to steam down my cheek.
9.Overstatement and understatement
1.There is only one step for you to success.
2.What a cold day and I’m frozen to death.
10.Oxymoron矛盾修辞法
1.He is the worst best man I have ever seen.
2.College entrance examination is a life-death struggle,you win, you live,you lose,you die.
