ESSENTIAL ENGLISH RHETORICAL DEVICES
PART ONE I. 0 An Elementry Introduction to the Historical Background of Rhetoric
Ⅰ. 1 What Rhetoric Treats about Today?
Ⅰ. 2 The Importance of Studying Rhetoric
PART TWO Ⅱ. O Diction
Ⅱ. 1 The Effect of Words
Ⅱ. 2 Abstract and Concrete Words
Ⅱ. 3 General and Specific Words
Ⅱ. 4 Denotation and Conotation
Ⅱ. 5 Synonyms
Ⅱ. 6 Idioms
Ⅱ. 7 Present Words
Ⅱ. 8 National Words
Ⅰ. 9 Technical Words
Ⅱ. 10 Newly-coined Words
Ⅱ. 11 Words to Avoid for Good Taste
Ⅱ. 12 Obsolete Words
Ⅱ. 13 Colloquialisms
Ⅱ. 14 Slang
Ⅱ. 15 Provincialisms
Ⅱ. 16 Vulgarisms
Ⅱ. 17 Jargon
Ⅱ. 18 Clieh6s
Ⅱ. 19 Gobbledygook and Shoptalk
PART THREE 11I. 0 Figures of Speech
Ⅲ. 1 Simile
Ⅲ. 2 Metaphor
Ⅲ. 3 Analogy
Ⅲ. 4 Personification
Ⅲ. 5 Hyperbole
Ⅲ. 6 Understatement
Ⅲ. 7 Euphemism
Ⅲ. 8 Contrast
Ⅲ. 9 Metonymy
Ⅲ. 10 Synecdoche
Ⅲ. 11 Antonomasia
Ⅲ. 12 Pun
Ⅲ. 13 Syllepsis
Ⅲ. 14 Zeugma
Ⅲ. 15 Irony
Ⅲ. 16 Innuendo
Ⅲ. 17 Satire
Ⅲ. 18 Paradox
Ⅲ. 19 Oxymoron
Ⅲ. 20 Parody
Ⅲ. 21 Transferred Epithet
Ⅲ. 22 Synaesthesia
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PART FOUR ESSENTIAL CHINESE RHETORICAI DEVICES
APPENDIXⅠ:Exercises in Figures of Speech
APPENDIXⅡ:Answers to the Exercises
APPENDIXⅢ:A List of Some Linguistic Tems
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