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高級英語課文修辭總結(jié)(17課)第一課Face to Face With Hurricane CamilleSimile: 1. The children went from adult to adult like buckets in a fire brigade. (paring the passing of children to the passing of buckets of water in a fire brigade when fighting a fire) 2. The wind sounded like the roar of a train passing a few yards away. (paring the sound of the wind to the roar of a passing train) Metaphor : 1. We can batten down and ride it out. (paring the house in a hurricane to a ship fighting a storm at sea) 2. Wind and rain now whipped the house. (Strong wind and rain was lashing the house as if with a whip.) Personification : 1. A moment later, the hurricane, in one mighty swipe, lifted the entire roof off the house and skimmed it 40 feet through the air. (The hurricane acted as a very strong person lifting something heavy and throwing it through the air.) 2. It seized a 600, 000gallon Gulfport oil tank and dumped it 3 1/2miles away. (The hurricane acted as a very strong man lifting something very heavy and dumping it 3 1/2 miles away.). Ⅺ. Elliptical and short simple sentences generally increase the tempo and speed of the actions being described. Hence in a dramatic narration they serve to heighten tension and help create a sense of danger and urgency. For examples see the text, paragraphs 1018 and 2126.Lesson 2 Hiroshima—the “Liveliest” City in Japan“Seldom has a city gained such world renown, and I am proud and happy to wele you to Hiroshima, a town known throughout the world for itsoysters”. (anticlimax)…as the fastest train in the world slipped to a stop...…where thousands upon thousand