1 Names of Stylistic English Examples Devices Chinese Examples Explain Use the same pronounce “chou” It means that the law may not change the heart, but it can restrain the heartless. The ticking of the clock “da yin”in English means” print”, but in Chinese it also means a way to live. Use wet stand for idea. My heart almost stopped beating when I heard my daughter’s voice on the phone. Alliteration How and why he had come 丑闻、丑陋和筹to Princeton, New Jersey is 划使1987成为a story of struggle, success, 动荡的一年。 and sadness. I feel the need, the need for “法律可能不改speed. 变的心,但它可以抑制无情。” 2 Assonance 3 4 Onomatopoeia Paronomasia The rumbling of the truck You can. Canon 咔咔 超越画质风采 超值打印生活 5 6 7 Graphon Epithet Hyperbole His dry humor does not 他坚持说我们的seem intentional. 假定错了。 When I told our father about 从电话里一听到this,his heart burst. 我女儿的声音， 我的心几乎停止跳动。 8 9 Meiosis Litotes \"The unspeakable in full “啄木鸟检查\"pecker checker\" pursuit of the uneatable.\" 器”,泌尿科医生 for urologist War is not healthy for 坟墓是一个很好children and other living 的一个私人的地things. 方,但没有,我想,会在那里拥抱。 I had the muscle, and they 德国人的枪炮made money out of it. 和飞机将炸弹、炮弹和子弹像暴雨一样倾泻下来。 She may have tens of 我唯一担心的thousand of babies in one 是，到了一月份summer. 我又得去找工作。 The grave's a fine a private place,but none, I think, do there embrace. German guns and German planes rained down bombs, shells and bullets... My only worry was that January would find me hunting for a job again. 10 Metaphor 11 Personification 12 Allusion His Achilles’ heel was his 孟母三迁 pride. Mencius's mother moved three times to find a better neighbourhood for the growth of his son. 13 Antonomasia Some mute inglorious 当我最终遇到了Use Mr. Right Milton here may rest. 白马王子,我不stands for the 知道他的名字。 name of a people that someone loved. Lend me your ears, please. 莎士比亚全集 a complete Shakespeare saying that it was the most beautiful tongue in the world. “tongue”instead of“language” the Foolish Old Man, who removed the mountains.；the determination to win victory and the courage to surmount every difficulty His relation with his wife has not been fortunate. Well, of course, I knew that gentlemen like you carry only large notes. 14 15 Metonymy Synecdoche There are about 100 hands 他说这是世界上working in his factory. 最美的语言 16 Periphrasis What do you think of 愚公移山 NATO’s bombing? 17 Euphemism He is out visiting the 他与妻子关系不necessary. 融洽 It would be a fine thing 啊，当然，我知indeed not knowing what 道像你这样的先time it was in the morning. 生只带大票子。 Clever bastard! 18 Irony 19 Astheism 20 Simile He was like a cat on hot 我和珍妮形影不bricks before his driving 离。 test. Jenny and I was like peas and carrots. 21 Oxymoron No light, but rather darkness 不诚实的诺言使And faith visible. 他人真假难辨。 unfaithful kept him false true. You are staying; I am going. 给我自由或者让我死去。 Napoleon was astonished.”如果我们不团结在Either you are mad, or I 一起,我们都将挂am,”he declared. “Both，掉。 sir!”cried the Swede proudly. \"I told you we could count 人小心不小 on Mr. Old-Time Rock and Roll!\" My friend is American, 她白皮肤，高个mindful and big-eyed. 子，大眼睛。 Give me liberty, or give me death. If we don't hang together, we shall hang separately. 22 23 Antithesis Pun 24 Zeugma It means that a people is very young but have a very big dream. It means she is a beautiful girl with white skin, very tall and have a big eyes. 25 Semantically false chain 26 Decomposition of set phrase 27Ellipsis 28Nominative sentences 29Absence of auxiliary 30A syndeton 31Apokoinu construction 32Aposiopesis 33Break-in narration 34Morphological repetition 35Key-word 36Polysyndeton 37Pleonasm 38Sytactical tautology 39Anticipatory use of personal pronoun 40Tautology in appended statements 41Parallelism 42Anaphora 43Epiphora 44Symploce 45Framing 46Anadiplosis 47Chain-repetition 48Chiasmus 49Inversion 50Detachment 51Parcellation 52Retardation 53enumeration 54suspense 55Gradation 56Back-gradation 57Anti-climax 58Quasi-affirmative sentences 59Quasi-negative sentences 60Quasi-imperative sentences 61Quasi-interrogative sentences 62Questions-in-narrative