Rhetorical Devices Figures of Speech An expression such as a metaphor or simile or a device such as personification or hyperbole in which words are used in a nonliteral way to achieve an effect beyond the range of ordinary language. 通过隐喻或明喻,拟人或夸张等这些形象化说法,文字能用非字面的意义获得超过普通语言的效果1.Simile & Metaphor 1. Simile 明喻 He is brave as a lion. The water lay gray and wrinkled like an elephants skin. 2. Metaphor My love is a red red rose. Applications for jobs flooded the company. 一种暗喻的句式: n. (A) + of + n. (B)