EnglishRhetoricBy Song PingfengChapterElevenLogicalFiguresofSpeech1 11.1Allegory 讽喻;寓言 11.2Allusion 典故;引用 11.3Hyperbole 夸张 11.4Understatement 含蓄陈述 11.5Irony 反语 11.6Innuendo 暗讽;暗贬 11.7Euphemism 委婉语 11.8Oxymoron 矛盾法 11.9Analogy 比拟;类比 11.10Paradox 矛盾隽语;逆说;悖论ContentsofThisChapter211.1Allegory 讽喻 ;寓言 (1)Definition Allegoryisastoryinverseorprosewithadoublemeaning:aprimaryorsurfacemeaning,andasecondaryorunder-the-surfacemeaning. Allegoriesareeffectiveinteachingorexplainingsomeabstractidea.Theyarefavora