夸张hyperbole.ppt

Hyperbole1、DefinitionA figure of speech consisting in exaggerated or exrtavagant statement, used to express a strong feeling or produce a strong impression, and not intended to be understood Function of Hyperbole It is used for discription: being based on facts but exceeding them, in order to make the article more vivid, interesting, readable. eg. The fattest woman i have ever seen in my life dozing in a straight-backed chair. It was as if a sack of grain was supported by a ,那简直就像是一口袋粮食放在一个火柴盒上面一样。It is used for reasoning: unveiling the essence of things, presenting things’ characters, to identify readers with it. eg. It is the last straw that breaks the camel’s ,加根草就能把它压死。It is used for lyricism: Expressing strong emotion and passion in order to drag reader into a ramantic situation. eg. Hamlet: I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers, could not, with all their quantity of love, make up the :我爱奥菲莉娅;mon FormsNumeral Expression 1. Her heart were breaking into a million 。 2. It is a thousand pities that