hyperbole夸张.ppt

Hyperbole
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Hyperbole is a figure of speech which is an exaggeration, an extreme way of saying something. It is mon figure of speech popularly known as exaggeration or over-statement. But hyperbole, which distorts the truth by saying too much, is not the same as telling lies. With hyperbole, there is no intent to deceive the audience. In fact, in the speaker's mind he is truly describing his intense feeling at the time.
Attention
An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point.
Example: She’s said so on several million occasions.
Hyperbole simile metaphor
A hyperbole is a type of figurative language. It is often confused with a simile or a metaphor because it pares two objects.
Example: His feet were as big as a barge.
It looks like a simile. It paring foot size to the size of a barge. However, a barge is approximately 700 feet long.
A hyperbole paring something “normal” to something really big or extreme.
In order to learn Hyperbole well, let’s learn how to write a sentence in Hyperbole-夸张的表现形式
6种方式:
1)用数词或表示数量的词组进行夸张
2)利用极端词名词动词进行夸张
3)利用形容词和副词进行夸张
4)用形容词最高级进行夸张
5)利用介词短语进行夸张
6)利用否定词进行夸张
7) 用虚拟语气进行夸张
About Translation
Ways to achieve hyperbole
By the use of numerals
(1) Thanks a million.
(2) I beg 1,000 pardons.
(3) The two sisters are different in a thousand and one ways.
(4) You writes ten times better than any man in the congress.
用数字对事实进行夸张是一种颇具特色的夸张修辞手法。它不仅可以使语言形象生动,还可以对事情渲染造势。
2. By the use of extreme words
(1) I was scared to death.
(2) My feet kill me after the long journey.
(3) "Polly, I love you. You're the whole world to me, and the moon and the stars.”
(4) He almost died laughing.
4. By the use of superlative degree of adjectives or adverbs
(1) John is the greatest second baseman in the world.
(2) Is that all the affection and pride you can muster, for the nation that bore you -- for the noblest, most civilized nation on the face of the earth?
(3) "I'm the happiest man in