An example of a transferred epithet is: "I had a wonderful day." The day is not in itself wonderful. Thespeakerhad a wonderful day. Theepithet"wonderful" actually describes the kind of day the speaker experienced. Some other examples of transferred epithets are "cruel bars," "sleepless nigh...
What is transferred epithet in literature? Transferred epithet iswhen an adjective usually used to describe one thing is transferred to another. An epithet is a word or phrase which describes the main quality of someone or something. For example: 'a happy person'. Epithets are usually adjectives...
Pun双关transferred epithet转移修饰语 Anaphora首语重复法Epiphora尾句重复法Simploce首末句重复 Anadiplosis顶真Parallelism排比Antithesis对照 Climax递进Anticlimax突降法Syllepsis一语双叙 Zeugma仄式搭配 Chapter 1 1.What is the relationship between rhetoric and oratory in history? Rhetoric is primarily concerned with...
【答案】：C 考查英语修辞。pun指“双关”，simile指“明喻”，metaphor指“暗喻”，transferred epithet指“移就”。He is an all—purpose basket运用了隐喻的修辞手法，暗指“他是一个多面手”。故选C。
“The tallest building in town is the library — it has thousands of stories!” What rhetorical device is used in the word “stories”? ( ) A. Onomatopoeia B. Transferred epithet C. Pun D. Periphrasis 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 C ...
and they made money out of it. 我有力气，他们就用我的力气赚钱。综上，C选项正确。A选项，Pun, 双关，不体现，故排除。B选项，Simile，比喻，不体现，故排除。D选项，Transferred epithet移就，如a sweet voice一个甜嗓子（表示味觉的形容词转移到了听觉），不体现，故排除。故正确选项为C。
D. Transferred epithet. 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 D 本题考查修辞学。metaphor(隐喻/暗喻)是在两个不同事物之间进行比较,但它不直接点明两个事物之间的相似性,而是进行隐藏的比较,例如:All the world is a stage.整个世界是一台戏(用stage喻指all the world)。metonymy(转喻)指直接用比喻事物代替本体...
What rhetorical device is used in the underlined part of the sentence: There was an elephant pause after the story was told? A. Pun B. Simile C. Transferred epithet D. Metaphor 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 D 答案:D 解析:项,rhetorical“修辞的,修辞学的”。项,Simile“明喻”。项,Metaphor...
What is the main rhetoric device used in “The plowman homeward plods his weary way”. A.Metophor B.Metonymy C.Synecdoche D.Transferred epithet相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 D 本题修辞。D选项,移就。是转移修饰的意思。也就是用来修饰人的分词有时可以转移到修饰非人的事物,这种分词在形式上虽不直接...
Metaphoric language, including personification and the rarely-used transferred epithet, is a form of figurative language. Explore the differences...