personification.pptx

personification （page 190）Definition:A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are represented with human qualities or form.拟人是指把物（包括物体、动物、思想或 抽象概念）拟作人，使其具有人的外表、个性或情感的这样的修辞手段。example1.Thirsty soil drank in the rain.饥渴的土壤在雨中畅饮。2.Did you see the anger of the tempest?你看到暴风雨的愤怒吗?3.The flowers nodded in the breeze.花儿在微风中点头。Function Personification is usually employed to add vividness to expression.英语personification的运用，能增强语言表达的的感染力和生动性，使被描写对象栩栩如生，活灵活现。For example:The clock on the wall ticked loudly and lazily,as if I had time to spare.Outside the rattling windows there was a restless whispering wind.The room grew light and dark,and wonderous light again,as the moon played hide-and-seek through the clouds.挂钟懒洋洋地滴答滴答地响，声音那么大，好像时间很充裕。窗户格格作响，外边不停地刮着风，像在低声耳语。月亮在云层中玩捉迷藏时，房间里忽明忽暗，不时出现奇光。Common Forms在拟人法中，把那些只适用于描写人的verbs,nouns,adjectives,adverbs,pronouns 等用来描写非人的东西，使之具有人的属性Personification by means of nouns (名词性拟人）1.Procrastination is the thief of time.拖延为时间之窃贼。2.Time is the best physician.时间是妙手神医。3.Lies have short legs.谎言站不住脚拟人格的表现形式Personification by means of verbs (动词性拟人）1.Her eyes danced with great vivacity.她的眼睛很快乐地上下打量着.2.At last the engine began to wake,grumble,fall asleep and asleep and wake again.机器终于醒了过来，大发牢骚，又睡了过去，然后再次醒过来。3.The moon is riding in the sky.月亮在天上赶路。1.But he just looked at her with his crying face.2.Love is blind.a.爱情是盲目的。b.情人眼里出西施Personification by means of adjectives (形容词性拟人）Personification by means of adverbs (副词性拟人）1.His words were bitingly sarcastic(辛辣的）他的话尖刻辛辣。在拟人法中，常用人称代词she,he等代替非人的东西。如：she,her 代替 moon,nature,country,ship,earth,virtue(美德),religion,pity,peace,charity(博爱),liberty,car,morning,Venus(金星,维纳斯)等；用he,his,him代替sun,god,time,ocean,war,anger,pine,death,love,Cupid(丘比特),Neptune(海王星)等。A.Animals and Plants生物拟人是把有生命的动植物当作人描写。例:At last bee felt sufficiently confident to attempt a trial flight.终于蜜蜂觉得有充分信心可以作一次试飞了。The infant flower opens its bud and cries,“Dear world,please do not fade.”花之婴睁开花苞叫道：“亲爱的世界，请你不要枯萎！”a.The gentle breeze caressed my cheeks and soothed my anger.一阵微风抚过我的脸颊，平息了我的怒火.b.The wind sighed in the tree top.风在树顶上叹息。B.Inanimate objects(物体，无形物物体，无形物)非生物拟人是把无生命的事物当作人描写。C.Abstractions抽象概念拟人是把抽象概念当作人描写 a.Laziness travels so slowly,that poverty soon overtakes him.懒惰缓缓而行，贫穷迎头赶上。b.Slang is language that takes off coat,spits on its hand,and goes to work.俚语，是脱下上衣，吐一口唾沫，跟着就着手工作的语言。