英语中的对偶和对照修辞初探

An Tentative Exploration Into Antithesis in English Language

对偶和对照是两种常见的修辞方式,但在英语和汉语中又不尽相同。在英语里,对偶和对照可由主语、谓语、表语、宾语、介词宾语、状语、定语从句、短语等九种方式构成。恰当地运用对偶和对照,可以增添语气的鲜明性,起到加强语气的作用。

Antithesis,a kind of English figure of speech , can be classified into complete antithesis and partial antithesis.Antithesis can be composed with subjects, predicates, objects, prepositional objects, adverbial phrases, attributive clauses andother phrases in an English sentence. A proper use of antithesis is a way to achieve good rhetoric effects.