THE MIDDLE EASTERN BAZAAR 中东的集市（修辞学习）
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文章结构:
Structural and stylistic analysis&Writing Technique
Section I: ( paras. 1, 2) General atmosphere
Topic Sentence: The Middle Eastern...takes you ...years.
ancientness, backwardness, primitiveness
harmonious, liveliness, self-sufficient, simple, not
sophisticated, active, vigorous, healthy
Section II (One of the peculiarities) the cloth market
Section III (One of the most picturesque) the coppersmith market
and etc.
Section IV (Perhaps the most unforgettable) the mill where
linseed oil is made
TYPE of Writing: Description: A description is painting a picture
in words of a person, place, object, or scene.
a description essay is generally developed through sensory details,
or the impressions of one’s senses --- sight, hearing, taste, smell
and touch. The writer generally chooses those that help to bring
out the dominant characteristic or outstanding quality of the
person or thing described.
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1. From Macro to Micro
2. words appealing to senses: light & heat, sound &
movement, and smell & colour.
3 nouns, adjectives and even adverbs used as verbs: thread,
round, narrow, price, live, tower and dwarf.
4. words imitating sounds: onomatopoeia.
5. stressful and impressive sentence structures:
the one I am thinking of particularly…
one of the peculiarities …
one of the most picturesque and impressive parts …
the most unforgettable thing in the bazaar,…
修辞学习:
RHETORIC
tenor (subject): the concept, object, or person meant in a
metaphor
vehicle (reference): a medium through which something is
expressed, achieved, or displayed
Simile: A simile makes a comparison between two unlike things
having at least one quality or characteristic in common. The two
things compared must be dissimilar and the basis of resemblance is
usually an abstract quality. The vehicle is almost always
introduced by the word 'like' or 'as'.
Self-criticism is as necessary to us as air or water.
The water lay grey and wrinkled like an elephant's skin.
My very thoughts were like the ghostly rustle of dead leaves.
The bus went as slowly as a snail.
Her eyes were jet black, and her hair was like a waterfall.
The comparison is purely imaginative, that is, the resemblance
between the two unlike things in that one particular aspect exists
only in our minds, and not in the nature of the things
themselves.
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far
country.
Metaphor: A metaphor, like a simile, also makes a comparison
between two unlike things, but the comparison is implied rather
than stated. Some say it the substitution of one thing for another,
or the identification of two things from different ranges of
thought. Contrary to a simile in which the resemblance between two
unlike things is clearly stated, in a metaphor nothing is
mentioned. It is often loosely defined as 'an implied comparison',
' a simile without 'like' or 'as''.
Metaphor is considered the most important and basic poetic figure
and also the commonest the most beautiful.
Snow clothes the ground.
The town was stormed after a long siege.
Boys and girls, tumbling in the streets and playing, were moving
jewels.
Metaphor:
dark cavern, fairyland, maze, honeycomb, etc
form a closely knit guild...
Simile:
a vast sombre cavern of a room
Onomatopoeia:
creak, squeak, rumble, grunt, sigh, groan, etc.
tinkling, banging, clashing
Personification:
The Middle Easter bazaar takes you...
dancing flashes
The beam sinks…taut and protesting
Hyperbole:
takes you ...hundreds even thousands of years
every conceivable, innumerable lamps, incredibly young, with the
dust of centuries
Onomatopoeia:
creak:
(to make) the sound of a badly-oiled door when it opens
When you move in a wooden bed, it creaks.
The hinge of the door needs oiling, it creaks every time it is
opened.
squeak:
(to make) a short very high but not loud sound
the squeak of a mouse
rumble:
(to make) a deep continuous rolling sound
The thunder / the big guns rumbled in the distance.
I am hungry, my stomach is rumbling.
grunt:
(of certain animals, to make) short deep rough sounds in the
throat, as if the nose were closed, such as the deep short sound
characteristic of a hog, or a man making a similar sound expressing
disagreement, boredom, irritation
sigh:
(to let out) a deep breath slowly and with a sound, usu. expressing
tiredness, sadness, or satisfaction We all heaved a sigh of relief
when the work was done.
groan:
(to make) a sound caused by the movement of wood or metal parts
heavily loaded, (to make) a deep sound forced out by pain, or
expressing despair
The patient groaned as he was lifted on to the stretcher.
The ancient chair gave a groan when the fat woman sat down on
it.
The roof creaked and groaned under the weight of the snow.
