The_Way_to_Rainy_Mountain修辞方法总结

…andinsummertheprairieisananvil’sedge.(paragraph1)metaphorAtadistanceinJulyorAugustthesteamingfoliageseemsalmostwritheinfire.(paragraph1)personification…poppinguplikecorntostingtheflesh.(paragraph1)simileMygrandmotherwassparedthehumiliationofthosehighgraywallsbyeightortenyears,butshemusthaveknownfrombirththeafflictionofdefeat,thedarkbroodingofoldwarriors.(paragraph3)synecdochemetaphor…andtheirancientnomadicspiritwassuddenlyfreeoftheground.(paragraph4)MetonymyTheskylineinalldirectionsiscloseathand,thehighwallofthewoodsanddeepcleavagesofshade.(paragraph6)SimileThisisaperfectfreedominthemountains,butitbelongstotheeagleandtheelk,thebadgerandthebear.(paragraph6)TheKiowasreckonedtheirstaturebythedistancetheycouldsee,andtheywerebentandblindinthewilderness.(paragraph6)alliterationThegreatbillowingcloudsthatsailuponitareshadowsthatmoveuponthegrainlikewater,dividinglight.(paragraph7)simile…theycouldseethedarkleesofthehillsatdawnacrosstheBighornRiver,theprofusionoflightonthegrainshelves,theoldestdeityrangingafterthesolstices.(paragraph7)simileAtthetopofaridgeIcaughtsightofDevil’sTowerupthrustagainstthegrayskyasifinthebirthoftimethecoreoftheearthhadbrokenthroughitscrustandthemotionoftheworldwasbegun.(paragraph8)similepersonificationTherearethingsinnaturethatengenderanawfulquietintheheartofman;Devil’sTowerisoneofthem.(paragraph8)MetonymyThere,inaverylittlewhile,woodtakesontheappearanceofgreatage.(paragraph11)SynecdocheMetonymyThewindowpanesareblackandopaque;youimaginethereisnothingwithin,andindeedtherearemanyghosts,bonesgivenuptotheland.(paragraph11)SynecdocheMetaphorTheagedvisitorswhocametomygrandmother’shousewhenIwasachildweremadeofleanandleatherandtheyborethemselvesupright.alliteration…thescarsofoldandcherishedenmities(paragraph12)…battlesthattookplaceinthepastandwererememberedfondlybythoseoldwarriorsMetonymyNowthereisafuneralsilenceintherooms,theendlesswakeofsomefinalword.(paragraph14)Metaphor.PersonificationMylineofvisionwassuchthatthecreaturefilledthemoonlikeafossil.(paragraph14)simileIthadgonethere,Ithought,toliveanddie,forthereofallplaces,wasitssmalldefinitionmadewholeandeternal.(paragraph14)ClimaxThere,whereitoughttobe,attheendofalongandlegendaryway,wasmygrandmother’sgrave.Hereandthereonthedarkstoneswereancestralnames.Lookingbackonce,Isawthemountainandcameaway.SynecdochemetaphorInthisessay,Momadatnotonlytellsthestoryofhisgrandmother,butalsoexploresthehistoryofhisKiowasancestorsandthushisownracialandculturalheritage.Intracingthethreestagesofhispeople’shistory—emergence,evolutionanddecline—theauthorconveyscomplicatedfeelingsofnotalgia,belonging,andpride,mixedwithasenseoflossandalighttouchofsadness.Ourculturalorethnicheritagemaydiffer,yetseekingone’srootsisacommonhumanexperience.MomadayalsoblendsamovingnarrativeofthestoriesoftheKiowaswithalyricalandpictorialdescriptionofthelandscapewherehisancestorsoncerangedintheirgoldenageandwherehe’sreturnedinordertoknowwherehecamefromandwhoheis.Inhispicturesofhisancetralhome,theland,thesun,themoon,thehills,thetreesandeverythingelsethereareallportrayedwithbothvisualprecisionandpowerfulimagination.