英语本科修辞学期末考试题目

Readthefollowingpassagesandmakeananalysisofitwithregardtothefiguresofspeechemployedandtheirfunctions.(30%)1．It(NewYork)hasthepoorestmillionaires,thelittlestgreatmen,thehaughtiestbeggars,theplainestbeauties,thelowestskyscrapers,thedolefulestpleasuresofanytownIeversaw.(0·Henry)2．Fromthisnothingwillturnus---nothing.Wewillneverparley,wewillnevernegotiatewithHitleroranyofhisgang.Weshallfighthimbyland,weshallfighthimbysea,weshallfighthimintheair,until,withGod’shelp,wehaveridtheearthofhisshadowandliberateditspeoplesfromhisyoke.AnymanorstatewhofightsonagainstNazidomwillhaveouraid.AnymanorstatewhomarcheswithHitlerisourfoe…Thatisourpolicyandthatisourdeclaration.（WinstonChurchill）3．Fivescoreyearsago,agreatAmerican,inwhosesymbolicshadowwestandsignedtheEmancipationProclamation.ThismomentousdecreecameasagreatbeaconlightofhopetomillionsofNegroslaveswhohadbeensearedintheflamesofwitheringinjustice.Itcameasajoyousdaybreaktoendthelongnightofcaptivity.Butonehundredyearslater,wemustfacethetragicfactthattheNegroisstillnotfree.(MartinLutherKing)4．WewantourchildrentoliveinanAmericathatisn’tburdenedbydebt,thatisn’tweakenedbyinequality,thatisn’tthreatenedbythedestructivepowerofawarmingplanet.Wewanttopassonacountrythat’ssafeandrespectedandadmiredaroundtheworld,anationthatisdefendedbythestrongestmilitaryonearthandthebesttroopsthis–thisworldhaseverknown.Butalsoacountrythatmoveswithconfidencebeyondthistimeofwar,toshapeapeacethatisbuiltonthepromiseoffreedomanddignityforeveryhumanbeing.（BarackHusseinObamaII）