sonnet18作业

Assignments for “Sonnet 18” Questions to everyone:

1.What do you think is the theme of Sonnet 18?

2.How do you understand each line? Or what is the meaning of each line?

3.What does “thee” refer to? A young lady? A young man? The poem? Then to whom does the

poet express his love?

4.How does the poet express his love?

5.What is your way of expressing love (to someone or something)?

Discussion

(1) Try to explain the following terms in English by examples, (2) understand their usages in “Sonnet 18”, and it is good if you can find out some examples from the sonnet. (3) Read the following words correctly before you give your explanation.

1.iambic pentameter 抑扬格五音步诗行(每班第1组的任务) 2.rhymed couplet押韵二行(每班第2组的任务)

3.assonance 谐音，类韵，类似的音; alliteration (每班第3组的任务)

4.quatrain 四行诗，四行一节(每班第4组的任务) 5.imagery 意象，比喻，形象化(每班第5组的任务) 6.personification (每班第6组的任务) 7.ambiguity 歧义(每班第7组的任务) 8.parallelism 平行句(每班第8组的任务) 9.simile; metaphor (每班第9组的任务)

10.rhetorical question(设问，反问) (每班第1组的任务) 11.pun 双关语(每班第2组的任务)

12.paradox 矛盾法(每班第3组的任务) 13.hyperbole 夸张(每班第4组的任务)

14.synecdoche提喻或借代。部分代替整体，单个代替类别，具体代替抽象(每班第5组的

任务)

15.inversion 倒装(每班第6组的任务) 要求：

1.术语的发音要正确；

2.用自己的语言解释该术语的含义，同时举一个简单的例子；在Sonnet 18中找出例子；

3.小组的每一个人都要会用正确的英语表述，语音语调正确； 4.根据发言的情况给出课堂表现成绩； 5.同学发言的时候，其他同学注意记笔记。 辅导一：

总结：Sonnet 18中的修辞手段(figures of speech or rhetorical devices)

1. 语音(phonetic)手段的修辞格：头韵

2. 词汇(lexical)手段的修辞格：明喻，暗喻，拟人，夸张，矛盾法，双关，借代

3. 句法(syntactical)手段的修辞格：设问句，倒装 辅导二：

1. 英文表达“语音手段的修辞格”：

phonetic devices in figures of speech或phonetic rhetorical devices

2. 词汇、句法手段的修辞英文表达以此类推。