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1、Page 1 Transferred Epithet Page 2 1.Origin epitheton:that which is added Page 3 Page 4 2.Definition Transferred epithet,is a figure of speech in which an epithet(or adjective)grammatically qualifies a noun other than the person or thing it is actually describing.Page 5(1)She passed a sleepless night

2、.(2)a sleepless bed(3)a protesting chair(4)an unthinking moment(5)a blind haste Page 6(1)He had some cheerful wine at the party.(2)This new tendency has raised many a conservative eyebrow.(3)He ate with a wolfish appetite.Page 7 (4)Hans shrugged a scornful shoulder.(5)Nurse Duckett reacted to the qu

3、estion with a startled gasp.(J.Heller)(6)The workers are repairing the building on a dizzy height.(7)And he lay asleep,his white hair picturesque on the untroubled pillow.(Dickens)(8)He was mortified by his humble scores at the examination.Page 8 3.Classification Group 1:adj.+sb.adj.+sth.He was left

4、 outside with the pitiless cold.Hans shrugged a scornful shoulder.Page 9 Group2:adj.+sth.adj.+another thing Darrow walked slowly round the baking court.His stories achieved nothing but cheap laughs.Page 10 Group3:adj.+sth.adj.+sb.e.g.He was not an easy writer.Peaceful people are not violent.Page 11

5、1)Parallel Relationship 4.Logical Relationships between the Word Modifying and the Word Modified e.g.She sat there with embarrassed delight.She was brimming with agitated bewilderment.(Hardy)His recent kindness was winning a surprised gratitude from the lonely girl.Page 12 2)Cause-Effect/Effect-Caus

6、e Relationship e.g.He answered with a delighted smile.Two of the largest and most powerful nations of the world have since 1950 lived in isolated ignorance of one another and in mutual fear and hate.(A New China Policy)The warrant officer shook his head in numb astonishment.The child gazed in wide-e

7、yed amazement.Page 13 3)Modifying Relationship e.g.“Of a lifetime,”repeated Mrs.Rogmer,sweetly murmuring and casting towards her friend an eloquent glance.He answered with a helpless smile.“It is the law,”remarked the ancient clerk,turning his surprised spectacles upon him.The sky turned to a tender

8、 pallet of pink and blue.Page 14 5.characteristics:brevity&vividness Page 15 Winter kept as warm,covering Earth in forgetful snow,feeding A little life with dried tubers.-T.S.Eliots The Waste Land Page 16 The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly over the lea,The plowman

9、homeward plods his weary way,And leaves the world to darkness and to me.Page 17 That was a stupid place to keep your money.At last he whispered a hurried good-bye to his host and darted towards the door.He is now again seated in his usual sleepy corner.They prolonged the clasp for the photographer,exchanging smiling words.