1. Writing skills: 1) language usage; 2) sentence structure usage

2. Rhetorical devices: 1) onomatopoeia; 2）personification; 3) hyperbole; 4) extended metaphor; 5) contrast; 6) historical present tense;

3. Stylistic features: objective description

Write an objective description paragraph about your friend. 

Key: 
My girlfriend Mary has got to be the finest person I have ever met. She’s average in height and weight, but she looks like a million. Her eyes are dark brown and her hair is dark brown too, which compliments her eyes. When she looks at you, her looks are worth a thousand words. She is the most unique girl I have ever met, with a personality to match. When she talks everyone listens to her, which is the reason why she is a little spoiled. When she’s mad, watch out, she’s got a rough temper which you shouldn’t cross. She always gets what she wants.

Tell why the following paragraph is vivid?

In spring there is often a very strong northwest wind. It carries so much fine dust with it that sometimes the sun becomes obscure. There is no escape from the fine dust; it gets into your eyes, your ears, your nostrils, and your hair. It goes through the cracks of closed windows and covers your desks and chairs.

Key:

The author here provides enough details by using specific words to show in spring how strong the wind is and why it is dusty so that the writing is effective and impressive.

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作者：陆稼祥

摘要：修辞是写作的重要环节，写作是修辞活动的技术市场，两者相辅相成，密不可分。修辞的技能技巧要获得实用意义，必须密切联系写作；写作的艺术水平要取得不断提高，必须紧密依靠修辞。为什么两者关系如此亲密？

2. 论文题目：英语修辞手法的语篇衔接途径

作者：周巧红

摘要：在组段和谋篇的过程中英语修辞手法如明喻、暗喻、讽喻、引喻、类比、换喻、换称、押韵、同义词、反义词、上下义词、重复、排比、对偶、层进、渐降、半谐音和尾韵等主要通过照应、词汇衔接、平行对称结构和语音模式等语篇衔接途径来实现语篇内部词句的有机结合或语篇和文化语境的有效联系。