英语修辞格(figures of speech)一般是指有别于字面意义的表达手段或方法.词或短语具有修辞意义时常包含比字面意义更多的意思.通过修辞格可使讲话或文章变得活泼生动、形象具体、语势强劲、内涵深刻,益发富于想象性,因而修辞格是小说、散文、诗歌、戏剧、科技文章乃至广告文字等一切文体广泛使用的手段.脍炙人口的作品中常有丰富的修辞格.善于运用修辞手法的作者,其文章往往显得流畅自如、有力、达意,可见修辞格在语言中所起的重要作用. Figures of speech generally refer to instruments or methods of expression that differ from the literal meaning of words or phrases that often contain more meaning than literal meaning.Letches or articles become lively and vivid through figures of speech , The image is specific, the language is powerful, the connotation is profound, the benefits are rich in imagination, so the rhetorical device is a fictional, prose, poetry, drama, scientific articles and even ad text. The author, who is adept at using rhetorical techniques, often appears to be fluent, powerful, and contentful, and his rhetoric plays an important role in language.