2016年3月5日,SAT俗稱“美國高考”,迎來改革之后的首次考試。下面小編為大家總結(jié)關(guān)于新SAT寫作修辭解析 ,歡迎大家閱讀參考。
眾所周知,英語(精品課)中有大量的修辭現(xiàn)象,它們是作者獨(dú)具匠心的創(chuàng)造,它們?cè)⒁庥谖恼碌淖掷镄虚g,顯示出作者的靈感和智慧。為了讓同學(xué)們更加清晰地識(shí)別分析和鑒賞英文文章中的修辭,CB大魔王將新SAT作文的落腳點(diǎn)放在了“寫作技巧和英文修辭”上,意味著“寫作技巧和英文修辭”在新SAT中是最基礎(chǔ)的內(nèi)容,大家不僅要熟悉每一種技巧和修辭,而且需要精準(zhǔn)評(píng)價(jià)其作用。大家對(duì)于新SAT寫作的認(rèn)識(shí)不再僅僅是語法(表示結(jié)構(gòu)規(guī)則)和邏輯(思維的規(guī)律和形式),而且是閱讀分析和文本鑒賞能力。
首先,我們一起來看一看OG中對(duì)于“stylistic and persuasive elements”的論述:
Your analysis of the author’s use of stylistic and persuasive elements can follow a number of paths. You may point out instances in which the author uses such devices and evaluate their role or their effectiveness in convincing an audience to action. You may also or in additionanalyze and evaluate the varying extent to which logic and emotion contribute to the persuasiveness of the text.
不難看出,我們對(duì)于文章的分析是按照兩個(gè)步驟來走的:
1. 識(shí)別+引用:point out instances in which the author uses such devices
2. 分析+評(píng)價(jià)的兩個(gè)維度:(基于說服的有效性)evaluate their role or their effectiveness in convincing an audience to action;(基于邏輯和情感)analyze and evaluate the varying extent to which logic and emotion contribute to the persuasiveness of the text.
第一步:識(shí)別與引用
讓我們從新SAT寫作考試范文“Let There be Dark ”中的這幾句話說起:
Bogard starts his article off by recounting a personal anecdote – a summer spent on a Minnesota lake where there was “wood so dark that his hands disappeared before his eyes.”
Bogard’s argument is also furthered by his use of allusion to art – Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” – and modern history – Paris’s reputation as “The city of light”.
Finally, Bogard makes subtle yet efficient use of rhetorical questioning to persuade his audience that natural darkness preservation is essential. He asks the readers to consider “what the vision of the night sky might inspire in each of us, in our children or grandchildren?” in a way that brutally plays to each of our emotions.
這三句話選自新SAT寫作第一篇官方范文。分別來自范文第二段、第三段、和第四段的第一句。文章分析部分的分?jǐn)?shù)會(huì)按照這三段寫的情況判分,再來看我們標(biāo)記的三組重點(diǎn)詞,它們就是各句的重點(diǎn),相當(dāng)于整篇文章就是按照這三組詞去展開的。也就是說,識(shí)別這三種修辭是我們分析的前提。
第二步:分析與評(píng)價(jià)
在進(jìn)行完識(shí)別和引用之后,下面我們重點(diǎn)挑選正文的最后一段來進(jìn)行深入分析:
Finally, Bogard(作者)makes subtle yet efficient use of rhetorical questioning to persuade his audience that natural darkness preservation is essential. He asks the readers to consider “what the vision of the night sky might inspire in each of us, in our children or grandchildren?”(文本) in a way that brutally plays to each of our emotions. By asking this question, Bogard draws out heartfelt ponderance from his readers (讀者)about the affecting power of an untainted night sky. This rhetorical question tugs at the readers’ heartstrings; while the reader may have seen an unobscured night skyline before, the possibility that their child or grandchild will never get the chance sways them to see as Bogard sees. This strategy is definitively an appeal to pathos, forcing the audience to directly face an emotionally-charged inquiry that will surely spur some kind of response. By doing this, Bogard develops his argument, adding gutthral power to the idea that the issue of maintaining natural darkness is relevant and multifaceted.
在這個(gè)分析修辭性問句的段落中,文學(xué)活動(dòng)的三大要素“作者”、“文本”、“讀者”都有所兼顧。修辭性問句的使用者不是要得到答案,答案在設(shè)問之前已經(jīng)由作者精心安排給出了。設(shè)問只是為了喚出作者期望得到的,有把握得到的讀者的回響,目的是使文章生動(dòng)有力。讀者在文本中感知到了什么情感,作者寫文章的目的就是什么,文本的意義也就得以凸現(xiàn)。
這就是新SAT寫作的修辭分析部分,不妨問問自己,作者寫了什么?為什么這么寫?這么寫對(duì)全文對(duì)讀者有什么影響?說到實(shí)質(zhì)上,新SAT的寫作是一種以邏輯為基礎(chǔ)的批判型閱讀和文本分析能力的結(jié)合,而新SAT讀寫一體化的教學(xué),正是我們的特色與優(yōu)勢(shì)。