The Application of Rhetorical Devices in High School English Continuation Writing

Abstract

Rhetorical devices are a kind of language expression often seen in articles. With the development of the new era, the requirements for listening, speaking, reading and writing in today's English education are gradually increasing, and the requirements for writing are also getting higher and higher. In the English curriculum standards for senior high schools (2017 edition), the Ministry of Education also further improved the requirements of high school students' listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. In high school English textbooks, each unit of the article often contains a variety of rhetorical devices, but high school students cannot skillfully use rhetorical devices in the continuation writing. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the use of rhetorical devices in post reading continuation. This paper analyzes the application of rhetorical devices in the continuation of high school reading. Using the output oriented teaching method in teaching to help students understand and apply. The purpose is to let high school students understand the embodiment of rhetorical devices in English articles; Be able to master and skillfully use rhetorical devices in the continuation writing. This paper decides to explore and study rhetorical sentence patterns to help students increase their ability to write English and improve their appreciation of the beauty of the English language.

Keywords

• Rhetorical devices
• Continuation writing
• High school English

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