新SAT写作常用修辞讲解之矛盾修饰(oxymoron)

在SAT写作考试中，大家觉得oxymoron(矛盾修饰)很眼熟，因为我们通常会拿它跟paradox(自相矛盾、悖论)进行对比，其实两者很容易区分。下面小编将为你详细介绍SAT写作常用修辞之矛盾修饰oxymoron，希望对大家的考试有所帮助。

oxymoron(矛盾修饰)跟paradox(自相矛盾、悖论)进行对比。其实两者很容易区分，oxymoron主要用于短语，如：peace force 和平部队，living dead 行尸走肉等等，常见于以下形式：adj+n，n+n，adj+adj，adv+adj.

而paradox则常见于句子中的前后矛盾。从oxymoron的词源上入手，就更好理解啦。oxymoron是由希腊语中意为“sharp”和“dull”的两个词组合而成，而这两个词合在一起就是所谓的矛盾修饰。对此，英国作家Thomas Gibbons就曾形容oxymoron为“sense in the masquerade of folly."更具体来说：

"The true beauty of oxymorons," says Richard Watson Todd, "is that, unless we sit back and really think, we hAPpily accept them as normal English." Todd illustrates his point in the following passage:

It was an open secret that the company had used a paid volunteer to test the plastic glasses. Although they were made using liquid gas technology and were an original copy that looked almost exactly like a more expensive brand, the volunteer thought that they were pretty ugly and that it would be simply impossible for the general public to accept them. On hearing this feedback, the company board was clearly confused and there was a deafening silence. This was a minor crisis and the only choice was to drop the product line.

(Much Ado About English. Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2006)

在SAT阅读理解和SAT写作中，oxymoron可以产生两种强烈的修辞效果。

第一，出人意料。由于在sat阅读理解和SAT写作中两部分语义相互矛盾，合并使用有悖常理，所以矛盾修辞强烈碰撞读者的神经思维，起到意想不到，启发思维的作用，为进一步深化理解奠定了基础。例如“cruel kindness”，“true lies”等便是矛盾修辞法的具体表现。

第二，引人入胜。矛盾词语的冲击会激发读者进一步深化理解的欲望。在仔细推敲这种看似矛盾的语言表达之后，读者会发现矛盾修辞法所表示的语义矛盾不仅符合逻辑，而且使文章更加形象生动，意蕴丰富且深刻。

以上就是小编为大家介绍的SAT写作常用修辞之矛盾修饰oxymoron，在了解之后，希望能对大家的SAT写作考试有所帮助。

传送门：

8月新SAT阅读题型解析汇总

8月新SAT备考热门复习资料汇总