A:To encourage the students to think about the issue under a bigger context.
B:To elicit an answer from the students.
C:To compare two different things figuratively to engage his students.
D:To describe an imaginative situation.
How dies the professor illustrate his point about ___?(询问谈话人是如何创造了某种修辞手段的)
A:by comparing X to Y
B:by giving an example of X
Why does the professor say so?(节选了演讲中某一带有修辞用法的部分，让考生回答为什么谈话人用此修辞)
A:To point out a flaw
B:To repeat a point
C:To define an important term
D:To exemplify a key point
托福听力修辞题基本解题思路指点
1.熟悉常用修辞手段，如比喻(又分明喻、暗喻等)、夸张、比拟、例证、借代、反问、反复、设问等等。
2.听原文时即可判断谈话人真实的意图，谈话人某句讲话修辞手法运用明显之时往往就是考点出现的地方。
3.注意根据上线问和谈话气氛来综合回答问题，不要脱离主题然后凭空猜测谈话人的修辞意图。
托福阅读修辞题解题技巧实例讲解
Professor:Through much of the last century,America’s faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea.Now it is a seed upon the wind,taking root in many nations.
Narrator:Listen again to a part of the lecture.Then answer the question.
Professor:…Now it is a seed upon the wind,taking root in many nations.
Why does the professor say this?
A:To encourage the students to think about the issue under a bigger context.
B:To elicit an answer from the students.
C:To compare two different things figuratively to engage his students.
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