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Abstract:Rhetorical device is a peculiar skill in each language, which reflects the characteristics of culture involved. Rhetoric is widely used in speeches, advertisements, poetries and English lyrical songs. This article focuses on the application and effect of rhetoric in English lyrical songs, in which I find simile, metaphor, alliteration, rhyme, personification, hyperbole, synaesthesia, transferred epithet and repetition made the best use. They convey the singers’ mood, feelings and emotion, and also make the language lucid, lively and easy to sing, read and remember. English lyrical songs are becoming more and more popular among people. The more you know about the Application and effect of Rhetoric in English lyrical songs, the better you understand them.
Keywords: rhetoric, rhetorical devices, application, effect, lyrical songs
摘要:修辞在每种语言中都是一种特别的技巧去修饰所涉及的文化特征，然而修辞广泛用于演讲，广告，诗歌甚至英文抒情歌曲，通过大量的收集英文抒情歌曲，我发现明喻，暗喻，头韵，押韵，拟人，夸张，通感，移就，反复被很好利用。这些修辞手段不仅仅传递歌者的心情，情感，而且他们能使语言流利，通顺，易唱，易读，易记。英文抒情歌曲变得越来越流行，所以你对修辞了解越多，你就越能了解英文抒情歌曲。
关键词：修辞, 修辞手段，运用，作用，抒情歌曲