The school was a dreary, gabled Victorian house of red brick and with big staring sash-windows A victorian house is a house typical of the time Queen Victoria(1819-1901reigned over Britain. From the sentence we may visualize a house with triangular upper parts of the wall at the end of a ridged roof and with large windows of two frames which open by sliding one frame up or down behind or in front of the other
▪ The school was a dreary, gabled Victorian house of red brick and with big staring sash—windows. ▪ A victorian house is a house typical of the time Queen Victoria(1819—1901)reigned over Britain. From the sentence we may visualize a house with triangular upper parts of the wall at the end of a ridged roof and with large windows of two frames which open by sliding one frame up or down behind or in front of the other
Staring sash windows, here it used the figure of speech--metaphor The windows were so large that they look like people's wide open eyes Here this figure of speech shows the school gives the author an uncomfortable impression Metaphor It is like a simile, also makes a comparison between two unlike elements, but unlike a simile, this comparison is implied rather than stated. For example, the world is a stage Simile:(E AA)It is a figure of speech which makes a comparison between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic E )in common. To make the comparison, words like as as.as, as if and like are used to transfer the quality we associate with one to the other. For example, As cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country
▪ Staring sash windows, here it used the figure of speech—metaphor. The windows were so large that they look like people’s wide open eyes. Here this figure of speech shows the school gives the author an uncomfortable impression. ▪ Metaphor It is like a simile, also makes a comparison between two unlike elements, but unlike a simile, this comparison is implied rather than stated. For example, the world is a stage. ▪ Simile：(明喻）It is a figure of speech which makes a comparison between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic (特性)in common. To make the comparison, words like as, as...as, as if and like are used to transfer the quality we associate with one to the other. For example, As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. ▪