In the basics of Language Reading Comprehension, are associations and imagination rhetoric?
1⃣️ Association and imagination belong to the expressive method, and many students are easily confused.
Association and imagination are not rhetorical devices. And the creation of rhetorical techniques can use associations, imagining such a process of mental activity.
Repair, that is, embellishment, decoration; words, that is, language, words. Rhetorical techniques are methods used to process language and modify words to enhance the effect of expression. Association and imagination are the mental processes of processing materials. Rhetorical techniques such as metaphor, anthropomorphism, and symbolism need to be used in the process of association and imagination.
2⃣️ What is the difference between association and imagination?
Associative mental phenomena that lead to thought of another person or thing. It is possible to recall related things from the present; it is also possible to recall other related things from the things that come to mind.
Fairy tales and fables are a kind of association, such as "Fox False Tiger Wei" Fox and tiger can not speak, we imagine that they can talk.
Imagination is the mental process of creating new images based on known things. Imagination can create new images, and even scenarios that have not been experienced or are completely non-existent.
Hearing a melodious music, we imagine the vast grassland, the grass clinging to the grass, the sheep grazing, the horses galloping... Such a picture is imagination;
How do you use association and imagination in rhetorical techniques? Let's use a metaphorical sentence as an example.
Dewdrops like pearls – associations (two things)
In the morning, crystal clear dewdrops roll on the verdant lotus leaves, like round pearls, shining in the sun. - Imagination (creating a picture with the mind)
Stars like eyes – associations (two things)
In the deep night sky, a few stars flickered, like angels' eyes, full of smiles, guiding my way home,—— imagination (creating a picture with my mind)
So association and imagination are not rhetorical devices. And the creation of rhetorical techniques can use associations, imagining such a process of mental activity.
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