Abstract:Humor is the result of the comprehensive application of thought, knowledge, quality, intelligence and agility in the language. While rhetoric is a way of using specific language to achieve the effective result for a certain purpose. This paper aims to analyze the humor reflected in some rhetorical devices from the aspects of lexical rhetorical devices, syntactical rhetorical devices and phonological rhetorical devices, through giving numerous examples and hope to help the readers to understand, hence to appreciate the humor reflected in rhetorical devices. It is beneficial for the readers to have a detailed understanding of the humor reflected in the rhetorical devices. In addition, it is useful for people to apply humor correctly during the communication with others.

Key words: language; humor; rhetorical devices

CONTENTS

Abstract

中文摘要

1. Introduction1

2. Literature Review.......2

3. An Analysis of Humor Reflected in Some Rhetorical Devices..3

   3.1 Lexical Rhetorical Devices

    3.1.1 Simile

3.1.2 Metaphor

3.1.3 Oxymoron

    3.1.4 Irony

3.1.5 Pun

3.2 Syntactical Rhetorical Devices

   3.2.1 Repetition

3.2.2 Antithesis 

3.2.3 Parallelism

3.2.4 Rhetorical Question

3.2.5 Anticlimax

3.3 Phonological Rhetorical Devices

3.3.1 Onomatopoeia 

3.3.2 Alliteration

3.3.3 Pun

4. Conclusion11

Bibliography.12

Acknowledgements..13