英语专业八级GeneralKnowledge知识点总结
1、John Milton the poet wrote of Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the Garden of Eden in Paradise Lost、Paradise Regained was also written by him.
2、Sonnet: A 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes、十四行诗体, 一种由十四行组成的诗歌形式，通常有一种传统的押韵形式, 莎士比亚用过此诗体。
3、Slang: A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech, made up typically of short-lived coinages and figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms for added raciness, humor, irreverence, or other effect、俚语主要出现在非正式的、游戏性的话语中的一种语言，基本由存在时间很短的派生词和修辞构成，它们被故意地用来取代标准的词语以达到生动、幽默、无礼或其它效果
4、Catch Phrase: A phrase in wide or popular use, especially one serving as a slogan for a group or movement、警句，妙句，吸引人的词句广泛使用的或流行的用语，尤指用作集团或运动的口号的用语。
5、Jargon: The specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group、行话, 一个行业、职业或类似的团体中使用的专业的或技术的语言、terminology
6、Platitude: A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original or significant、陈腔滥调, 陈腐的.或平庸的评论或陈述，尤指某人表述它时好象它是新颖的或有意义的
7、Hyperbole: A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton、夸张法,一种比喻，使用夸张来强调或产生某种效果，比如在 我能睡一年或这书有一吨重
8、onomatopoeia: The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to、象声词, 词的构成或用法，例如 buzz或 nurmur模仿事物或行动的声音.
9、hypotaxis: 从属关系
10、parataxis: 并列结构，指 短语或分句间不用连词， 如：I came, I saw, I conquered.
