The Rhetoric Study On Short Message Service

In this passage,Short Message Service is the subject. First, the confirmed materials were selected to form a closed database. Next, classify the confirmed materials by content into 4 groups:for festival, general greet, trick and entertainment and varieties of society.,then the authentic materials were described in a static state and quantitatively analyzed to get the using conditions of figures of speech in various SMS.Then, according to the comprehensive analysis based on the relevant data, there are commonly several figures of speech used including parataxis, dualization, metaphor, comparison, ambiguity and pun, etc, also the relevant reasons are analyzed.Then five kinds of figures of speech including parataxis, dualization, metaphor, ambiguity and comparison were highlighted. Through quantitative and qualitative analysis, I find some characters of the figure of speech used in short messages.The conclusion summarized the whole thesis, and also pointed out the format problem with SMS.The problem mainly shows on that the format used usually is not correct, especially when using dualization. In all researching the using of format in SMS and summarizing the specialty and problems with format in SMS,enriches the theories of trope. It also establishes an example for the taste of trope. And it enhances the taste of SMS,urging it develop to an elegant direction.