The Rhetorical Characteristics of Rhetoric

Rhetoric is closely related to the cultural tradition of a nation. Influenced by the Chinese cultural tradition, Chinese rhetoric uses a lot of "than", which is used more and more extensively; Chinese rhetoric is mainly neat and symmetrical, supplemented by discrepancies and errors; Chinese rhetoric has the difference between virtual and real writing, and consciously uses the virtual and real viewpoints in the language expression to achieve certain effects, which is another characteristic of Chinese rhetoric. The dominant idea of Chinese rhetoric, both ancient and modern, is to serve the content of expression.

The morphemes of Chinese language are mainly monosyllabic, words are mainly monosyllabic and disyllabic, and Chinese is a non-morphological language without the constraints of word-form changes. These two features determine that Chinese rhetoric has the following characteristics:

1) The combination of linguistic units is flexible.

②It is very easy to combine them into utterances with the same number of syllables and parallel structure, which are usually called couplets. And it is easy to rhyme. The extensive use of neat rhyming language structures is one of the characteristics of Chinese rhetoric.

3) A considerable number of four-character idioms have appeared and accumulated in the Chinese language, and most of these idioms are rich in significant rhetorical effects.

4) The use of Chinese characters has also given rise to a number of special rhetorical techniques, such as palindromes, thimbles, and harmonic puns, etc.

5) The use of Chinese characters has also given rise to a number of special rhetorical techniques.