The reading quotations containing metaphors and rhetorical techniques are as follows:

1. People cannot live without books, just like they cannot live without air. ——Korolev (using metaphors to highlight the importance of reading)

2. Books are like medicine. Good reading can cure stupidity. ——Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty (using metaphors and comparing books to medicine)

Translation: A good secretary is like medicine. If you can make good use of it and read well, books can cure people's ignorance. of.

3. Books are ships of thought sailing in the waves of the times. They carefully transport precious cargo to one generation after another.

——British Bacon (using metaphors, comparing books to ships, highlighting the importance of books to people)

4. Books are the ladder of human progress. ——? Gorky said (using metaphors, comparing books to ladders, highlighting the importance of books)

5. Books are the source of all our knowledge, just like tightening the screws of a machine, they are indispensable. ——Hou Junjie (comparing books to screws, highlighting the importance of books)

Extended information

About ancient reading poems containing metaphorical rhetorical techniques:

" "What you learn from reading"

Author: Xiao Luanwei (Qing Dynasty)

The human heart is like a good seedling, which will grow when nourished; the seedlings are irrigated with spring water, and the heart is nourished by reason and righteousness.

If you don’t study for a day, you will have no good ideas. If you don’t study for a month, your ears and eyes will lose their clarity.

Translation:

The human heart is like a fine seedling, which can only grow if it is well cared for. The growth of seedlings needs the irrigation of spring water, and the heart needs the education of moral standards. If a person does not study for a day, he will not have any good ideas in his mind. After not reading for a month, I felt that my ears and eyes were not clear.

Appreciation:

This poem exemplifies the benefits of reading and the disadvantages of not reading. It advises people to love reading and persevere in reading, and expresses its truth vividly.

The first couplet of the poem uses metaphor to compare people to good seedlings, and uses moral norms as personal nourishment, highlighting the importance of moral norms. The last two sentences focus on the importance of reading. Reading is the eyes and ears of a person. Without reading, you cannot obtain important information, just like covering your ears or covering your eyes.