Figurative language
- 2. Members • Nuzul Zahrotushsholikhah 1701050005 • Latifah Fitria Nuraeni 1701050012 • Palupi Sekar Kinasih 1701050015 • Poningsih 1701050021
- 3. Definition of Figurative Language Figurative language has the ability to be more impacful than literal writing it can expand readers interpretations and broaden their imaginings.
- 4. Function The primary function of figurative language is to force readers to imagine what a writer wants to express.
- 5. Types of Figurative Language • Figure of Speech Comparison • Figure of Speech Insinuation • Figure of Speech Affirmation
- 6. Figure of Speech Comparison • Simile Simile is a part of figurative language in English uses the conjunction such as as, like, to express the comparison two different things. For example: - Busy as a bee - They fought like cats and dogs
- 7. • Metaphor Metaphors only make sense when the similarities between the two things being compared are apparent of readers understand the connection between the two words. For example: - He has a heart of stone - You are my sunshine
- 8. • Personification Personification gives human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas. For example: - The sun greeted me this morning. - Opportunity knocked at his door.
- 9. • Eponym Eponym gives a name to something and the name is used for declaring its nature. For example: - Elizabethan Age - Alzheimer’s disease
- 10. • Synecdoche Synecdoche consists of two types. They are; Pars pro toto and Totem pro parte. - Pars pro toto: partial represent whole - Totem pro parte: whole things stand for its part
- 11. • Metonymy Metonymy is a figurative Language which used a word to declare other things, because it has relationship closely. For example: - He is addicted to the bottle - Let me give you a hand
- 12. • Antonomasia Antonomasia is a literary term in which a descriptive phrase replaces a person’s name. For example: - Mr. Grumps doesn’t want to listen to anyone, and definitely doesn’t want to help anyone. - My sweet little darling!
- 13. Figure of Speech Insinuation • Irony Irony is the opposite of what one means. Irony is a hint that wants to say something with other meaning on what it contains in the words. For example: - the police station gets robbed - His friend’s hand was as soft as a rock
- 14. • Innuendo Innuendo declares a critic with indirect suggestion, and often seem not to hurt heart if we see clearly. For example: - When the parties always be held, his face often seen clearly. - You become a rich man because you did a bit an official commercial.
- 15. • Paradocs A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself and still seems true somehow. For example: - Nobody goes to the restaurant because it's too crowded. - I know that I know nothing.
- 16. Figure of Speech Affirmation • Paronomasia The examples above are Pun or Paronomasia which uses similar sounds but it has totally different meaning such as Can and Can has different meaning. For example: - I can see a can in that cannery.
- 17. • Hyperbole Hyperbole is a figurative language technique where exaggeration is used to create a strong effect. With hyperbole, the notion of the speaker is greatly exaggerated to emphasize the point. For example: - You snore louder than a freight train! - Old Mr. Johnson has been teaching here since the Stone Age.
- 18. CONCLUSION Figurative language consists of 3 kinds of type. The first type is figure of speech comparison, include simile, metaphor, personification, eponym, synecdoche, and metonymy. The second type is figure os speech insinuation, include irony, innuendo, and paradocs. The third type is figure of speech affirmation, include paronomasia and hyperbole.
- 19. WORKSHOP • Find 3 sentences and decide what kind of figurative language are they! (give also the reasons)