FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Figurative language dalam bahasa Indonesia sehari-hari bisa diartikan sebagai bahasa kiasan atau majas, yaitu kalimat yang menggunakan kata-kata kiasan bukan makna sesungguhnya.

Ada beberapa macamfigurative languagedalam bahasa Inggris yaitu sebagai berikut:

Idiom adalah suatu ekspresi yang memiliki makna yang berbeda dari makna secara literal, contohnya:

1. A leopard can’t change its spots.
2. Piece of cake.
3. A picture paints a thousand words.

Hyperbole adalah suatu ekspresi yang melebih-lebihkan atau menyangatkan, gunanya untuk memberikan penekanan, contohnya:

1. I have a ton of homework.
2. The letter took forever to arrive.
3. I’ve seen this movie a thousand times.

Metaphor adalah suatu kalimat atau phrases yang menggambarkan seseorang atau suatu obyek dengan sesuatu yang memiliki karakteristik yang mirip contohnya:

1. You are my sunshine.
2. She could not digest the shocking news.
3. Many people believe time is money.

Personification adalah bahasa figurative yang memberikan sifat-sifat benda hidup pada benda mati, contohnya:

1. The city never sleeps.
2. The palm trees were dancing in the wind.
3. The sun played hide and seek with the clouds.

Similes adalah bahasa figurative yang membandingkan dua hal ciri-cirinta dengan mengunakan kata likeatauas, contohnya:

1. My grandfather is as wise as an owl.
2. The twins are like two peas in a pod.
3. My mom is always as busy as a bee.

Onomatopoeia adalah bahasa figurative yang menggambarkan sesuatu melalui bunyi yang dihasilkan benda tersebut, contohnya:

1. That cat will keep meowing until you pet it.
2. The bird's chirp filled the empty night air.
3. If you want the red team to win, clap your hands right now!

Alliteration adalah gaya bahasa yang menggunakan pengulangan suara, bukan hanya pengulangan huruf, contohnya:

1. Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.
2. He not busy being born is busy dying

Assonance adalah gaya bahasa yang menggunakan pengulangan vowel, contohnya:

1. I might like to take a flight to an island in the sky.
2. Go and mow the lawn.
3. The engineer held the steering to steer the vehicle.

Pembahasan

1. I was so hungry that I even ate the plate. (Hyperbole)
2. My father was the sun and the moon to me. (Metaphor)
3. The rain seemed like an old friend who had finally found us. (Simile)
4. "Smash" when the cup fell off the table. (Onomatopoeia)
5. He was a library of information about baseball. (Metaphor)
6. The curtain was waving to everyone every time the wind blew through the open window. (Personification)
7. The tree shook its branches angrily. (Personification)
8. Drip, Drop, Drip, Drop went the raindrops falling on the roof of the house. (Onomatopoeia)
9. Her head was so full of ideas that it was ready to burst wide open. (Hyperbole)
10. The baby was like an octopus, grabbing for everything in sight. (Similes)
11. That movie took my breath away. (Idiom)
12. Leslie said that she was in the dark about what's going on. (Idiom)
13. Teddy tiger tried tying teepees together. (Alliteration)
14. Silly sally sang a silly summer song. (Alliteration)
15. I like pancake so much I could eat a million of them. (hyperbole)

Pelajari Lebih Lanjut

Untuk belajar lebih lanjut mengenai figurative language, silakan kunjungi link berikut ini:

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yomemimo.com/tugas/3866267

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Detil jawaban

Kelas: SMA

Mapel: Bahasa Inggris

Kategori: Figurative Language

Kata kunci: figurative language, idiom, hyperbola, personification