Group 4

Proverbs And Riddles

Clindo Wafi Radanta (6)
Fajar Ramadhan (11)
Marasi Joel Silvano (19)
Odisseus Alfatih Panennungi (25)
Rafael Bornok (26)
Proverbs

 A proverb is a simple, concrete, traditional saying popularly known and repeated, which
expresses a truth, based on common sense or the partial experience of humanity.
 Proverbs have a function to teach, enlighten, and persuade people. Proverbs play many
roles in society. The most common role is to educate on what might happen if they do
something.
Types And Examples of Proverbs

A. Warning/Advice/Morals
Proverbs can be used to give warnings, advice, and morals:
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Never judge a book by its cover.
Look before you leap,

B. Key elements
Proverbs can also be grouped by some elements, for example, animals and birds:

When the cat's away, the mice will play.

One swallow doesn't make a summer.

C. Visualizing
Proverbs can also visualizes through pictures:

Many hands make light work.

All that glitters is not gold
Guess The Meanings

Proverbs Meanings
1. Actions speak louder than words. 1. What you do is more important than what
you say.
2. It’s too bad that all good things must
come to an end. 2. Everything ends, good times don’t last
forever.
3. A picture is worth a thousand words.
3. An image can tell a story better than
4. Better late than never.
words.
4. It’s better to finish something late than to
never do it at all
Riddles

 A riddle is a question, a puzzle, a phrase, or a statement devised to get unexpected or

clever answers. It is a folklore genre as well as rhetorical device, often having veiled or
double meanings. When someone uses it as a puzzle or a question, it could be a thought-
provoking challenge.
Examples of Riddles

Riddle
 What disappears the moment you say its name?

Silence
Examples of Riddles

Riddle
 What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

The Letter “M”

Examples of Riddles

Riddle
 Two fathers and their two sons go fishing together. They each catch one fish to take home
with them. They do not lose any fish, and yet when they arrive at home they only have
three fish. How can this be?

There are only 3 people. A

grandfather, his son, and his
grandchild
Any Questions?