JULIA ASTUTI

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EXTENSIVE READING
 FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

when you use a word or phrase that does not

have its normal everyday, literal meaning.
Writers can use figurative language to make their
work more interesting or more dramatic than
literal language which simply states facts.
KINDS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
 SIMILE
A simile is a figure of speech that compares
two unlike things and uses the words “like” or
“as” and they are commonly used in everyday
communication. A simile is used with the aim of
sparking an interesting connection in the reader’s
mind.

EX: The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the

sky
 Personification

 Giving something human qualities

EX :The stuffed bear smiled as the little boy

hugged him close
 Onomatopoeia

Naming a thing or an action by imitating the

sound associated with it

EX : buzz, hiss, roar, woof

 Metaphor
Comparing two things by using one kind of
object or using in place of another to suggest the
likeness between them

EX : Her hair was silk

 Idiom
The language peculiar to a group of people

EX : She sings at the top of her lungs

 CLICHE HYPERBOLE

A word or phrase that has Big exaggeration, usually

become overly familiar or with humor
commonplace

EX : mile-high ice-cream cones

EX : No pain, no gain
 ALLITERATION ASSONANCE

The repetition of usually A resemblance of sound in

initial consonant sounds in two or words or syllables
more neighboring words or
syllables

EX : The wild and woolly walrus EX : holy & stony And Fleet feet
waits and wonders when we’ll sweep by sleeping geese
walk by