FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Refers to the imaginative language
which is not direct but in-direct differs from normal language. It is
characterised by using figures of speech.
FIGURES OF SPEECH
(a) Simile; is the comparison of two unlike entities by
using conjunction/words like such as, as…..as, as, so that. Eg, life is like a
dream.
(b) Metaphor; is a comparison of unlike entities person or
situation without using words includes such as like, as…..as, resemble. Eg,
life is a dream. He is a snake.
(c) Personification; refers to an explanation in which
non-human beings or creatures are given human characteristics or behaviours.
Eg, the rain ate all the tree in our village.
(d) Apostrophe; is an explanation in which a person
addresses an absent or dead human being or non-human creature as if they can
hear or replay. Eg, Amanda my dear wife,
the dead never come back home,
but at least once in life,
they visit us in dream.
(e) Symbolism; is an explanation or words where an
entities in a work of art refers to the different entities or situation.
Eg, in a poem YOUR PAIN by Armand (G)
Blood _
symbolises _ Sacrifice
Scars _ symbolises _
Oppression
(f) Hyperbole (overstatement) or Exaggeration; is the
literary technique which involve saying something which is more serious than it
actual is.
Eg, she gave me five millions of kisses. You possess my heart.
(g) Litotes (understatement); is a literary that involve
saying something less serious than it actual is. Eg, I have ten millions for my
own lunch today.
Don’t fear, only five people were killed.
(h) Irony; is a literary technique in which one thing mean
the opposite of what is said or what is happen is quite different from what is
expected.
Eg, Juma is intelligent boy but he score 0 marks of a hundred.
(i) Sarcasm; is a statement given for a purpose of hunting
or humiliate someone to make him/her unhappy or angry. Eg, Guy your hair is
well combed and looks good.
(j) Rhetorical Question; is a statement in form of
question which needs no replay asked.
