INSTITUT PERGURUAN

GURU MALAYSIA
KAMPUS TEMENGGUNG
IBRAHIM
THE JADE PENDANT
BY
CATHERINE LIM
 FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
• An imaginative way of using comparisons to create fresh,
new images. They are not literally true, but express a
truth beyond the literal level.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Understatement
Adverbs
Adjectives
 SIMILE
• Uses words like like or as to compare two
different things.
Below are some examples of simile which found in
“The Jade Pendant”.
 as big as the palm of a child’s hand
 as vehemently as she could
 as much as she could
 get as good a price for such a jewel
 not at the idiot child –like face but at the jewel that
rested awkwardly on the flat, child-like chest
 HYPERBOLE
• Violent headache
• Long whistle of admiration
• His round florid face
 ADVERBS
SAFELY CONSPIRATORIALLY NICELY POSITIVELY

EXTREMELY SLOWLY HAPPILY LOUDLY

ACTUALLY QUICKLY KINDLY URGENTLY

LAUGHINGLY RESENTFULLY GRANDLY AWKWARDLY

IMMEDIATELY INEVITABLY HUMBLY AFFECTIONATELY

STIFFLY POSSIBLY GRATEFULLY TACTFULLY

PROUDLY EXCESSIVELY BRISKLY BRIEFLY

 ADJECTIVES
QUITE WEALTHY
SAD ABSOLUTE
QUICK ROUND
SIMPLE GENEROUS
THIN RICH
DREADFUL LEFT
URGENT HAPPY
GREAT BEAUTIFUL
 SOUND DEVICES
• Uses words to create images while making
interesting sound patterns.
 Assonance
 Consonance
 Onomatopoeia
 CONSONANCE
• Now, now , you are always worrying.
• Her offer moreover was generous.
• She uttered little cries of agitation and wrung
her hands in vexation.
 ASSONANCE
• How could she do such a thing to me!
• That’s a disappointment to me, for I had
hoped to see it.
• And I will kill her for having done this to me!
• How vexing to have a daughter married to a
foreigner, and a poor one at that.
 ONOMOTOPOEIA
• There will be so many guests all dressed
grandly and with their jewels.
• … but whispering loudly, urgently among
themselves.
 IMAGERY
• Use of words and phrases to re-create vivid
sensory experiences for the reader:
 Sight
 Hearing
 Touch
 Taste and Smell
 HEARING
• Whimpered (make a series of low, feeble
sounds expressive of fear, pain, or
discontent. -whimpering sound.)
• Whisper (speak very softly using one’s
breath rather than one’s throat.)
 THE END
PREPARED BY:
• NANTHINI D/O KANAPATHY
• SANTINI D/O SURASHKUMAR
• ROOBENDHIRAN S/O
SIVASAMY