June

23rd
2019
Semantic
Ahmad Dani Al Fanani Dita Permata Abadi Nailil Masruroh

Literal
And Irony Presuppos
Figurative ition
Usage
Literal language uses words
exactly according to their
conventionally accepted
meanings or denotation.
It means exactly what is say Literal

Ex : that sky is blue

Writing or speech not meant to be
taken literally
Writes use figurative language to
express ideas or imagivative ways
Uses similes, methaphors,
hyperbole, and personification to Figurative
describe something often through
Usage
comparison with something
different.
• Similes :
- He has learned gymnastics, and is as agile as a
monkey.
- Her cheeks are red like rose
• Metaphor :
- My brother was boiling mad
- The assignment was a breeze
Example
• Hyperbole : of
- She is a heavy as an elephant
- The boy was dying to get a new school bag
Figurative
• Personification : Usage
- The flowers danced in the gentle brezze
- The shadow of the moon danced on the lake
Definition :
a contrast between what is
expected and what actually happens.

Irony
Types of
Irony
Verbal Irony : The use of words to mean
something different than what they
appear to mean.

Verbal
Irony
Examples
of Verbal
Irony
Situational Irony : The difference
between what is expected to happen
and what actually happens.

Situational
Irony
Examples
of
Situational
Irony
Examples
of
Situational
Irony
Dramatic Irony : When the audience is
more aware of what is happening than a
character.

Dramatic
Irony
Examples
of
Dramatic
Irony
Examples
of
Dramatic
Irony
Definition :
The information that a
speaker assumes to be already
known.

Example : Presuppos
Mary exists, Mary has only
ition
one brother, Mary’s brother is rich
Thank
You