Antithesis Assonance LITERATURE REVIEW

11. Hyperbole

It is included in trope . It is bold or the extravagant exaggeration of fact or of possibility Harpham and Abrams: 2009 . It gives overstatement of something and make it bigger, more important or worse than it really is . In other words, hyperbole is exaggerating or overstatement toward something or someone . Cuddon in Duboviciene and Skorupa 2015 states that it is containing exaggeration for emphasis . The example of hyperbole from Othello “Iago says gloatingly of othello” III . iii . 330ff: 20 Not Poppy nor Mandragora, Nor all the drawsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ou”dst sleep yesterday . taken from Harpham and Abrams

12. Irony

It is the next type of figure of speech . It can be a phrase or word where the situation is contradictory towards the word or the phrase itself . The meaning of the words or phrases are not to be taken literary Wales: 2001 . Irony often appears in daily conversation when something is contradictory from the reality then people give their argument through indirect speech . It is appropriate with Wales 2001: 224 who reveals that “Irony is major rhetorical strategy, and it is often be the characteristic of indirect speech” . Hence, there was a character in Greek comedy named eiron PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI means a dissembler Harpham and Abrams: 2000 . The examples for this figure of speech are: 21 What lovely weather when it is raining . 22 It’s a truth universally acknowledge that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife ironically, it is a single woman is in want of rich husband . It is taken from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin . 13 . Isocolon It is a type of figure of speech with phrases or clauses in which they have equal length and parallel in syntax and rhythm Wales: 2001 . The example for this figure of speech is: 23 It takes a licking, but it keeps on ticking .

15. Litotes

According to Wales 2001, litotes cames from Greek “small” or “meagre” . It expresses a positive side of something using the opposite . In other words, litotes uses negative expression to show the opposite whether praising or damning . Wales also argues that “litotes is often a useful indirect strategy for reasons of modesty or politeness” . There is another opinion form Abrams and Harpham 2009 . They reveal that litotes comes from Greek “plain” or “simple” . Litotes is the assertion of an affirmative by negating its contrary . The following sentence is the example of litotes: 24 he is not the brightest man in the world .