activity. Figuratively, the sentence is an idiom means that the supper or eating activity runs well and all the menus are eaten.
2.4.2.3 Hyperbole
Hyperbole is a figure of speech which greatly exaggerates the truth. New Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus: 476.
The word hyperbole derived from Greek language, that is hyper means ‘over’ and ballien means ‘to throw’. In other words means that hyperbole wants to
emphasize a point with a statement which containing overstatements. The speaker usually speaks exaggerative because he wants to emphasize something. For
example, “Her crying is heard until to the seventh sky”, it seems impossible for someone’s crying sound is heard until the seventh sky. At last, to be heard by all
around this world, is quite impossible. We called it exaggeration. The emphasis is very strong so the language is out of the truth, It means the speaker does not mean
what the words mean. Another example of hyperbole, “I have not seen him for centuries.”
Literally, the sentence means that the person has a long life until his age 100 years old. The sentence exaggerates the feeling of a person toward his friends.
Figuratively, it means that the person really lose his friend for a long time.
2.4.2.4 Metonymy
Metonymy is a figure of speech in which the name of one object or idea is substituted by another closely associated with it. Metonymy uses a feature closely
associated with the main idea rather than being physically part of it. It described
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from what Eco 1982:91 said, “Metonymy is the substitution of two terms for each other according to a relation of contiguity”. For example, ‘white house’ may
refer to America; ‘cendana family’ may remind us to Soeharto. The following examples will explain the definitions above, here they are:
• Most of the people in Indonesia tried to put away the red shirt • Let’s call 911
The phrase red shirt in the first sentence has a speaker meaning. Red shirt refers to PDI party. PDI party is identical with red. The right interpretation for
this sentence is to put away the PDI party. The phrase 911 refers to the public service call for American people.
If we need a help or if we are in emergency we can call this number.
2.4.2.5 Synecdoche
