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way the wind blows. The original meaning is the wind blows softly like the way a human whispers to others. Those are the purposes of using figurative language.
3.3 Types of Figurative Language
There are several types of figurative language which are usually used in a daily life. According to Kennedy 1991:587-595 the types of figurative languages
were classified into eleven, they are apostrophe, hyperbole, metaphor, metonymy, paradox, paronomasia, personification, simile, synecdoche, transferred epithet and
understatement.
2.3.1 Apostrophe
Kennedy 1991: 594 defines that apostrophe is a way of addressing someone or something invisible or not ordinarily spoken to. Apostrophe is a way
of addressing inanimate things as though they were alive.
2.3.2 Hyperbole
Hyperbole is a figurative language which uses an extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect. It is
a device that we imply in our daily speech. According to Kennedy 1991: 594, hyperbole is a figurative language that emphasizes the point with a statement
containing exaggeration. Hyperbole is an unreal exaggeration to emphasize the real situation.
2.3.3 Metaphor
Metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common. Kennedy 1991:587 states that metaphor is a
statement that one thing is compared to something else which in literal sense they are different and creates new meaning. In other words, resemblances of two
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contradictory or different objects are made based on a single or some common characteristics.
2.3.4 Metonymy
A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another which is closely associated. According to Kennedy 1991: 595, metonymy is
figurative language in which the name of thing is substituted for that another closely associated with it. In a metonymy, the words are used to describe another
thing which is closely linked to that particular thing, but it is not a part of it.
2.3.5 Paradox
Paradox is a statement that appears to contradict itself. It is a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth. In line with
it, Kennedy 1991:595 says that paradox occurs in a statement that at first strikes us self-contradictory but that on reflection makes some sense. It is also used to
illustrate an opinion or statement contrary to accepte traditional ideas.
2.3.6 Paronomasia
