Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
CONCERNS: Structure,
symbols or Symbolism,
Irony, Figures of
speech
EXPLORING YOUR
KNOWLEDGE ON
FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
Identify the figure of speech
in the following sentences.
“Hadn’t she felt in every touch of the
sunshine, as its golden finger tips pressed
her lids open and wound their way
through her hair?”
PERSONIFICATION
My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a water’d shoot,
My heart is like an apple tree
My heart is like a rainbow shell…
SIMILE
I am trying to solve a million
issues today!
HYPERBOLE
England won the World Cup in
1996.
SYNECDOCHE
A traffic enforcer gets caught
violating traffic rules.
IRONY
What do the following often
symbolize?
• MIRROR • RED
• WATER • FIRE
• WHITE • RUST
• CROCODILE • FLIES
• BLACK •RAINBOW
LITERARY
CONCERNS: Structure,
symbols or Symbolism,
Irony, Figures of
speech
STRUCTURE
Like in other forms of writing,
in CNF, it is also very
important to plan before you
write. This is to avoid
incoherent ideas in your article.
Types of
STRUCTURE
CHRONOLOGICAL
STRUCTURE
Events are in linear fashion,
as they occur in time
Travelogue or account of a
trip
EXPLANATION-OF-A-PROCESS
STRUCTURE
This is the best structure for a how-to
article since it tells the readers what to
do step by step.
Example: How to Cope with
Heartbreak, How to Use Your Time
Wisely
FLASHBACK STRUCTURE
A flashback begins at some point in
time then moves back into the past.