25 Types of Affirmation Figures and Examples

Language Indonesia has a variety of languages ​​that can not only be expressed through a sentence that directly states its true meaning. Indonesian also recognizes and uses a word/sentence that does not directly express its true meaning or purpose, which is called figure of speech. figurative or style language is a use of certain language richness in order to obtain a certain effect on a discourse or written work.

Some types of figure of speech that we have discussed in previous articles are example of synecdoche and interminus contradiction. this time we will add another type of figure of speech, namely about the kinds of figure of speech of affirmation and examples.

Definition 

Affirmation figure of speech is a figure of speech or style language that repeats a word in order to emphasize something. Affirmation is expressed through the repetition of the same word but different meanings or words that are not exactly the same but the meaning is still related. This affirmation figure of speech is also known as repetition figure of speech.

The kinds of affirmation figure of speech are divided into 25 types, which are as follows:

1. Alliteration or Preterisio: figure of speech that aims to emphasize something by repeating the consonants at the beginning of the word in sequence.

• Example: Spread your wings. Look how beautiful this world is.

2. Majas Alonim: figure of speech that uses another variation of the name of something as a form of affirmation.

• Example: "Then what is the best solution if an error occurs in this system, ma'am?" I asked curiously about the topic of all kinds of computer systems taught by Mrs. Desliana.

3. Antanaclassic Majas: a figure of speech that emphasizes something by using the same word but with different meanings.

• Example: Cobra venom can kill the person who is the victim of its bite in seconds.

4. Anticlimax Maj: figure of speech that expresses something in order, from the most complex/most important down to the simple.

• Example: All members of the school participated in this holiday together, including the school custodian.

5. Apophasis Maj: a figure of speech that confirms about something in a way as if to deny the thing that is being asserted.

• Example: I personally want to renew your employment contract, but the company's current financial condition does not allow me to renew the employee's employment contract.

6. Asindeton Majas: figure of speech that emphasizes something by expressing a sentence/discourse without any connecting words.

• Example: In sadness, failure, adversity, I kept trying to continue the struggle until finally I managed to get a bachelor's degree.

7. Ellipsis: This figure of speech is expressed by eliminating one or several sentence elements, where the sentence elements should be in a complete sentence pattern.

• Example: Dad went upstairs to fix a leaky roof.

8. Exclamation Majas: figure of speech that emphasizes something by using exclamation points.

• Example: Look, I'm still here waiting for the miracle to come.

9. Enumeration: a figure of speech that uses an expression in the form of a part by part description as a whole.

• Example: The accident was very serious, both motorbikes were crushed, they were thrown about 10 meters from the scene, both motorcyclists were seriously injured.

10. Interruption: figure of speech affirmation by using expressions in the form of allowance for additional information contained between sentence elements.

• Example: Mr. Adi, the advertising division manager who just moved from Malang city, is young and single.

11. Inversion: figure of speech affirmation of something by putting the predicate at the beginning sentence.

• Example: I kissed his forehead for the last time before his face was covered with the shroud.

12. Majas Climax: figure of speech that expresses something sequentially starting from simple things and continues to increase to complex things.

• Example: Minors are not allowed to participate, only adults who are over 17 years old are allowed to take part in the competition.

13. Majas Collocation: figure of speech permanent association between one word with other words that are side by side in a sentence.

• Example: My stupid, too easy to trust people just because he is being nice.

14. Correctional Majas: figure of speech that emphasizes something that is considered inappropriate and then corrected or corrected.

• Example: You can already turn on fire, uh sorry, you can light a candle already.

15. Parallelism: figure of speech that uses the repetition of a word to express affirmation. This figure of speech is usually found in the work of literature poetry.

• Example: Life is a struggle. Life is a sacrifice.

16. Majas Pararima: figure of speech that repeats the initial and final consonants of a word or part of a different word.

• Example: The youths who were playing gambling were in disarray when the police suddenly came to raid them.

17. Pleonasm figure of speech: figure of speech that uses excessive words to emphasize meaning from a word that is not really needed.

• Example: Don't let him cry in tears because of your harsh words.

18. Majas Polisindenton: figure of speech that emphasizes something by expressing a sentence or discourse that is connected by a connecting word.

• Example: After making the bed, then he takes a shower, then gets ready to go to school and doesn't forget to say goodbye to his parents.

19. Preterito: figure of speech affirmation that conveys by hiding the real facts.

• Example: Don't tell mom that I didn't go to school earlier.

20. Repetition: figure of speech that uses the same words, phrases and clauses repeatedly in one sentence.

• Example: He will keep his promise, I trust him, he will definitely keep his promise to me.

21. Rhetoric: figure of speech in the form of a question but actually does not require an answer because the question is only affirmative.

• Example: Why do we have to keep arguing, isn't this just a normal difference of opinion?

22. Sigmatism: figure of speech that emphasizes something by repeating the consonant "s" with the aim of giving a certain effect. This figure of speech is usually found in literary works such as poetry and prose.

• Example: Just delete it, those meager memories should be erased.

23. Silepsis Majas: figure of speech that emphasizes something by using a word that has one or more meanings that function in one or more syntactic constructions.

• Example: He always cleans his hands and feet before going to bed at night.

24. Tautology: figure of speech that uses a word repeatedly in a sentence with the aim of emphasizing.

• Example: Don't, don't, don't hurt the kitten. After all he is a living being, we must not harm him.

25. Majas Zeugma: figure of speech that uses one word which has more than one meaning causes the sentence to be ambiguous.

• Example: I need to emphasize here, that all employees are allowed to come a bit late but don't be late.

Thus our discussion this time about various kinds of affirmation figure of speech and examples. May be useful.