THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN KATA

WARDANI, MUHAMMAD FAIZ PUTRA (2023) THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN KATA. Other thesis, Universitas Katholik Soegijapranata Semarang.

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Abstract

This study deals with figurative language in Kata novel by Rintik Sedu. This study aimed to find out the sentence of figurative language, establish the types of figurative language and analyze the meaning of the figurative language itself. The source of the data was Kata novel by Rintik Sedu. Descriptive qualitative research was applied to this data. The method used in collecting the data related to the subject of this research is documentation method because the researcher collected the data from novel. This study was conducted by collecting any relevant data and information about the topic or problem of the study from novels and internet that are available for the analysis. The data collection used the following steps: reading the novel, and then selecting the data that used the types of figurative language. While the steps to analyze The data analysis are focusing on the types of figurative language based on Abrams and Harpham (2012), identifying the contextual meaning of the figurative language, and the last is interpreting the data. The result shows that there are 81 sentences that have figurative language. From all the sentences, there are 23 items or 28.40% of simile, 29 items or 35.80% of personification, 11 items or 13.60% of metaphor, 17 items or 21.10% of hyperbole, and 1 item or 1.23% of irony. It can be indicated that the dominant type of figurative language in the novel is personification. The author uses personification to explain circumstances, to describe the characters, to express emotion of the characters, and to make his writing more vivid and entertaining. That‘s why the author used so many sentences that have figurative language in this novel. Using figurative language makes the novel more interesting to read, and helps the readers to imagine the story, the character based on the illustration that the author has already given in the story.

Item Type: Thesis (Other)
Subjects: 400 Language
Divisions: Faculty of Language and Art > Department of English Literature
Depositing User: mr AM. Pudja Adjie Sudoso
Date Deposited: 04 Apr 2023 03:39
Last Modified: 04 Apr 2023 03:39
URI: http://repository.unika.ac.id/id/eprint/31373

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