AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN NOVEL A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS BY KHALED KHOSSEINI

Meswanti, Febriyanti Safitri (2022) AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN NOVEL A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS BY KHALED KHOSSEINI. Undergraduate thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The aims of this research was to find out types of figurative language and to describe the contextual meaning in novel a Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. This study used the descriptive qualitative method. The data in this study was the novel a Thousand Suns by Khaled Hosseini in 2007. This research was analyzed using the theory of Abrahams (1999). To know the types of figurative language. Researchers used documentation for data collection. Data analysis techniques were analyzing, classifying, and describing. To see the dominant type of figurative language, the researcher used the percentage and calculates it manually. The results showed that there were 41 data found from 12 types of figurative language used in the novel (simile, metaphor, personification, irony, alliteration, repetition, allegory, symbol, shadow, imagery, parallelism, situational irony). Symbols were the most common type of figurative language used in novels with numbers (12) or 100%. The second was a simile with a number (8) or 66.6%. third shadow with (6) items or 50%. Imagery was (3) item or 25%, personification, the figure of speech, parallelism, and irony of situation with data (2) or 16.6%. While the lowest category was metaphor, irony, alliteration, and repetition each with a score of (1) item or 8.33%. Keyword: figurative language, novel, semantics.

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