A STUDY ON FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED BY

ROBERT CORMIER IN THE NOVEL

“AFTER THE FIRST DEATH”

THESIS

By:

JAKA WAHYU PURWOADHI

201110100311277

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2017

A STUDY ON FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED BY ROBERT

CORMIER IN THE NOVEL “AFTER THE FIRST DEATH”

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Bachelor’s Degree in English Education

By:

JAKA WAHYU PURWOADHI

201110100311277

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2017

MOTTO AND DEDICATION

MOTTO:

One kindness will produce another kindness

DEDICATION:

I dedicated this thesis to:

My beloved family,

My father (Mulyono) and mother (Suliyatin)

My Brother (Yoga)

My wife (Fifin Jihan Syafira)

My beloved friends (Kartika, Fifin, Ika, Anas)

My second Family in GG24 Boarding House

UD. Ratna (Aunt Siani and Uncle Suroso)

My 1st Advisor, Dr.a. Erly Wahyuni, M.Si.

My 2nd Advisor, Dr. Masduki, M.Pd.

MP Loyalis 2011 and Elkosongsijimedia

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Alhamdulillah and all praise are to Allah SWT, the most Merciful and

Beneficent who gives guidance, mercies and blessing so the writer is able to finish

this thesis. They are the most perfect words that the writer expresses for this

successful thesis under the title “A Study on Figurative Language Used by Robert

Cormier in the Novel “After the Firts Death”.

The writer would like to express her deepest gratitude towards Dra. Erly

Wahyuni, M.Si. as the first advisor and Dr. Masduki, M.Pd. as the second advisor

for their suggestions, invaluable guidance and motivations during the consultation

period and their comments and corrections during the completion of this thesis.

May what they have given will be useful and beneficial.

Finally, special thanks go to my Family who always motivate, and suppor.

The writer also thanks to his friends (Kartika, Anas, Fifin), his second Family in

GG24 Boarding house and Fifin Jihan Syafira who always give suport, and

motivations as long as studying at UMM. he is so proud of them. Special thanks

also for Aunt Siani and Uncle Suroso who always help the writer in work so he

can pay his study cost. The writer hopes that this thesis will be beneficial for the

readers.

Malang, April 27, 2017

The writer,

Jaka Wahyu Purwoadh

A STUDY ON FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED BY ROBERT CORMIER

IN THE NOVEL "AFTER THE FIRST DEATH”

ABSTRACT

Novel is one form of Literature. Many elements of the novel one the

element is Figurative Language. Figurative language in novel affords readers

imaginative pleasure of literary works, it is a way of bringing additional imagery

into verse, making the abstract concrete, making literary works more sensuous.

Figurative language can make novel become more interesting to read but

sometimes it can make the reader confused. From that explanation the researcher

interested to conduct research about figurative language in novel with determine a

title “A Study on Figurative Language Used by Robert Cormier in the novel

“After the First Death”. The reseacher choose this novel because not many

reseacher conduct reseach about this novel. This novel published by Cornelsen

Verlag in 2000.

The purpose of this study was to identify the types of figurative language

found in “After the First Death”, and explains the meaning of each figurative

language found in “After the First Death” novel.

This study used descriptive qualitative research design. The object of this

study was the novel “After the First Death” written by Robert Cormier. Objective

approach is used in this novel because the reseacher investigated the novel

without relating to the author’s life, audience, and the environing world. The data

of this study is every sentence and phrase that contains figurative language.

After analyzing the data in can be found 97 sentences of figurative

language. The sentences that have figurative language in the novel entitled “After

the First Death” by Robert Cormier are 43 of simile, 19 of personification, 22 of

hyperbole, 6 of metaphor, 3 of metonymy, 2 antitesis, and 2 litotes. meanwhile the

dominant types of figurative language in the novel is simile.

Key words: Figurative language, types of figurative language, After the First

Death novel

Malang, April 27, 2017

Writer,

Jaka Wahyu Purwoadhi

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL ............................................................................................... .…ii

LEGALISATION ...................................................................................... …..iii

ORIGINALITY DECLARATION ........................................................... .....iv

MOTTO AND DEDICATION...................................................................…v

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................... .…vi

ABSTRACT ............................................................................................... .....vii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................... ..…viii

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study .............................................................. ……1

1.2 Statement of Problem ................................................................... ……3

1.3 Purpose of the Study ..................................................................... ……3

1.4 Significance of Study.................................................................... ……3

1.5 Scope and Limitations .................................................................. ……4

1.6 Definition of Key Terms ............................................................... ……5

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE………. ....... ……6

2.1 Literature ...................................................................................... ……6

2.2 Novel ............................................................................................ ……7

2.3 Figurative Language ...................................................................... ……7

2.4 Types of Figurative Language ...................................................... ……10

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY……………………...…..15 3.1 Research Design .......................................................................... ……15

3.2 Research Approach ...................................................................... ……16

3.3 Object of Study ............................................................................ ……17

3.4 Data ............................................................................................... ……17

3.5 Research Instrument ...................................................................... ……17

3.6 Data Collection.....................................................................................18

3.7 Data Analysis........................................................................................18

CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION .................................. ..…..19

4.1 Research Findings.......................................................................... .….19

4.1.1 The Kind of Figurative Language found in Novel “After the First

Death ............................................................................... ......20

4.1.2 Meaning of Figurative Language in the Novel “After The First

Death…… ...................................................................... ……21

4.1.2.1 Simile......................................................................................21

4.1.2.2 Personification........................................................................23

4.1.2.3 Hyperbole...............................................................................24

4.1.2.4 Methapore...............................................................................25

4.1.2.5 Antithesis................................................................................26

4.1.2.6 Litotes.....................................................................................27

4.1.2.7 Metonimy...............................................................................28

4.2 Discussion .................................................................................... ……29

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION .............................. 31

5.1 Conclusions ................................................................................ …...31

5.2 Suggestions ................................................................................. ..….32

REFERENCES ............................................................................................. 33

APPENDIXES .............................................................................................. 34

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