The Use Of Figurative Language On The Rainbow Troops Novel By Andrea Hirata

Abstract

This study deals with the use of the figurative language on The Rainbow Troops novel by Andrea Hirata. This study aimed to find out the sentence of figurative language and establishes the types of figurative language and analyze the meaning of the figurative language itself. The source of the data was The Rainbow Troops novel by Andrea Hirata. Descriptive qualitative research was applied in this data. The data were classified into the types of figurative language. The data were analyze based on the meaning of the figurative language. There were found 94 times figurative language and 7 types of figurative language, and 94 times meaning of the figurative language itself. The result of this research demonstrate that there are 6 sentences of personification, 49 sentences of similes, 6 sentences of methapor, 23 sentences of hyperbole, 1 sentence of irony, 6 sentences of metonymy and 3 sentences of litotes.