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AN ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR FOUND IN

REBECCA WINTERS NOVEL

“THE GREEK’S LONG – LOST SON”

THESIS

By:

KARTIKA CAHYANING TYAS

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2017

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AN ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR FOUND IN

REBECCA WINTERS NOVEL

“THE GREEK’S LONG – LOST SON”

THESIS

By:

KARTIKA CAHYANING TYAS

201110100311267

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2017

AN ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR FOUND IN

REBECCA WINTERS NOVEL

“THE GREEK’S LONG – LOST SON”

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Bachelor’s

Degree in English Education

By:

KARTIKA CAHYANING TYAS

201110100311267

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2017

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

“Maka nikmat Tuhanmu yang manakah yang kamu dustakan?”

~Q.S. Ar-Rahman~

“Ingatlah sesungguhnya pertolongan Allah itu dekat”

~Q.S Al-Baqarah~

All Is Well

~3 Idiots~

Jika kamu bersyukur maka maka akan Aku tambah

~~Q.S Ibrahim~

Sesuatu akan terlihat tidak mungkin sampai semuanya selesai

~Nelson Mandela~

DEDICATION:

I dedicated this thesis to:

My beloved family,

My father (Syamsul Rahmadi) and mother (Haryati, S.H),

My sister (Savira Rahmadianti),

My beloved friends (Dimas, Jaka, Puspita, Dewi)

All my friends of English Dept especially E class 2011,

My 1st Advisor, Dr. Sri Hartiningsih, M.M.,

My 2nd Advisor, Adityo, S.S., M.A

My teachers and lecturers

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

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

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

MOTTO ...................................................................................................... ..…v

DEDICATION............................................................................................ ..…v

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

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

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

LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................. ……21

4.2.1 The Examples of Metaphor found in

“The Greek’s Long – Lost Son”….. ......................................... ……21

4.2.2 The types of each Metaphor found in

“The Greek’s Long – Lost Son” ............................................. ……23

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 ................................................................... ……4

1.5 Scope and Limitations .................................................................. ……5

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

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE………........ ……7

2.1 Definition of Literature ................................................................ ……7

2.2 Novel ............................................................................................ ……8

2.3 Types of Novel .............................................................................. ……9

2.4 Figurative Language ..................................................................... ……10

2.5 Metaphor ...................................................................................... ……11

2.6 Types of Metaphor ....................................................................... ……12

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY……………………...…..14 3.1 Research Design .......................................................................... ……15

3.2 Research Approach ...................................................................... ……15

3.2.1 Mimetic Approach ..................................................................... ……15

3.2.2 Pragmatic Approach .................................................................. ……15

3.2.3 Expressive Approach ................................................................. …...15

3.2.4 Objective Approach ................................................................... …...16

3.3 Research Object ........................................................................... ……16

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

3.5 Data Analysis ................................................................................ ……17

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CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION................................... …..18

4.1 Research Findings ......................................................................... ….18

4.1.1 Metaphors found in Rebecca Winter’s Novel “The Greek’s Long – Lost

Son” ................................................................................ ......18

4.1.2 Types of each metaphor found in Rebecca Winters’s Novel

“The Greek’s Long – Lost Son”…… .............................. ……20

4.1.3 The meaning of each metaphor found in Rebecca Winter’s

Novel “The Greek’s Long – Lost Son”............................... 22

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

4.2.1 Metaphors found in Rebecca Winter’s Novel

“The Greek’s Long – Lost Son”................................................ 30

4.2.2 Types of each metaphor found in Rebecca Winters’s Novel

“The Greek’s Long – Lost Son” .............................................. 31

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION .............................. 32

5.1 Conclusions ................................................................................ …...32

5.2 Suggestions ................................................................................. ..….33

REFERENCES ............................................................................................. 34

APPENDIXES .............................................................................................. 35

APPENDIXE I ........................................................................................ 35

APPENDIXE II ...................................................................................... 38

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