AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN SISTER MACLEAN GOES WEST BY ELIZABETH GILZEAN

Abstract

This research is a part of Semantics studies. The study aims at analyzing figurative language
namely Metaphor and Personification found in the novel Sister MacLean Goes West by
Elizabeth Gilzean. The writer explains the meaning and the function of the Metaphor and
Personification. The writer applies descriptive research. The writer collects the data by
reading and note-taking. Then the writer represents the data analysis in informal way.
Through the analysis about Metaphor, the writer draws conclusion that Metaphor is a
comparative figure consists of two objects and makes them look similar, even though actually
they are different. The similarity between the two objects can be the same character, the same
physical look, and the same situation. Metaphor functions to make comparison, to describe a
similar situation, or to give a sample about something.
In the analysis about Personification, the writer finds that the author mostly uses
Personification to explain about the nature setting, for example the sky, the slight shadow, the
stars, the cloud, and the sea. Moreover, Personification functions to give clear description
about inanimate objects, and to give human characteristics to nonhuman objects.
Keywords: figurative language, metaphor, personification, meaning and function.