Language is an important thing in our life. We can communicate with other people through language. Communication has purposes to send a message to other human. In sending the message, the sender does not only use an explicit message or direct expressions but also uses an implicit message or indirect expressions, where the meaning of message is d1
CHAPTER
1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
of the
Study
Figurative language is an expression that deviates from everyday language by
using comparison
, analogy
and allusion.
Rozakis (199
5
: 28) defined
that
“Figurative
language is saying one thing in terms of another.” Based on this definition, figurative
language means that expressing something in another way to refer one thing by
giving the implied meaning.
It is often used in literary works to demonstrate
the
creativity of the author and the beauty of language itself. Besides, it is also one of the
ways to interpret the meanin
g
hidden in the literary works.