AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE FOUND IN THE BIBLE NEW TESTAMENT

Amung, Yosefa. 2022. An Analysis of Figurative Language Found in the Bible New Testament. English Study Program, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Mahasaraswati Denpasar University. Supervisor: Dr. Desak Putu Eka Pratiwi, S. S., M., Hum. Co-supervisor: I Wayan Juniartha, S. S., M., Hum. This study intended to analyze figurative language found in the Bible New Testament. The objectives of this study research were to find out the types of figurative languages and their meanings in the Bible New Testament. There were two theories that used in this research such as the first theory proposed Knickerbocker and Reninger (1974) entitled Interpreting Literature used to find out types of figurative language used in Bible New Testament, and the second theory proposed by Leech (1981) entitled Semantic: The Study of Meaning used to find the meaning of types of figurative language used in Bible New Testament. The method used in collecting the data was observation method. The writer collected the data of Bible New Testament by reading and understanding the bible New Testament on the book “The Gideon’s International”, and taking note and classifying the phrase and sentence that contain of figurative language. The writer analyzed the data descriptively by using qualitative method. After analyzing the sentences in the Bible, the writer found several of figurative language used in Bible New Testament. There were seven types of figurative language that used in the Bible New Testament, they were 9 of Metaphor (32%), 4 of Simile (14%), 1 of Personification (4%), 4 of Synecdoche (14%), 2 of Metonymy (7%), 6 of Hyperbole (22%), and 2 of Irony (7%). There were two of meanings found from seven types of meaning, they were conceptual meaning and connotative meaning.