CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS
This chapter describes the result and the data analysis. The analysis of the sentences of the novel is presented based on each type of the figurative
language. The data of this study were segmented into sentences according to their types of figurative language on the first step. The analysis also presents
the contextual meaning of figurative language of each sentence. The mark of Athena is the third series of The Heroes of Olympics which
throws the Greek and Roman mythologies together. This is a fictional book about seven demigods. They are Percy Jackson Son of Poseidon, Annabeth
Chase Daughter of Athena, Leo Valdez Son of Hephaestus, Jason Grace Son of Jupiter, Piper McLean Daughter of Aphrodite, Hazel Levesque
Daughter of Pluto and Frank Zhang Son of Mars and legacy of Poseidon, who are trying to save the world from the earth goddess Gaea. Gaea has been
asleep for thousands of years, but her evil minions are set on walking her up –
much to the misfortune of the world – and when awake, Gaea will destroy the
world. They have to face the quests that may get them killed and will test their powers.
They only have six days to save Nico Di Angelo, Hazel‘s brother, who is caught by Gaea‘s twin giant sons, Otis and Ephialtes when he try to
find the Doors of Death. They sealed him in a bronze jar and he only has six days left to live and Annabeth have to fulfill the prophecy, she must follow the
mark of Athena to avenge her mother, Athena. It will lead her to a statue of Athena which will help them to reunite Greek and Roman.
In this novel, the author uses figurative languages to make the story alive and more entertaining so that the readers do not get bored while reading the
novel. These figurative languages can also help the readers to imagine the story so the readers can understand what the story tells about.
4.1 Finding of Figurative Language on Novel Entitled “
The Heroes of Olympics, Book Three: The Mark of Athena
” Written by Rick Riordan
Table 4.1 Summary of Figurative Language occured in the novel
Types of Figurative Language
Frequency Percentage
Personification 18
19.4 Simile
52 55.9
Metaphor 6
6.4 Hyperbole
16 17.2
Metonymy 1
1.1
Total 93
100
Table 4.1 above describes the summary of the figurative language which occured in the novel entitled
The Heroes of Olympics, Book Three: The Mark of Athena
written by Rick Riordan. There are 93 sentences that used figurative language in the novel. From
the table above we can see that simile is the most frequent type of figurative language used in the novel. The total number of simile is 52 or 55.9. The
second type of figurative language is personification with a total number of 18
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