@thesis{thesis,
		author={Erwin  Pohan and Henny  Fransisca and Satria  Agust},
		title ={The  Students’  Ability  in  Identifying  English  Figurative 
Language  at  the  Eighth  Grade  Students  of  SMPS  Maitreyawira 
Tanjungpinang},
		year={2019},
		url={http://repositori.umrah.ac.id/1709/},
		abstract={The objective of this study was to know the eighth grade students? ability 
in identifying English figurative language and the percentage of ability at SMPS 
Maitreyawira  Tanjungpinang.  Research  design  that  the  researcher  used  is 
qualitative  descriptive  with  purposive  sampling  technique  to  get  the  research 
subject.  The  subject  of  the  study  was  the  class  eight  E  students  of  SMPS 
Maitreyawira  Tanjungpinang  in  the  Academic  Year  of  2018/2019,  which 
consisting of 30 students. The researcher got the data by used English figurative 
test  to  the  students.  But,  the  researcher  just  focuses  in  four  types  of  fi gurative 
language. The result of this study is the students? ability in figurative language is 
low,  specifically  four  type  of  figurative  language  (alliteration,  hyperbole, 
metaphor and personification). This supported by the fact that among 30 students, 
there  were  only  6.67%  got  excellent  score,  6.67%  got  good  score,  16.67%  got 
average score and 70% got poor score. Based into the class average percentage, 
the students in the class VIII.E got 38.67%, means poor ability.}
		}