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The meaning of a verbal expression (novel) changes along with the change of mode (film). Systemic functional linguistic has held that meaning changes across mode. In this study, it will be analysed by lexical metaphor aimed to understand other meanings in lexically. The objective of this study is to investigate the kinds of lexical metaphor in novel and film Critical Eleven which shares the same story. This study will be classified into four concepts (Halliday, 1985; Saragih, 2011) namely; (a) noun-noun; (b) noun-verb; (c) noun-adjective; and (d) noun-verb/adjective and circumstance. In line with this idea, lexical metaphor shows lexical meaning in partly referred to understand another meaning. The data of this study will be collected by applying a documentary technique. The novel entitled Critical Eleven has 344 pages and the duration of the film is 135 minutes.