Writer / NIM
ELVIAN HANNY MITALI / 321416017
Study Program
S1 - PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS
Advisor 1 / NIDN
MUZIATUN, S.Pd,M.App.Ling,PhD / 0004028201
Advisor 2 / NIDN
FAHRIA MALABAR, S.Pd, M.A / 0005068601
Abstract
Abstract
ELVIAN HANNY MITALI, 2021. NIM. 321416017. Figurative language in selected lyrics of Bruno Mars songs, English Department, Letters and Culture Faculty, University Negeri Gorontalo. (1) Muziatun, S.Pd, M.App.Ling, Ph.D (2) Fahria Malabar, S.Pd., M.A
Figurative language is a language style that use of word in the story and effect to influence the reader or listener. Figurative language is also to used by people to communicate. In communication people communicate with each other many ways such as by using song, because in the songs lyrics there are many figurative language. Then from the songs people could be covey their feeling and their conditions. The purpose of this research is to analyze the type of figurative language using the theory from Leech cited in H.D Trisna (2016). There are seven types of figurative language are: Irony, Hyperbola, Metaphor, Metonymy, Litotes, Smile, and Personification. The method used in this study is qualitative, because this study focused in analyzing the written material in context. Material can be included in articles, poem, and songs lyrics. The object of this research is Bruno Mars. But the research only chooses three songs to analyze are: Grenade, Long distance, Talking to the moon. The research conducted some the analysis through some steps: Identifying, classifying, and analyzing. The result of the study indicate there are 3 figurative language used by Bruno Mars song lyrics. They are: Hyperbola, Simile, and Personification.
Key words: Figurative language, Irony, Hyperbola, Metaphor, Litotes, Simile, and Personification.
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