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Judul: AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN ADELE’S SONG LYRIC
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
There are several meanings of language according to experts. In simple terms, language
can be interpreted as the main tool in communication. But to go deeper, language is a means
of communication in society that is spoken and has meaning and articulation that is arbitrary
and conventional. Language is very crucial for human life (Swartini 2019). In learning
language there is a study about the meaning in language, namely semantic 1. In semantic there
is figurative language which is contain the unique content in linguisitic.
According to Gorys Keraf figurative language is the use of language specifically by
showing the soul and personality of the author. Figurative language is a meaningful words or
phrase that contain implied mean. It is very interesting in analyze figurative language in a
song lyric (Swartini, 2021). There are so many text that contain figurative language and also it
can be analyze. for example script of movie, conversation in talk show, speech, short story,
script of drama, song lyric, newspaper, magazine, etc. in this research, song lyric was chosen
as an object. The reason are song lyric was relevant data this research, the writer of the song
usually used figurative language use figurative language to make their song to more
interesting to be sung, the writer usually deliver the meaningof the song in song lyric
implicity.
There are still small amount of people who understand the true meaning of Adele's songs,
this encourages the writer to write this article. The aim of this article is to educate and lead
readers to review the meaning of the song “Go Easy On Me” carefully. In the other hand this
article written to increase the reader’s knowledge about song and the meaning.
1.2 Question Research
Based on background ebove the question research that must be answer are:
1. What are the forms of figurative language in Adele song “Go Easy On Me”?
2. What is the meaning of the figurative language that appears in the lyric of Adele
song’s “Go Easy On Me”?
1.3 Research Purpose

The purpose of this research are:
1. Identify and classify the figurative language in lyric of Adele’s song “Go easy On
Me”
2. To analyze and describe the figurative language meanings in lyric of Adele’s song
“Go Easy On Me”
1.4 Significant of the Research
This research can be theoretically and practically significance:
1. Theoretically, this research can contribute to develop linguistic, especially in the
study of semantic specifically in figurative language in Adele’s song lyric
2. Practically, this research can help readers to understand the type and figurative
meaning of Adele’s song lyric “ Go Easy On Me”, and hopefully that it can motivate
the readers.
1.5 Key Term

Figurative language.
CHAPTER 2
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Definition of figurative language

Figurative language is how to express a word or something in artificial, based on Lord
(1855). Figurative language is expression of mind with shows soul and personality writer or
user trought unique word or term. According to Gorys Keraf, language style based on direct
whether or not the meaning is divided into two kinds, namely rhetorical style and style of
speech figurative language. Rhetorical language style is divided into alliteration, assonance,
anastrophe, apophasis or preterisio, apostrophe, asyndenton, polysyndtone, chiasmus, ellipsis,
euphemism, hysterone porteron, pleonasm and tautology, periphrasis, prolepsis or
anticipation, eroticism or rhetorical questions, sylepsis and zeugma, corrections or
epanorthosis, hyperbole, paradox, and oxymoron. While the figurative language is divided
into equations or similes, metaphors, allegory, parables, fable, personification or
prosopopoeia, allusion, eponym, epithet, synecdoche, metonymy, antonomasia, hypalase,
irony, cynicism, sarcasm, satire, inuendo, antifrasis, and pun or paronomasia
In this study, in particular,talk about figurative language. This research will focus on style
of speech figuratives language in similes, metaphors, allegory, personification, sarcasm, and
satire.
2.2
CHAPTER 3
METHODOLOGY
This research was compiled using a qualitative method based on library analysis that
examines data in the form of books, articles, journals, and other library documentation regarding
the analysis of figurative language in song lyrics. data is taken from library data processing
which is collected from books, journals, and other documentation related to the theme raised by
the author. processing of the data that has been collected is done by analysis, comparison, and
data coherence, the results of which are written in this article.

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