DESCRIPTION OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE FOUND IN OWL CITY’S ALBUM:OCEAN EYES
A PAPER WRITTEN
BY
LOUIS MARITO PARAPAT
REG. NO : 142202057
DIPLOMA –III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM F A C U L T Y O F C U L T U R E S T U D Y
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN
AUTHOR'S DECLARATION
I am, LOUIS MARITO PARAPAT, declare that I am the sole author of this paper. Except where the reference is made in the text of this paper, this paper contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a paper by which I have qualified for or awarded another degree. No other person‟s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the main text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award of another degree in any tertiary education.
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Date : Juny, 05 th 2017
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION Name : LOUIS MARITO PARAPAT
Title of Paper : DES CRIPTION OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
FOUND IN OWL CITY’S ALBUM :OCEAN
EYES
Qualification : D-III/ AhliMadya
Study Program : English
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ABSTRACT
This paper is entitled Description of Figurative Language found in Owl City’s Album:Ocean Eyes discusses the types of figurative language that exist in the song lyrics of Owl City. The purpose of this paper is to find out the type of the figurative language and also the dominant type of figurative language. In writing this paper, the writer conducts a library research, collecting data and information from some books and internet. The writer collects data figurative language from the lyrics of Owl City’s song, select figurative language in the song lyrics, classify the figurative language then interpret the figurative language. Based on the results of the analysis, the writer found 27 the use of figurative language consisting of each seven timeshyperbole,personification and metaphor, three times of simile, twice of paradox. The results of the analysis also show that hyperbole, personification, metapor are the most figurative type of language that appears in Owl City's song lyrics.
ABSTRAK
KertaskaryaberjudulDescription of Figurative Language found in Owl City’s
Album:Ocean Eyes inimembahasjenisbahasakiasan yang
terdapatdalambeberapaliriklagu Owl City. Tujuandaripenulisaniniadalahuntukmengetahuitipejenisbahasakiasantersebutdanju
gakemunculanbahasakiasan yang paling dominandarisemuajenisbahasakiasan.Dalampenulisankertaskaryaini,
penulismelakukanmetodepenelitiankepustakaan, mengambil data daninformasidaribeberapabukudan internet.Penulismengumpulkan data bahasakiasanyang terdapatpadalirik-liriklagu Owl City, menyeleksibahasakiasandalamliriklagu,
mengelompokkanbahasakiasandalamjenisnya, kemudianmenginterpretasikanbahasakiasan.
Berdasarkanhasilanalisis,penulismenemukan 27 penggunaanbahasakiasan yang terdiridarihiperbola, personifikasidanmetapormasing-masing 7 bentuk.4 bentuk simile, 2 bentukparadoks.Hasilanalisisjugamenunjukkanbahwahiperbola,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, the writer would like to thank to Jesus Christ who has giving me health, strange, patience all of the blessing, mercy, talent and time, so that i can finish my paper entitled “Description of Figurative Language Found in Owl City’s Album:Ocean Eyes”. During the proccess of finishing this paper, I takes much time and energy to finished this paper. I am also very grateful for the people who support me to finish my paper.
For my beloved parents, my father T. Parapat and my mother K.Sihombing, who always give me support, motivation, and prays to finish my paper. My Brothers JetroParapat, Bermart A Parapat, Jimmy Parapat and my beloved little sister IsabelaParapat who always support me, help me in prayer to finish this paper.
Dra.SwesanaMardiaLubis, M.Hum. as the Head of English Study Program, for encouragements, suggestion, during my years at University.
My supervisor, Prof. Dr. Drs. SyahronLubis, MA, BA., for assistance, guidance, advice, and precious time in giving correcting and criticizing in completing this paper.
Dr. Drs. Budi Agustono, MS, M.A as the Dean of faculty of culture studies, University of Sumatra Utara
I would like to thank to all lecturers in Diploma III English Study Program for the knowledge and advice.
My beloved bestfriend British FamsCatrineUlineGultom, RendiMulyadi, OctavianiSiagian, Benny Simatupang, AnnekeCyntiaBerutu, ArpinEkinSurantaGinting, Ivana C Sipayung, GunawanPangaribuan always support me and sometimes they bother me, but I love you guys.
And all my friends in Diploma III English Study Program 2014 class A and B for their support and all memorable moments we shared together. I will be missing you all.
I am nothing without you. I realize that this paper is still far from being perfect. Therefore, I welcome any criticism and suggestions towards this paper.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ... i
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ... ii
ABSTRACT ... iii
ABSTRAK ... iv
ACKNOWLEDMENTS ... v
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... vi
2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Figurative Language ... 6
2.1.1 Characteristic Features of Figurative Language ... 8
2.2 Types of Figurative Language 2.2.1 Hyperbole ... 9
2.2.2 Metaphor ... 10
2.2.3 Personification ... 10
2.2.4 Simile ... 11
2.2.5 Synecdoche ... 12
2.2.7 Oxymoron ... 14
2.2.8 Paradox ... 14
2.2.9 Repetition ... 16
2.3 Song ... 16
3 THE ANALYSIS 3.1 Hyperbole ... 18
3.2 Simile ... 20
3.3 Personification ... 21
3.4 Metaphor ... 23
3.5 Paradox ... 25
3.6 The Result of Analysis ... 26
4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 4.1 CONCLUSION ... 28
4.2 SUGGESTION ... 28
BIBLIOGRAFY ... 30
APPENDIX A. BIOGRAFI ... 30
B. SONG LYRICS ... 32
