THE DESCRIPTION OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED IN AVRIL LAVIGNE’S SONGS: THE BEST DAMN THING ALBUM A PAPER BY RIZKY SASKIA PUTRI LUBIS NIM : 152202006 DIPLOMA OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2018 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I am, RIZKY SASKIA PUTRI LUBIS, 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 or another degree in any tertiary education. Signed : Date : November 30th,, 2018 i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION Name : RIZKY SASKIA PUTRI LUBIS Title of Paper : THE DESCRIPTION OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED IN AVRIL LAVIGNE’S ALBUM: THE BEST DAMN THING Qualification : D-III / Ahli Madya Study Program : English 1. I am willing that my paper should be available for reproduction at the discretion of the Libertarian of the Diploma III English Study Program Faculty of Cultural studies, USU on the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia. 2. I am not willing that my papers be made available for reproduction. Signed : Date : November 30th, 2018 ii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Kertas karya ini berjudul Description of Figurative Language used in Avril Lavigne’s album: The Best Damn Thing. Ini membahas jenis bahasa kiasan yang terdapat dalam beberapa lirik lagu dari Avril Lavigne. Tujuan makalah ini adalah untuk mengetahui jenis bahasa kiasan dan juga jenis bahasa kiasan yang dominan. Dalam menulis makalah ini, penulis melakukan penelitian pustaka, mengumpulkan data dan informasi dari beberapa buku dan internet. Penulis mengumpulkan data bahasa kiasan dari lirik lagu Avril Lavigne, memilih bahasa kiasan dalam lirik lagu, mengklasifikasikan bahasa kiasan kemudian menafsirkan bahasa kiasan. Berdasarkan hasil analisis, penulis menemukan 13 penggunaan bahasa kiasan yang terdiri dari lima hiperbola, empat repetisi, dua simile, dan masing-masing satu metafora dan personifikasi. Hasil analisis juga menunjukkan bahwa hiperbola dan repetisi adalah jenis bahasa paling figuratif yang muncul dalam lirik lagu Avril Lavigne. Kata kunci: bahasa kiasan, hiperbola, kiasan, metafora, personifikasi, pengulangan. iii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This paper is entitled The Description of Figurative Language used in Avril Lavigne’s album: The Best Damn Thing. The paper discusses the types of figurative language that exist in the song lyrics of Avril Lavigne. The purpose of this paper is to find out the types 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 Avril Lavigne’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 finds 13 uses of figurative language consisting five times of hyperbole, four times of repetition, twice times of simile, each once times of metaphor and personification. The results of the analysis also show that hyperbole and repetition are the dominant figurative type of language that appears in Avril Lavigne's song lyrics. Keywords: figurative language, hyperbole, simile, metaphor, personification, repetition. iv UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Alhamdulillah, in the name of Allah SWT, The writer would like to thank God and Prophet Muhammad SAW for blessing and giving me the opportunity, health, strength, and ability to accomplish this paper in order to fulfill one of the requirements to finish my study at Diploma III English Study Program, University of Sumatera Utara. Then I would like to express a big gratitude and love to : Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S as The Dean of Faculty of Cultural Study, University of Sumatera Utara. Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis M.Hum as The Head of English Diploma Study Program, thank you for the valuable time in giving me advice, suggestion, and help to write this paper. Prof. Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A as my supervisor for his advice, availability, and also his time to correct the process of writing this paper from zero until done. I also would like to say a deep gratitude to all the lecturers in English Diploma Study Program for giving me knowledge, skill, and many more. All my lecturer in Diploma III English Study Program who have taught me and gives me advice and knowledge. Biggest and deepest appreciation to my beloved parents, Boy Lubis & Mila Pane, my little sister Alya Lubis, and also my family for the v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA big support and never ending love to me. I’m so much blessed to have my family in my life. You guys is my number one support system. Next appreciation goes to the one and only Rui Jala Angkasa Ginting, who always here for me since day 1. Always support me and ready to help me, always remind me to focus and finished my study as soon as possible. I’m so grateful to have you in my life. My gratitude also goes to my bestfriend Ririn Dwi, who helping me anytime i need her. Always be a good listener for every problem i faced, especially when i had to revise this thesis and re-start over and over again. I also want to express my appreciation to my girls Syndi Nova, Lyly Lyan, Mutiara Tara, Lia Tabitha. Days in campus can be so empty without you girls. And also thanks to Anggi Yuda, Tommy Husein, Gilang Indra who always turn on the atmosphere at campus with their jokes. And i would like to say thanks to my childhood bestfriends, Citra Erwina and Fadlan Qodri who always supporting me to finished my paper as soon as possible. To my Junior High School Bestfriends Khumairah, Putri faradinda, and Widya Khardila thanks for always supporting me and tell me everythings gonna be ok. vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA To my close friends Ical Reza, Bela Vani, Annadya, Mhd Abba, and Ray Aris thankyou for helping me and supporting me to do my paper. And for all my friends in Diploma III English Study Program 2015 class A and B for all their support and helping me. To all memories we share, I’ll be missing you all. Finally, i would like to thank everybody who was important to the successful realization of this undergraduate paper. This undergraduate paper is far from perfect, but it is expected that it will be useful not only for the researcher, but also for the readers. For this reason, constructive thoughtfull suggestion and critics are welcomed. Medan, 2018 The Writer Rizky Saskia Putri Lubis 152202006 vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR DECLARATION………………………………………….i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION……………………………………..ii ABSTRACT…………………...………………………………………iii ABSTRAK……………………………………………………………..iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS…………………………………………….v 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study…………………………………………...1 1.2 Problems of the Study……………………………………………….5 1.3 Scope of the Study…………………………………………………..5 1.4 Purpose of the Study……………………………………………..….5 1.5 Reasons for making the Study…………………………………...….6 1.6 Method of the Study……………………………………………......6 2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Semantics…………………………………………………………...8 2.2 Figurative Language………………………………………….…….9 2.3 Types of figurative Language………………………………………12 2.3.1 Hyperbole……………………………………………………13 2.3.2 Methapor………………………………….……….…......….13 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 2.3.3 Personification…………………………………….…....….14 2.3.4 Simile…………………………………………………........15 2.3.5 Repetition…….………………………………………...….16 2.4 Song..………………...………………………………………….17 3 THE ANALYSIS 3.1 Hyperbole...............................................................................................19 3.2 Metaphor.................................................................................................20 3.3 Personification .......................................................................................21 3.4 Simile…..................................................................................................21 3.5 Repetition................................................................................................22 3.6 The Result of Analysis............................................................................23 4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 4.1 CONCLUSION.......................................................................................25 4.2 SUGGESTION.......................................................................................26 BIBLIOGRAPHY.......................................................................................28 APPENDICES UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Language is a system that consists of development, acquisition, maintenance and use of complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so; and a language is any specific example of such a system. Language is a very important thing in our life, without language we can not communicate with each other. Every language has literature and figurative language, English is no exception. Language has an important role in people daily activities. As a human, people use language to communicate with each other.