FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE APPLIED IN MELANIE MARTINEZ’S K-12 ALBUM
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This research paper is focused to find figurative language in the lyrics of the song "K - 12" by Melanie Martinez. The researcher uses Perrine’s theory to find out the most dominant types of figurative language, implied meaning, and the type of figurative language. This study is a descriptive study by applying text oriented approach in this research to obtain the require d data. The song lyrics are categorized into 7 types of figurative languages, and interpreted to find the implied meaning of it. There are 7 types of figurative language used in the lyrics of the song "K - 12" by Melanie Martinez with a total of 7 metaphor, 2 personifications, 7 hyperboles, 8 imageries, 8 ironies, 5 symbol, and 2 paradoxes.
Keywords : Perrine’s figurative language, literature, song lyric, text-oriented approach, Melanie Martinez K-12 album
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.56444/lime.v5i01.5248
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