Figurative Language Found in the Album: Lyrics Entitled Closer by Josh Groban

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10.2991/assehr.k.210716.182How to use a DOI?

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Closer Album, Figurative Language, Josh Groban

Abstract

This research aimed to find out: (1) the types of figurative languages in the album lyrics entitled “Closer” by Josh Groban and which type of figurative language was the most dominant; 2) the meanings of those figurative languages; and 3) the implication for English Language Teaching. We collected the data from the album entitled “Closer” by Josh Groban released in November 2003. We analyzed by using the descriptive method. The result showed: 1) the types of figurative language found in the “Closer” album by Josh Groban’s Song Lyrics were Hyperbole, Metaphor, Rhetoric, Simile, Personification, Parallelism, Antithesis, Paradox, and Symbolism. The most dominant type of figurative language was Hyperbole with a percentage of 23%; 2) the meanings of those figurative languages in each song mostly to represent a man’s feeling to a woman he loved. The author used hyperbole to represent his feeling and to convey the message. The lyrics have connotative meaning by using exaggerated words; 3) the implication for English Language teaching. This study result can be applied in teaching reading by using song lyric to teach types of figurative languages to Senior High School students with a teacher guide. The students can analyze lyric of the song. Then, the students translate and comprehend the meaning of the lyric, which contains figurative languages.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fornitasari
AU  - Rusman Roni
AU  - Mulyadi
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/07/19
TI  - Figurative Language Found in the Album: Lyrics Entitled Closer by Josh Groban
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education Universitas PGRI Palembang (INCoEPP 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 924
EP  - 929
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210716.182
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210716.182
ID  - 2021
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