Abstract:
Sometimes, English is difficult to learn, but one of the ways is improve
our English. It is by song. A song is a composition for voice or voices, performed
by singing or by musical instruments. Most English popular song use figurative
language in their lyrics. Song lyric is a media to learn figurative language. Song
lyric is meaningful. It can show us about figurative language. This study
investigates the use of figurative language in song lyric entitled 21 by Adele and
its application in language teaching. The aim of this study is to find out the types
of figurative language found in Adele’s songs lyrics in the album entitled 21, to
find out the meaning of each figurative language found in Adele’s songs lyrics in
the album entitled 21 and to know how is the application of figurative languages
in Adele’s songs lyrics in the album entitled 21 in language teaching.
The researcher uses descriptive qualitative research because the researcher
would like to describe the figurative languages in song lyric entitled 21 by Adele.
Object in qualitative research is totally different from object in quantitative
research. In writing this thesis, the researcher needs an object to study. There are
many choices and alternatives. Each object has its own goodness. In this
opportunity, the researcher makes an analysis of Adele’s song lyrics and the
object of this research is figurative languages in song lyrics entitled 21 by Adele.
The researcher takes the data from song lyrics entitled 21 by Adele. The
researcher used documentation method to collect the data. He did the steps such as
listening, searching, collecting, coding the data and classifying.
After analyzing the figurative languages in Adele’s song lyrics, the
researcher concludes that album 21 by Adele uses one simile (2%), ten metaphors
(20%), four personifications (8%), one irony (2%), and thirty four hyperboles
(68%). Overstatement (hyperbole) is the most dominant figurative language. The
last is the applications of figurative language in song lyric entitled 21 in language
teaching. Song lyric as a teaching media. The researcher hopes that this thesis will
be useful for the students and the teachers.