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CHAPTER V
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The last chapter of this research is divided into two sections. The first section is conclusions. The conclusions present the summary of the answers to the
two research problems that are addressed and discussed in the previous chapters. In the second section, the researcher provides some recommendations related to
this research.
A. Conclusions
Based on the results and discussion in Chapter IV, there are two major conclusions. First, the researcher found that there are ten types of figurative
language used in the song lyrics of The Script, namely metaphor, simile, hyperbole, meiosis, idiom expressions, rhetorical questions, metonymy, irony,
sarcasm, and personification. Second, among the ten of the types of figurative language, hyperbole is the
most common type of figurative language that appears the most in The S cript‟s
album No Sound without Silence with 46 findings. Then, the second most common type of figurative language that appears the most is rhetorical questions
with 39 findings. The hyperbolic expressions are found in every song of The Script album
No Sound without Silence. There are four reasons why the songwriters use many hyperbolic expressions in writing the songs. The hyperbolic expressions are used
49 to show the positive emotion since the words used are provoking the happiness to
experience. However, the hyperbolic expressions are also used to show the negative emotion. The other two reasons of using hyperbolic expressions are to
clarify and emphasize meanings. The songwriters use rhetorical questions in writing five songs in the album.
One of the reasons for using rhetorical questions is to show the negative emotion of the songs through the use of lyrics. The other reason why the songwriters use
rhetorical questions is because they want the meaning of the lyrics to be clearer and easy to understand.
B. Recommendations
The researcher would like to give some recommendations to the English Language Education Study Program ELESP students, English teachers, and
future researchers. Firstly, songs are worth considering to be the sources to learn English. The songs can be used as materials in learning English. They help the
students know and understand many types of figurative language and how to interpret them. Furthermore, the songs can be materials for the ELESP students to
learn, particularly in Poetry class. Lecturers of Poetry class are strongly recommended to use one of the songs from The Script as the material to learn
figurative language. Besides, they can teach critical thinking through the use of the songs since some of the meanings are not derived from the words written. In
this case, the students need to think beyond the words written and think deeper about the meanings meant by the songwriters.
50 Secondly, English teachers can use songs as the sources to teach figurative
language. Since figurative language is not that easy to be understood, then the researcher recommends through the use of songs, the students will be easy to learn
figurative language because songs are things that are really close to humans. Besides, English teachers can also teach vocabulary to students because there are
many words used in the songs. Lastly, they are recommendations for future researchers. The future
researchers can conduct research that has a similar topic. They can use types of figurative language as the topic and use different songs or other linguistics works
to be researched. The future researchers are expected to analyze deeper about songs with other linguistic features and aspects.
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