Sarcasm Personification Types of Figurative Language in the Lyrics
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be the things which do not give him benefits. Third, the line you know me more than know Never Seen Anything Quite
Like You, line 5 is meant to show the positive emotion of the couple. They are happy since they know one another well. Fourth, the hyperbolic expression did it
hurt so much you thought it was the end? Flares, line 17. It exaggerates that the woman is in a very painful condition until she comes to a thought that she will no
longer live. Rhetorical questions following hyperbole in the second type of figurative
language that occur the most has 39 findings. The rhetorical questions function as statements. Based on the analysis, the songwriters use the rhetorical questions to
make the listeners understand and realize more about some realities. Furthermore, the rhetorical questions also make the listeners think of the actual meaning behind
the questions. As it is stated by Robert and Kreuz 1994, p. 161 that two of the reasons for using rhetorical questions are to clarify and show negative emotion.
Rhetorical questions are found the most in the song entitled Without those Songs with 17 findings among 39 findings. The songwriters want to give some
clarifications related to the songwriters and songs which are appreciated until now.
The example of rhetorical question used to clarify is did you cry so much that you could barely see? Flares, line 6. It does not mean that she cries so that
she can barely see. However, it clarifies that she has tried her best to fight for her life and push herself to the limit and she may be almost tired because of it. While
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where‟s the us in trust gone? is intended to show negative emotion which is sad. There is no trust in trust gone since in a
relationship, there are two people who have to fight for it, if only one person then there is no more us and the trust is gone.
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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.