The Description Of Figure Of Speech Lauv Selected Songs

Abstract

This paper used figure of speech theory, which aims describe the figure of speech in eight Lauv songs with the theme of Love. There are 7 types of figure of speech found in Lauv songs. Namely Personification, Simile, Hyperbole, Metaphor, Irony, Metonymy, Litotes. There are totally 31 figure of speech in the lyrics of the song, personification is the most dominant type of figure of speech that appears in this song, the use of hyperbole in the song give parable of the object in this song, using the theory of figure of speech put forward Leech. Through this paper, it is hoped that the reader can understand the use of figure of speech andf the types in this song, so that the massage of the author can convey to the listener of the song. The result of this paper will be able to give contribution to the readers whoa are interested in learnimg and understanding these lyrics.