A Description of Figurative Language in Ali Gatie’s Selected Songs

Abstract

This paper is entitled A Description of Figurative Language in Ali Gatie's Selected Songs. The paper discusses the types of figurative language used in the song lyrics of Ali Gatie's Selected Songs. Furthermore, in this paper, the writer used qualitative descriptive methods to describe the figurative language types in Ali Gatie's Selected Songs. Types of Figurative Language found in Ali Gatie's Selected Song Lyrics are Personification, Hyperbole, Simile, Irony, Metaphor, Litotes, and Repetition. The most dominant figurative language used is hyperbole. It dominates because humans like to exaggerate to make themselves seem more attractive to others. That's why Ali Gatie's lyrics contain hyperbole to embellish his love/romance-themed songs and give a dramatic impression full of emotions