A STUDY OF FIGURATIVE

LANGUAGE IN JHENE AIKO

MIXTAPE SAILING SOUL
By. Puspita Sari
A1B012011

Research Questions
1.

What types of figurative language are found in

Jhene Aiko song lyrics?

2.

What are the contextual meaning of figurative

language used in Jhene Aiko song lyrics?

LITERATURE REVIEW

Figurative Language
Types of figurative language based on Leech (2010:2):
1. Hyperbole
2. Simile
3. Metaphor
4. Personification
Contextual Meaning

PREVIOUS STUDY

Muh Masruri (2012) : Figurative Language

Analysis In Lettos Song Truth, Cry And Lie
Album.
Lailatul Izzati (2013) : The Analysis Of
Figurative Language Used In Journey 2: The
Mysterious Island Movie.
Imroatul Husna Afriani (2014) : An Analysis on
Figurative Language in Michael Jackson Song
Lyric Heal The World.

Technique of Collecting Data

Listening the mixtape entitled Sailing Soul
by Jhene Aiko, there are 13 songs in the
mixtape.
Finding
sentences that have figurative
language from 13 songs in the mixtape.
Technique of Analyzing Data
Identifying the types of figurative language
on each sentence.
Identifying the contextual meaning of those
figurative language.
Interpreting the data.