An Analysis of Hyperbole and Irony on The Text of Song Taylor Swift Album

Abstract

This thesis deals with to find out the characteristic of hyperbole and irony in the of song Tylor Swift album reputation and to find out the most frequently figure of speech category in the text of song Taylor Swift album reputation. In the research, the writer used the qualitative research since the data are in the from of written or oral words the technique of collecting data, the collected from the new album “Reputation” by the Taylor Swift release Augustus 2017. Reading the text of song Taylor Swift “Reputation” albumFinding the sentences or words which include as figure of speech. In the part the writer limits two kinds of figurative language. They are hyperbole and irony.Underlining those figures of speech sentences or words. And the most frequent figure of speech which used in some songs is Hyperbole.