FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED IN BEGIN AGAIN MOVIE BY JOHN CARNEY RESEARCH PAPER Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education in English Department Written By: APRIAN DWI SAPUTRA A 320 080 335 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA 2017
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MOTTO Sesungguhnya sesudah kesulitan itu pasti ada kemudahan (QS. Al Insyarah: 6) Jadikanlah sabar dan sholat sebagai penolongmu. Sesungguhnya Allah bersama orang-orang yang sabar (QS. Al Baqarah: 153) v
DEDICATION This Research Paper is dedicated to: 1. My beloved father and mother, 2. My dearest sisters and brother, 3. All my friend, 4. The Big Family of English Department, and 5. Almamater. vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Assalamu alaikum Wr. Wb. Praise to Allah SWT, who gives the writer His guidance and blessing. So the writer is able to finish the research paper entitled FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED IN BEGIN AGAIN MOVIE BY JOHN CARNEY. The writer also realizes this research paper is impossible to finish without the help of other people, therefore, on this opportunity he would like to express his special and deepest gratitude and appreciation to: 1. Prof. Dr. Harun Joko P., M.Hum., the Dean of School of Teacher Training and Education Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta who has given permission to the writer to make this research, 2. The Chief of English Department, School of Teacher Training and Education Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, 3. Consultant, who gives a very helpful guidance for the writers research, 4. His beloved parents who have given mental and financial support during her study in English Department, 5. His beloved brother and sisters your advice was meaningful to me, thanks for everything, 6. All the writer s friends: English Department, thanks for the nice friendship. Those who cannot be mentioned one by one toward their supports in finishing her research. Finally, the writer believes that the research is still far from vii
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TABLE OF CONTENT Page TITLE... APPROVAL... ACCEPTANCE... TESTIMONY... MOTTO... DEDICATION... ACKNOWLEDGEMENT... TABLE OF CONTENT... SUMMARY... i ii iii iv v vi vii ix xi CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study... 1 B. Previous Study... 5 C. Problem Statement... 7 D. Objectives of the Study... 7 E. Benefit of the Study... 7 F. Research Paper Organization... 8 CHAPTER II : UNDERLYING THEORY... 9 A. Language of Literature... 9 B. Figurative Language... 10 C. Use of Figurative Language... 19 ix
D. Kind of Meaning... 22 CHAPTER III : RESEARCH METHOD... 27 A. Type of Research... 27 B. Object of the Research... 27 C. Data and Data Source... 28 D. Method of Collecting Data... 28 E. Technique of Data Analysis... 29 CHAPTER IV : FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION... 30 A. The Figurative Language in Begin Again Movie... 30 1. Simile... 30 2. Metaphor... 33 3. Personification... 35 4. Metonymy... 37 5. Paradox... 38 6. Hyperbole... 39 7. Litotes... 42 8. Irony... 42 B. Discussion... 43 CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION... 47 A. Conclusion... 47 B. Suggestion... 48 BIBLIOGRAPHY x
SUMMARY There are some conversations in the movie that are less understandable, because sometimes the cast uses the implicit sentences. The figurative language, after all, belongs to a language of phenomenon, which is interested to analyze, because it s the product of creative imagination. The purpose of the study are: 1) to find out the figurative languages mainly used in Begin Again Movie by John Carney; 2) to find out the meaning of figurative languages in Begin Again Movie by John Carney. The writer applies the qualitative research method in conducting the research. The primary data sources of the study are of Begin Again movie, directed by John Carney. Documentation is a method to collect the data. Analysis of the data uses the descriptive qualitative technique about reducing the data, verifying the data; displaying the data, and conclussion. The result of study shows that: 1) Tthere are eight (8) figurative language used in the Begin Again movie by John Carney: simile, metaphor, personification, metonymy, paradox, hyperbole, litotes, and irony; 2) The contextual meaning of figurative language in the Begin Again movie is about social life, such as more appreciate to other people or in their life, believe in their self, always energetic in any situation, and more grateful and loving what they had. It shows what the character s feeling such as happiness, sad, love and another. It also describes the positive characters in this movie. The script of Begin Again movie try to tell us about human social life which contained about love, sadness, happiness, spirit and others. In the Begin Again movie selected scripts that contain figurative language is helpful in understanding the story. Keywords: figurative language, types, Begin Again Movie xi