HYPERBOLE IN MELANIE MARTINEZ’S “K-12” ALBUM

Dwi Nitisari, Raisa Fadhillah, Indah Lestari

Abstract

The purposes of this research are to describe the types of hyperbole found in
Melanie Martinez's K-12 and to find out the most dominant type of hyperbole
found in Melanie Martinez's K-12. Claudia Claridge's Hyperbole theory is used to
analyze the type of hyperbole meanwhile descriptive qualitative method is used
for the method of the reseach. After classifying and analyzing the data, it is found
45 data of hyperbolic expressions which are categorized into seven categories
namely single-word hyperbole, phrasal hyperbole, clausal hyperbole, numerical
hyperbole, superlative hyperbole, comparison, and repetition. At the end of
analyzing, clausal hyperbole is found as the most dominant type of hyperbole
used.

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