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Journal : Indonesian EFL Journal

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN BRUNO MARS LYRICS Muziatun Muziatun; Fahria Malabar; Elvian Hanny Mitali
Indonesian EFL Journal Vol 8, No 1 (2022)
Publisher : University of Kuningan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25134/ieflj.v8i1.5589

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 Figurative language is a language style that is used in the story and has an effect to influence the readers or listeners (Buta et al., 2018; Harun, Yusuf, Karnafi, 2020). Figurative language is also used by people to communicate (Colston, 2015; Colston Gibbs, 2021; Colston O'Brien, 2000). In communication, people communicate with each other using various ways, such as by using songs (Van Thao, 2021; Ward, Price, Davis, Crowther, 2018). It is because in the song’s lyrics there are many figurative languages (Bram Avillanova, 2019; Yaito Termjai, 2021). Then from the songs, people could convey their feeling and their conditions. The purpose of this research is to analyze the type of figurative language using the theory from Leech cited in H.D Trisna (2016). There are seven types of figurative language are irony, hyperbola, metaphor, metonymy, litotes, smile, and personification. The method used in this study is qualitative, because this study focused in analyzing the written material in context, included song’s lyrics. The object of this research was Bruno Mars’ song lyrics. However, the research only chooses three songs to analyze, they were Grenade, Long distance, and Talking to the moon. The research conducted some the analysis through some steps: Identifying, classifying, and analyzing. The result of the study indicate there are three figurative language used by Bruno Mars song lyrics. They are hyperbola, simile, and personification.Keywords: figurative language, irony, hyperbola, metaphor, litotes, simile, and personification.
ANALYZING STUDENTS' PASSIVE VOICE DIFFICULTIES Muziatun Muziatun; Fahria Malabar; Lisnawati Mustapa
Indonesian EFL Journal Vol 8, No 2 (2022)
Publisher : University of Kuningan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25134/ieflj.v8i2.6439

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The purpose of this study is to find out how difficult it is for students of using passive voice. There were twenty students in class B of the English Department's 2017 academy class at University Negeri Gorontalo, but only sixteen of them were chosen for this study, which employed a descriptive quantitative technique. A survey and an interview were used to get the data. As part of the test, students had to change the forms of numerous active sentences into passive ones. The data was examined using Sudijono’s (2006) formula and Parrot's (2000) theory of passive voice difficulties. This study found that students in the English Department's Class of 2017 at Universitas Negeri Gorontalo continue to struggle with the use of the passive voice. Auxiliary verb "be" utilization was found to be the most problematic by students admitted, with a percentage of 67.18 percent, followed by difficulties in changing the main verb into the past participle (48.43 percent) and changing the object and subject (43.75 percent). The usage of the auxiliary verb "be" is the most difficult part of passive voice for students, compared to the other two.Keywords: students’ difficulties; grammar; and passive voice.