Figurative language in Christina Perri’s Head or Heart album

This study attemptsto analyses the use of figurative language used in Christina Perri Head or Heart album.This study focuses to the use of figurative language analysis in Christina Perri’s“Head or Heart” album. The data were taken from Christina Perri’s“Head or Heart’s”albums which consist of many types of figurative language by using Perrine’s (1992) theory. Descriptive method was appliedin this research, the data source from the research is song lyrics from Christina Perri’s“Head or Heart” album.The writer found 57 sentences containing figurative languages in Christina Perri’s songs on “Head or heart”album. All of these terms are divided into six categories, They are, personification, metaphor, symbol, irony, simile and hyperbole. The writer more often found types of figurative language that contains hyperbole.There are 26 sentences that are almost found in every song from one album. By reading this study, the writer hopes this research could give more understanding in the analysis of figurative language to the reader. The writer hopes this paper inspire for all students who want to conduct research in the same field. This study show to the reader types of figurative language in Christina Perri’s“Head or Heart” song album.