SIMILE IN AT FIRST SIGHT NICHOLAS SPARKS’S NOVEL

Abstract

This study is concerned with simile in At First Sight novel. This study was
conducted by using descriptive qualitative design as the research method. The
objectives of this study were to find out the types of simile used based on Hassan
and Halliday’s theory and the reason for using simile in At First Sight novel. The
data of this research were 272 sentences signed with simile that occured in At
First Sight novel. The research findings were four types of simile, they were
“like” (119), “as if” (69), “as” (66), “as...as” (18), and five reasons were: to
enhance all words by adding portrayal and original, to offer personal experience
and emotional hook, to make the sentences more creatively and shorter, to add
great depth and imagery, and to create a powerful mental pictures