SIMILE IN AT FIRST SIGHT NICHOLAS SPARKS’S NOVEL

his 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, offer personal experience and emotional hook, make the sentences more creatively and shorter, add great depth and imagery, and create a powerful mental pictures