REiLA: Journal of Research and Innovation in Language
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2019): REiLA : Journal of Research and Innovation in Language

Metaphor and Simile in English Context: Do They Know the Differences?

Agnesia Elvi Wisnita (Universitas Lancang Kuning, Pekanbaru, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Aug 2019

Abstract

The present research tries to explore and find out the students understanding on selected metaphor and simile in English context among University students. This descriptive quantitative research involves 38 english depratment students as it samples selected from two different classes in total. This research was conducted on May, 2019. The instruments used to collect the data were test which consisted of 40 items. The result from the test revealed the understanding on these two topics are fair, metaphor (62,63) and simile (60,92). This data seems showing a clear picture that the students need to improve their knowledge on these topics.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

REILA

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

REiLA Journal of Research and Innovation in Language is a double-blind peer-reviewed international journal published triannual on April, August and December. It is dedicated to promoting scholarly exchange among teachers and researchers in the field of languages. Although articles are written in ...