INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa
Vol. 9 No. 2 (2022): INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa

An Analysis of Simile in War Room Movie

Natanael, Yosua Timotius (Unknown)
Indriani, Gina (Unknown)
Nugraha, Muhammad Ridho Fajar (Unknown)
Handayani, Nurma Dhona (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
10 Oct 2022

Abstract

The aim of this research is to analyze simile and its type in the movie “War Room” (2015) directed by Alex Kendrick. Similes are employed in a number of ways and serve a range of purposes, including movie. Therefore, this study applied qualitative research as the design and focused on analyzing simile, which is part of semantics study. A simile is a clear comparison, and it frequently uses comparative terms like or as. The type of similes is categorized by Dancygier & Sweetser (2014) into narrow-scope and wider-scope similes. As the result of the research, there were 20 similes found in the movie, such as 4 similes using “as” and 16 similes using ‘like’ as the comparison word. Moreover, there were 11 narrow-scope similes and 9 wider-scope similes apparent in the movie’s narration and conversation.

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Journal Info

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interactionjournal

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Subject

Education Environmental Science Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

The focus of INTERACTION: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa is to provide a platform for researchers, educators, and practitioners to share innovative research and practical insights within the realm of language teaching and literature. The journal particularly emphasizes studies that explore effective ...