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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

This chapter presents the findings and discussion of the research. As stated in the background of the research, this research is aimed to find out the types of figures of speech by comparison and to describe the functions of using figures of speech by comparison in Coraline by Neil Gaiman. This chapter focuses on explaining the results of this research in two parts; i.e. the findings and the discussion based on the research objectives. The findings are presented in the table of data finding that consists of the types of figures of speech by comparison and the functions of figures of speech by comparison found in Coraline. Meanwhile, the discussion part defines the objectives of the research which are applied in the Neil Gaiman‘s novel Coraline.

A. Findings

In this section, the answers to the research questions are presented in a table of data findings and followed by its brief description. The table of data findings of the types of figures of speech by comparison and the functions of figures of speech by comparison found in Coraline are presented below. Table 2. Types and Functions of Figures of Speech by Comparison in Coraline Types of Figures of Speech by Comparison Frequency Functions of Figures of Speech by Comparison 1 2 3 4 Metaphor 15 5 11 6 4 Simile 79 33 61 24 4 Personification 46 41 10 14 8 Apostrophe 1 1 Total 141 80 82 44 16 Note : Function 1 : to give imaginative pleasure 2 : to bring additional imagery 3 : to add emotional intensity 4 : to concrete meaning in a brief compass Perrine 1969: 65 – 118 proposes twelve types of figures of speech which can be classified into three categories. They are figures of speech by comparison, figures of speech by association, and figures of speech by contrast. In this research, the research focus is limited on analyzing figures of speech by comparison in Coraline novel. Based on Table 2, all four types of figures of speech by comparison are found in Neil Gaiman‘s Coraline. They are metaphor, simile, personification, and apostrophe. From the data above the researcher found a total of 141 data. Table 2 shows that the writer tends to use direct comparison. It is proven by the finding of simile occurrences in 79 data from a total of 141 data. Simile becomes the most frequent type of figures of speech by comparison found in Coraline novel.