ABSTRACT
This research paper aims at analyzing the short story The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen from a literary stylistic perspective. The nature of this very research is descriptive qualitative. The researcher uses observation and documentation to gather the data, researching the chosen text in-depth before categorizing it according to Laurence Perrine’s theory of figurative language. Perrine classifies figures of speech into three categories: figures of speech by comparison, contrast and association on the basis of their functions. The results show that among the four selected figures of speech, as compared to other figures of speech, the simile is utilized more frequently in the text.
