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Figures of Speech on Political Headline: Waspada and Sinar Indonesia Baru (SIB) Newspaper

Authors
Ade Nurfitriani Harahap1, *, I Wy Dirgeyasa2, Anni Holila Pulungan3
1,2,3Post Graduate School of Applied Linguistics Study Program, Universitas Negeri Medan, Jl. Willem Iskandar, Medan, Indonesia.
*Corresponding author. Email: adefitrihrp@gmail.com
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Ade Nurfitriani Harahap
Available Online 22 November 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211110.137How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Figures of Speech; Types of Figures of Speech; Waspada and Sinar Indonesia Baru Newspaper
Abstract

This study dealt with figures of speech in political headline: Waspada and Sinar Indonesia Baru (SIB) Newspaper. This research used a qualitative research design with a single case study to gain an understanding on this study. It was conducted descriptively. Figures of speech is a departure from the usual form of expression for the purpose of making the meaning clearer, more forceful, or more beautiful. The objective of the study was to investigate the types of figures of speech in political headline: Waspada and Sinar Indonesia Baru (SIB) Newspaper. The data were utterances and word of political headline and source of data taken from online newspaper. The result of the data showed that there were five types of twelve of figures of speech in Waspada and Sinar Indonesia Baru (SIB) Newspaper. In Waspada there were four types of figures of speech namely personification, symbol, paradox, and irony. Meanwhile, in Sinar Indonesia Baru (SIB) there were three types of figures of speech namely personification, apostrophe, and symbol. The findings showed that symbol was the most frequently used figures of speech in both newspapers. The figures of speech used in all situations that show expression in which the name of an attribute or based on the ideology each the both newspapers are different so it could be concluded that the figures of speech in both newspapers adopted the similar style of language and way of approaching the issues politic by making use of figures of speech.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 6th Annual International Seminar on Transformative Education and Educational Leadership (AISTEEL 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
22 November 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-453-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211110.137How to use a DOI?
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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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