Style in Jakarta Post Editorial

Hawa, Faiza and Ajeng, Setyorini (2017) Style in Jakarta Post Editorial. Eternal, 8 (2). ISSN 2086-5473

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Abstract

The objectives of the study is to find out whether the writers’ articles of the Jakarta Post issued in January 2015 have good style in their writing or not and to find out the element of style used in Jakarta Post articles issued on January 2015. The subject of the study is the Jakarta Post I ssued in January 2015. There are five editorials selected and then analyzed based on Seyler’s theory . Based on the analysis, the editorials applied formal words. From the analysis, it was found that the total sentence for simple sentence is 34, 14 compoun d sentences, 24 complex sentences, 24 expanded sentences, 2 antithesis, and 1 metaphor . In organizati ng the text , the writer of the editorial placed the main topic in the beginning p a ragraph . A writer can make good style in his/her writing by applying mor e active sentences in his/her writing, use familiar words and not using cliché, use short sentences, and write with nouns and verbs.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Similarity check
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Fakultas Pendidikan Bahasa dan Seni
Depositing User:	dosen upgris semarang
Date Deposited:	08 Apr 2023 19:22
Last Modified:	10 Jun 2023 05:51
URI:	http://eprints.upgris.ac.id/id/eprint/1237

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