Data Analysis Method of the Study
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simile. As stated by Damon, a simile is an explicit figurative comparison: that is, it is a statement that one thing is like another. Thus it contains a comparative word
such as, „like‟, „as‟, „similar‟ or „same‟. By saying “that was like watching someone club a baby seal”, Caroline
compares Han with a baby seal since both of them have a mini size body. Besides, Caroline also implies that Max is a way too rude for such person like Han in the
way of answering his question. Thus, utterance 1C is not a form of sarcasm. In situation B, the personal pronoun “you” in Max utterance 2B refers
to Caroline since she is the one speaking with her. Max, however, does not use any metaphor or simile in her utterance 2B. Instead, what Max says is clearly
straight yet it has the meaning beyond which makes the utterance sarcastic. By replying Caroline statement 2A
with “Got it. Pretend I‟m you.”, Max is being sarcastic, which implies that Caroline used to talk about nothing. Also, Max says
the sarcastic utterances to her best friend purposively. This makes the utterance in 2B sarcastic.
Since sarcasm are said by purpose, in this chapter, there are six purposes of sarcasm based on Attardo‟s theory, namely group affiliation, sophistication,
evaluation, politeness, persuasive aspect, and retractability. Each sarcastic utterance is identified by adapting the same method as above. The sarcastic
utterances are uttered purposively by the speakers. The pragmatic features of the sarcastic utterances, then, are explored to identify the purposes. There are seventy
sarcastic utterances appearing in the script of Two Broke Girls TV Series in PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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Episodes 1 from Season 1 to Season 5. However, there are several examples chosen as the sample to be analyzed in this chapter as seen below,
Table 2. Analyzed Data : Sarcastic Utterances Based on Purposes
Purposes of Sarcasm
Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4
Season 5 Total
Group Affiliation
1 -
2 -
- 3
Sophistication 3
3 3
2 1
12
Evaluation 4
1 2
- 1
8
Politeness 3
1 -
2 1
7
Persuasive Aspect
- -
- 2
2 4
Retract ability 1
1 -
- -
2 Total
12 6
7 6
5 36