Apostrophe The Types of Figures of Speech in The Jakarta Post Headlines under the Issue of KPK vs. Polri

Rapper Joshua Matulessy, also known as JFlow, who took part in the Salam Dua Jari concert at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on the eve of the July 9, 2014 presidential election, read an open letter expressing the group’s disappointment over Jokowi’s pick. 03N1g4 This datum occurs in the news headline entitled “Opposition against Budi on rise” was published on January 16, 2015. This datum contains synecdoche since it associates the group with its members who express their disappointment over Jokowi’s pick. By this synecdoche, the news writers mean the members of the group who were disappointed by Jokowi’s pick. There is another example of synecdoche which is presented in the following datum. An online petition on change.org started by the Indonesia Corruption Watch ICW on Jan. 9, when news about Budi’s nomination broke, had 27,074 signatories as of 8:30 p.m. on Thursday. 07N1g4 This datum occurs in the news headline entitled “Opposition against Budi on rise” was published on January 16, 2015. Disagree with Budi nomination as the next National Police chief, members from the Indonesia Corruption Watch ICW —a non-governmental organization NGO which has a mission to watch and report the corruption in Indonesia to public, started an online petition on change.org, a website which enables everyone to start a petition. Along with the other volunteers, they do actions to keep criticize Jokowi, particularly in Budi’s case. They want Jokowi to keep his promise to create a clean government. The expression in the datum contains synecdoche since it associates an organization with its members. Moreover, the petition is started by the members of the Indonesia Corruption Watch ICW. By the use of this synecdoche, the news writers tend to make an association between the organization and its members. the news writers mean the members of the Indonesia Corruption Watch ICW who started the petition. Another example of synecdoche is presented in the following datum. Only a few days after Jokowi officially nominated Budi as a candidate for the role of National Police chief, the KPK announced that its investigators had named the latter a suspect in relation to alleged bribery and gratuities. 10N2g4 This datum occurs in the news headline entitled “Budi’s case exposes rivalry wi thin police” was published on January 16, 2015. The action taken by the members of the KPK makes some parties feel suspicious, especially the parties from the police. They feel suspicious because it is very strange to see the members of the KPK naming Budi a suspect while he had never been questioned before. Furthermore, the KPK announced that its investigators had named Budi a suspect in relation to alleged bribery and gratuities. The ability to announce something only can be done by the persons. Since the datum contains the expression which associates the KPK as a law enforcement institution with its commissioners, it is considered as an example of synecdoche. The news writers mean the commissioners of the KPK who announced that the KPK investigators had named Budi Gunawan a suspect in