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