Review of Previous Studies

fact that lexical repetition can function through empty dailies Dawn 2, The Nation 4. John Galtung model for war and peace journalism and the theory of social responsibility provide the theoretical framework of this study. Theory of social responsibility provides the ground for using the war or peace frame in news. Results indicate that the daily interest not only to applied linguists, but to those involved in education, journalism, and the media. Considering the previous studies above which analyzed newspaper editorials, and the fact that the study conducted on triadic or three-part structure which involved the context of cultures is still rarely found, the field of analyzing editorials structure by using the approach is still largely open. Thus, I analyze the structure of editorials on an interesting issue, Libyan crisis.

2.2. Review of Theoretical Study

In conducting the study, a number of theories and resources are applied. At first, I focused on the linguistics theory, the Structure of Newspaper Editorials: the triadic or the three-part structure. Then I intensified on the object of study which explores newspapers, narrowed into the description of The New York Times and The Jakarta Post; an understanding about editorial, and finally the information about Libya.

2.2.1. Triadic or Three-part Structures

Triadic structure which is also known as three-part structure is a structure that consists up to three elements and constitutes the minimal unit of interaction in written text. The function of triadic structure analysis is to find out how the transmission of information and evaluation of written text is negotiated. It is a model of analysis which fits to analyze a written text as an interaction media. Three-part structure starts from the simplest to the largest analysis. Analyzing written text by using this approach starts from its internal structure. In this stage, there are three fundamental turns Tn: lead L, follow F, and valuate V. This is realized through sentences s which is conceived as