A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF FIGURES OF SPEECH IN THE TEXTBOOKS ENTITLED BAHASA INGGRIS FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADE XI

Abstract

This descriptive study aimed to identify the types of figures of speech found in the textbooks entitled Bahasa Inggris for senior high school grade XI, and also to  describe the functions of figures of speech applied in the textbooks entitled Bahasa Inggris for senior high school grade XI. The data were collected from the reading texts in Bahasa Inggris for senior high school grade XI. The main instrument of the research was the researcher herself and the secondary instrument was the data sheets. The researcher used the theory of Perrine’s classification of the figures of speech and its functions to analyze the data. To gain the data trustworthiness, the researcher asked triangulators to check the data.The results of the data analysis showed that there were nine types of figures of speech found in the textbooks. They were metaphor (8 times), simile (5 times), personification (16 times), apostrophe (4 times), synechdoche (3 times), symbol (9 times), paradox (1 time), hyperbole (10 times) and irony (8 times). The most frequently used types of figures of speech is personification. It visualizes the literal form in human form. The functions of figures of speech found in the textbooks are to give the imaginative pleasure (19 times), to give additional imagery (32 times), to add emotional intensity (18 times), and to concrete the meaning in a brief compass (29 times). Giving additional imagery is the main function of the use of figure of speech in the textbooks entitled Bahasa Inggris for senior high school grade XI.

Keywords: Bahasa Inggris, figures of speech, stylistics,