Abstract:
The aim of study is to analysis the types of idiomatic expression are used the
newspaper, to know the dominant types of idioms, and to elaborate the realization
of idiomatic expression in the The Jakarta Post Newspaper. This study used
descriptive qualitative method in analyzing data. The data was taken from The
Jakarta Post Newspaper script. The data were 45 types. From the data obtained, it
was found that Simile expression 26 times (57.78%), Binomial expression n 3
times (6.67%), Trinomial expression 5 times (11.11%), Proverb expression 2
times (4.44%), Euphemisms 4 times (8.89%), Fixed expression 5 times (11.11%),
clicé not found (0%) and Other Language expression not found (0%). In this
research, simile expression is the most dominantly types of idiomatic expression
sentence in the The Jakarta Post Newspaper. The dominant types of idiomatic
expression was simile expression as the way to persuade, to motivate and convey
information or insight the reader in the The Jakarta Post Newspaper. The
realization of types idiomatic expression is because the sentence in the The
Jakarta Post have the grammatical and systematical reason each sentences of short
story The Jakarta Post used types of idiomatic expression which can explain word
or sentences to be understood by the reader.
