DIAGNOSING LANGUAGE STYLE OF NARRATIVE PASSAGES IN EFLTEXTBOOKS: A LINGUISTIC-STYLISTIC ANALYSIS

Abstract

This study discussed the stylistic analysis study used in EFL Textbook especially in narrative passages. This study aimed to describe the types of language styles, the lexical categories and figures of speech in narrative passages. This research was conduct using a qualitative descriptive research. The data source are taken from EFL textbook entitled Practice Your English Conversation Daily. There are 3 stories that is analyze from the textbook. There are The Legend of Malin Kundang, The Rats and The Elephants and Sura and Baya. The results showed that there were 2 types of language styles found, namely: formal style and casual style, 4 categories of lexical categories found, namely: verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs, 4 figures of speech found, namely: alliteration, assonance, euphemism and personification in narrative passages on the textbook. It is hoped that this research can help students understand narrative texts and can help students to create narrative texts with an appropriate language style.