Rhetorical Analysis Of Indonesian Government Statement During Covid 19 In Newspaper

This research discusses the use of rhetorical devices in a newspaper article published by Jakarta Post issued in March 2020 until December 2020, focused on Indonesian government statement during covid 19. The newspaper articles were analyzed by using Aristotle rhetorical theory; ethos, pathos, and logos. These devices were divided into subcategories of their own. To gain the data, the analysis is done qualitatively. As the result, the study has revealed that the Indonesian government use all of the rhetorical devices as mentioned by Aristotle in his theory. Ethos appears as the dominant type of rhetorical devices. Meanwhile, pathos is the least type of rhetorical devices that exists in the articles. It is suggested that the future researcher to deeply dig deep and explore more into the use of rhetorical devices in any other literary works includes poems, advertisement, or song lyric. Furthermore, it is also suggested to expand the theory used in analysis aside from rhetorical devices by Aristoteles in order to have more point of view on how a rhetorical device works either in arts or daily utterance.