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The Authors' Purpose and Tone in Jakarta Post ISSN: 2301-797X Volume: 3 No. 2 - Desember 2014 THE AUTHORS’ PURPOSE AND TONE IN JAKARTA POST Puan Suri Mira Annisa Sembiring Medan State University e-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT The authors purpose and tone is the important point in reading. It is not easy to analyze because it is not explained or expressed directly. A reader must read between the lines to analyze the writer position and feel the emotion or attitude from which a writer addresses a topic. The choice of words and details convey the tone. Understanding an author’s purpose and tone will help readers interpret the information. Key words: Author’s purpose, Tone, Reading comprehension 1. The Background of the Study 2. The Discussion Reading is a cognitive process to construct a. The Author’s Purpose or derive meaning. It needs a complex Purpose is the reason an author writes interaction between the text and reader which about a topic. It is also shows the position from shaped by the reader’s prior knowledge, which a writer addresses a topic. An author’s experiences, attitude and language community. main idea is directly related to the author’s Currently most reading is either of the purpose. There are many reasons an author printed word such as in a book, magazine, decides to write but the three basic following newspaper, etc. purposes will drive a main idea: to inform, to A newspaper is a publication that is issued entertain, and to persuade. daily or weekly and includes local and The author’s purposes are: international news stories, advertisements, 1. To Inform or Teach announcements, opinions, cartoons, sports news, Sometimes an author wants to inform and television listings. It is an important method about something. To inform means to tell of letting the public know everything that is information about a subject. Authors with this happening in their local area and around the purpose wish to provide facts that will explain or world. teach something to readers. When the author writes a text it must be Example: Pain is a normal part of a physical there is the purpose that he/ she wants to shared. process that lets us know something is wrong. An author’s purpose is the reason an author 2. To Entertain decides to write about a specific topic. The If an author likes to tell a funny story. author must decide whether his purpose for That means it was written to entertain people. writing is to inform, persuade, entertain the ideas Can you think of a story that made you laugh? to the reader. Not only that the tone also That story was written to entertain you. To influence about the subject that he/ she is entertain means that to amuse and delight; to presenting. Sometimes their emotion or feelings appeal to the reader’s senses and imagination. also include in their text. Authors with this purpose set out to captivate or Tone is not explained or expressed interest the audience. directly. A reader must “read between the Example: “Yes, I have gained weight. I weighed lines”to feel the author’s attitude and identify the only 8 pounds when I was born.” tone. It shows that tone is not easy to analysed. 3. To Persuade or Convince Because of that the it is important to know Sometimes an author wants to persuade the sections of the newspaper and what you. That means the author is trying to convince information or the purpose and tone that the you to feel the same way as the author. To writers want to share. persuade is used to convince the reader to agree Majalah Ilmiah Politeknik Mandiri Bina Prestasi 122 ISSN: 2301-797X Volume: 3 No. 2 - Desember 2014 with the author’s point of view on a subject. 7. Uses as a key to make a connections between Authors with this purpose may give facts, but the author’s thought and its expression their main goal is to argue or prove a point to Kinds of Tone are: readers. 1. Objective tone is impartial. It does not show any feelings for or against a topic; therefore, it Example: The death penalty is deeply flawed is unbiased or neutral. and should be abolished. 2. Subjective tone is personal, biased, emotional, The following chart shows an example of and often informal. A subjective tone uses specific purposes is: words that describe feelings, judgments, or General and Specific Purposes opinions. In subjective commonly used tone words are: To inform To entertain To persuade Commonly Used Tone Words To analyze To amuse To argue against To clarify To delight To argue for To discuss To frighten To convince To establish To criticize 1. The Analysis To explain To inspire (motivate a change) RI needs shuttlers with fighting spirit: Rexy The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sports | Wed, May 28 2014, 8:32 AM a. The Author’s Tone The tone of a passage is the writer’s The Indonesian Badminton Association attitude or feeling about the subject that he/she is (PBSI) head of development and achievement, presenting. Tone does not reflect the reader’s Rexy Mainaky, said that Indonesia needed attitude toward the subject, nor does it involve shuttlers with a fighting spirit and a strong the attitude expressed by characters, besides the mentality to win the much-prized Thomas and author, in the passage. Uber Cups. When you are determining the author’s Indonesia has failed to win either the tone, focus on the feeling that the author is Thomas Cup — which it last won in 2002 — or conveying. The author may, for example, the Uber Cup — which it last won in 1996 — present facts that for many readers are amusing, after the national team lost in the semifinals and exciting, or disturbing, but that does not mean quarterfinals, respectively. that the author’s tone is amused, excited, or PBSI had expected the Uber Cup team to disturbed. In order for the tone of a passage to be advance at least as far as the semifinal round. “amused,” for example, the author must be using However, the female shuttlers were the words to express that feeling from him or unexpectedly eliminated in the quarterfinals by herself to the reader. A work of writing can have host India 3-0. India, which had advanced to the more than one tone. An example of tone could Uber Cup semifinals for the first time ever, lost be both serious and humorous. Tone is set by the to runner-up Japan by a score of 3-2. Badminton setting, choice of vocabulary and other details. powerhouse China extended its winning streak, The tone is different with Mood. Mood is defeating Japan in the finals to take home the the general atmosphere created by the author’s Uber Cup for the 13th time. words. Mood is the emotions that we (the The Japanese men’s team made history by reader) feel while we are reading. Some winning its first Thomas Cup by besting literature makes we feel sad, others joyful, still Malaysia 3-2 in the title match. others, angry. It may be the same, or it may Rexy highlighted his players’ poor physical and change from situation to situation. mental condition as reasons for their poor The purposes of tone are: showing. “Most of our players have extensive 1. Shows the typical quality of the writer’s experience in various international personality. championships, so why do they still feel tense? 2. Creates growing emotion in the reader. It means they are not enjoying their matches. I 3. Sets the relationship between reader and was a player like them and I know how it feels writer. to be in their shoes. They are not new to pressure 4. Connects the material to the reader. so I cannot accept such an excuse,” said Rexy. 5. Makes easier to understand the meaning. 6. Uses as a key to understand the author’s mood Majalah Ilmiah Politeknik Mandiri Bina Prestasi 123 ISSN: 2301-797X Volume: 3 No. 2 - Desember 2014 “I agree with [coach] Christian [Hadinata] when Yudhoyono, Vice President Boediono and his he says that Indonesia needs players who are wife Herawati Boediono, and several Cabinet fighters and have a strong will. Look at ministers [Takuma] Ueda, he had never before won a Yudhoyono went on to say the race should super series tournament but he was the one who feature healthy competition. won the decisive match that secured the Thomas “It’s unwise to pass grudges and hatred Cup for Japan,” he added. As a result of their onto the next generation. Let’s build again a disappointing performance, Rexy said a harmony and togetherness among all thorough evaluation of the current roster would components of the nation, a togetherness that is be required. built based on fraternity, solidarity, ukhuwah Islamiyah [Islamic brotherhood] and ukhuwah SBY urges good natured race for the wathoniyah [nationalism],” Yudhoyono said. presidency “Let’s prove our democracy is maturing and is The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Thu, May 29 2014, full of politeness,” he went on. 6:03 PM The President also reminded that before and during the presidential election, all parties President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should avoid engaging in smear campaigns. says the race to win the presidency must run As the presidential election draws near, smear well and all parties must strive to ensure it is a campaigns have been pushed on social media success, with no deep resentments harbored after outlets, including claims that presidential the process ends. candidate Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was of “In the future, after the completion of the Chinese descent and was a Christian.
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