This study focuses on antonomasia as a figure of speech found in the news articles of Time Magazine 2016 edition, vol 187, february to April. This study aims to explain the types of antonomasia which are found in Time Magazine. It also aims to explain the functions of antonomasia in Time Magazine. In addition, to analyze the data, this study uses theories proposed by Lehtsalu et al (1973) to analyze the types and the functions of antonomasia. Moreover, this study is conducted by applying a descriptive qualitative research design since the data are in the form of words. The source of data is news articles of Time Magazine. The data of this study are words or phrases which contain antonomasia as figure of speech. The data are collected by using content analysis method. The writer found 35 data. The writer found 8 data which belong to metaphorical antonomasia, 3 data which belong to metonymic antonomasia, 24 data which belong to epithet, and 0 data which belong to meaningful names. From all those data, 14 data have a function to characterize person through his or her name, 2 data have a function to create a humorous atmosphere, 16 data have a function to designate a class member of people. Besides, the writer categorizes 3 data as a new function, to indicate the name of place. Keywords: antonomasia, types of antonomasia and functions of antonomasia

This study focuses on antonomasia as a figure of speech found in the news articles of Time Magazine 2016 edition, vol 187, february to April. This study aims to explain the types of antonomasia which are found in Time Magazine. It also aims to explain the functions of antonomasia in Time Magazine. In addition, to analyze the data, this study uses theories proposed by Lehtsalu et al (1973) to analyze the types and the functions of antonomasia. Moreover, this study is conducted by applying a descriptive qualitative research design since the data are in the form of words. The source of data is news articles of Time Magazine. The data of this study are words or phrases which contain antonomasia as figure of speech. The data are collected by using content analysis method. The writer found 35 data. The writer found 8 data which belong to metaphorical antonomasia, 3 data which belong to metonymic antonomasia, 24 data which belong to epithet, and 0 data which belong to meaningful names. From all those data, 14 data have a function to characterize person through his or her name, 2 data have a function to create a humorous atmosphere, 16 data have a function to designate a class member of people. Besides, the writer categorizes 3 data as a new function, to indicate the name of place. Keywords: antonomasia, types of antonomasia and functions of antonomasia

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