Abstract :
Texts in writing is organized of sequence of ideas or thought to convey
some information to the reader. The design of the texts must fulfill the
organization criteria in order to create text in appropriate way. In short, the author
should write a coherent text. Organizational patterns are made for developing
paragraph in the texts. The signal words within paragraphs indicated what
organizational patterns used.
This study aims at analyzing organizational patterns in opinion column of
Jakarta Post?s newspaper written by Indonesian Writers. In term of the
organizational patterns exist in text
The data of this study are taken from Jakarta Post?s newspaper edition on
Sunday January 05th, 2014 until edition on Sunday January 12nd, 2014 which is
concern in opinion column written by Indonesian writers.
The data are analyzed on the basis of the discourse analysis procedures in
text analysis. To analyze the organizational patterns, this study follows
McWhorther (2005) parameter considering thirteen kind of organizational pattern.
The results reveal that the existence of definition, classification,
chronological order, process, cause and effect, comparison and contrast,
statement and clarification and generalization and example in the text in opinion
column of Jakarta Post. The results also showed that the use of deductive patterns
dominates in text in opinion column of Jakarta Post. The paragraphs began with
what information being presented, and determined what else would have to
support that the information are true, then in the end of the paragraphs is
conclusion. It is made to prove that the writer?s opinion was correct. A multipattern
also found in text. Means that writer can apply more one organizational
pattern applied in text paragraphs or combining the organizational patterns in
developing paragraph.