https://cahaya-ic.com/index.php/JoLLE <p style="text-align: justify;">Journal of Language, Literature, and Educational Research is a scientific journal published by Cahaya Ilmu Cendekia Publisher. This journal distributes papers based on studies and literature reviews in Indonesian, Regional, and Foreign Education for primary, secondary, senior, and higher education. Journal of Language, Literature, and Educational Research is published in Print and Electronic formats. p-ISSN: (3062-7915); e-ISSN: (3062-7885).</p> Cahaya Ilmu Cendekia Publisher en-US Journal of Language, Literature, and Educational Research 3062-7915 <div> <p style="text-align: justify;">Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:</p> </div> <ol style="text-align: justify;"> <li class="show">Authors retain copyright and acknowledge that the Journal of Language, Literature, and Educational Research is the first publisher licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.</li> <li class="show">Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.</li> <li class="show">Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges and earlier and greater citation of published work.</li> </ol> https://cahaya-ic.com/index.php/JoLLE/article/view/1164 <table width="603"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="398"> <p><strong>Purpose of the study: </strong>This research aimed to find out what are the types of diction used by Maya Angelou in selected poems, they are “Still I rise”, “Touched by an angel” and “Equality” based on the theory of Abrams (1999) for analyzing the types of diction. There are four types of diction according to Abrams: concrete, abstract, denotation, and connotation.</p> <p><strong>Methodology: </strong>This study uses a descriptive qualitative method with content analysis based on Abrams' theory (1999) to analyze diction in three poems by Maya Angelou: "Still I Rise," "Touched by an Angel,"* and "Equality."The procedure includes reading, identifying, classifying, and describing types of diction, such as concrete, abstract, denotation, and connotation. The main data are taken from the book “The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou” (1994), with the researcher as the main instrument supported by data recording to ensure in-depth analysis.</p> <p><strong>Main Findings: </strong>This research found concrete diction, abstract diction, denotative and connotative which are presented in seventy-nine (79) data from three poems. The researcher found 9 types of concrete diction, 21 types of abstract diction, 41 (forty-one) types of connotative and 8 (eight) types of denotative. Based on the data can be concluded that Maya Angelou mostly using connotative diction in selected poems.</p> <p><strong>Novelty/Originality of this study: </strong>This research selects certain poems from Maya Angelou's work that have not been specifically analyzed in previous studies. By focusing on selected poems, this research can reveal nuances of diction that might be missed in a more general analysis.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Nurfitri Ayuni Maghdalena Maghdalena Rowela Basa Copyright (c) 2024 Nurfitri Ayuni, Maghdalena Maghdalena, Rowela Basa https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2024-12-21 2024-12-21 1 2 31 38 10.37251/jolle.v1i2.1164