Intertextuality of Egg Boy in Warwick Daily News

The objectives of this study were to describe intertextuality of Egg Boy in Warwick Daily News. This study followed the theory of Bazerman (2004) about the techniques of intertextuality namely (1) direct quotation (2) indirect Quotation (3) mentioning a person, document or statements technique (4) comment on or valuate a statement, text or otherwise invoked voice technique and (5) using recognizable phrasing, terminology associated with specific people or group of people or particular documents (6) Using language and forms that seem to echo certain ways, discussions among other people and types of documents. The data of this study were gathered by using the phrase of the headline and others documentary that related with this research. This research organized by using descriptive qualitative research design. Another theory of Fairclough (1997) revealed discursive practices, and intertextuality realization in Warwick Daily News. The most dominant techniques of intertextuality were mentioning a person, document or statements, it was 38.09%. Then, they were followed by comment on or valuate a statement, text or otherwise invoked voice (28.58%), using recognizable phrasing, terminology associated with specific people or group of people or particular documents (19.04%), direct quotation (14.29%). Meanwhile, There are 8 realizations of intertextuality based on the theory but the researcher only found 7 reasons after analyzing the data. They are to inform, to interpret, to guide, to educate, to mediate, to promote and to influence. Meanwhile, one reason are not found in the data because of the headlines from all of the stories of ‘egg boy’ aren’t focused to entertain the reader.