<![CDATA[Figurative language is an important stylistic resource in news headlines because it enables information to be conveyed concisely while maintaining contextual meaning and rhetorical salience. This study aims to identify, classify, and describe the use of figurative language in the news headlines of Radar Tarakan and Radar Kaltara. The study employed a qualitative descriptive approach. The data consisted of news headlines published on page A1 of Radar Tarakan and page B1 of Radar Kaltara from 15 selected publication dates in the July 2020 editions. The data were collected through documentary observation and transcription and were analyzed through data reduction, data display, conclusion drawing, and verification. The analysis focused on three major groups of figurative language: comparative, contrasting, and satirical figures of speech, comprising eight forms: metonymy, personification, hyperbole, pars pro toto, litotes, paradox, satire, and cynicism. The findings show that comparative figures of speech were the most dominant form identified in the analyzed headlines, consisting of metonymy, personification, hyperbole, and pars pro toto. Contrasting figures of speech occurred in the forms of litotes and paradox, while satirical figures of speech occurred in the forms of satire and cynicism. The findings indicate that figurative language in news headlines functions as a linguistic strategy for condensing information, emphasizing particular aspects of reported events, and constructing more expressive and contextually meaningful headlines. This study contributes to the fields of stylistics and journalistic language by providing an account of figurative language use in regional newspaper headlines. ]]>
