A BRIEF STUDY OF PASSIVE VOICE USED BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD’S NOVEL THE GREAT GATSBY
A PAPER
WRITTEN BY
RUNI ADILLAH REG. NO : 142202078
DIPLOMA-III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN
2017
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Supervisor,
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Submitted to Faculty of Culture Study, University of Sumatera Utara in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for Diploma-III English Study Program
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AUTHOR’S DECLARATION
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Name : RUNI ADILLAH
Title of Paper : THE DESCRIPTION OF PASSIVE VOICE
USED BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD IN HIS
NOVEL THE GREAT GATSBY
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iii ABSTRACT
The title of this paper is ―A Brief Study of Passive Voice Used by F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s Novel The Great Gatsby‖. It is about the use of passive voice in sentences found in the novel. The purpose of writing this paper is to know the details about the precentage of passive voice used in this novel, how many sentences can be found in this novel, how many kind of sentences used in the novel, and to determine how many kind of tenses that used in the novel. Thus, data shows that there are 1218 sentences in 4 even chapters used by the author to write the novel and 59 passive voice found in the novel.
Keywords : tenses, passive voice
iv ABSTRAK
Kertas karya ini berjudul ―The Description of Passive Voice Used by F. Scott Fitzgerald in His Novel The Great Gatsby‖. Ini membahas tentang penggunaan kalimat pasif di dalam kalimat yang terdapat pada novel F. Scott Fitzgerald yang berjudul The Great Gatsby. Tujuan dari penulisan kertas karya ini adalah untuk mengetahui secara terperinci tentang distribusi kalimat pasif yang banyak digunakan pada novel tersebut, berapa banyak kalimat yang ditemukan pada novel tersebut, serta jenis kalimatnya, dan untuk menentukan jenis-jenis tenses yang digunakan setiap kalimat pasif pada novel tersebut. Data menunjukkan bahwa ada 1218 kalimat dari 4 bab genap yang digunakan penulis untuk menulis novel ini dan 59 kalimat pasif ditemukan pada novel tersebut.
Kata Kunci: tenses, kalimat pasif
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Bismillahirrahmanirrohim Walhamdulillahirobbil ‗alamin.
First of all, I would like to thank and praise to the Almighty God for blessing
and giving me health, opportunity, and ability from the time I started writing this
paper until I was able to complete it. Afterwards, invocations and greetings I deliver
to the last Prophet Muhammad SAW who has brought us into the time of humanities.
Thanks to all those people who made this paper possible and an unforgettable
experience for me. I own enermous debt to Dr. Matius C. A. Sembiring, M.A. as my
supervisor, and Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum. as a head of English
Department for their guidance to make this paper possibly finished. Huge thanks are
given to the staffs at faculty of cultural studies, Diploma-III English program, my
friends, and my beloved parents for their intllectual and practical companion, advise,
encouragement and the sources of my financial support.
Medan, June 2017
The Writer,
Runi Adillah
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION... i
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION... ii
ABSTRACT... iii
1.5 The Significance of Study... 3
1.6 The Reasons of Study... 4
1.7 The Method of Study... 4
2. REVIEW OF RELATED OF LITERATURE... 5
2.1 Grammar ... 5
2.2 Passive Voice ... 5
2.3 The Construction of Passive Voice... 6
2.4 Classification of Passive Voice... 8
2.5 Patterns of Passive Voice... 8
3. THE ANALYSIS... 13
4. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS... 27
4.1 Conclusions... 27
4.2 Suggestions... 28
BIBLIOGRAPHY... 29
