Syntactic Study on Essay of Grade VI Students of Elementary Schools in Karangasem Regency, Bali Province
Ida Bagus Putrayasa
Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha
Abstract
This study aims to describe: (1) type; (2) unity; and (3) structure of sentence contained in essays of grade VI students of elementary schools in Karangasem regency, Bali province. The method used to collect data is recording documents. The collected data was analyzed by descriptive analysis. The results of the study show that: (1) the types of sentences contained in essays of sixth grade elementary school students in Karangasem regency, Bali province can be divided based on (a) their contents, there are 210 declarative sentences; (b) number of clauses, there are 109 single sentences, 101 compound sentences; (c) the predicate of its formers, there are 165 verbal sentences and 45 nominal sentences; and (d) the nature of the actors relationships, there are 133 active sentences and 77 passive sentences. (2) the unity of the sentence indicated by the existence of: (a) Subject (S) and Predicate (P): 199 sentences categorized as clear unity of ideas; (b) 5 sentence is not clear the unity of the idea; (c) without S or only contains P: 3 sentence, and (d) without P or only contains S: 3 sentences. (3) the structure of sentences, both single and multiple found in essays of grade VI students of elementary schools in Karangasem regency, Bali province is quite varied.
Keywords: composition, structure, syntax, type, unity
Topic: Educational Foundations