An Analysis of Compound Sentences found in the Novel Percy Jackson: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

Nikita Aletheia Dahoklory

doi:10.20961/n0pkxp43

Authors

Nikita Aletheia Dahoklory Student Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20961/n0pkxp43

Keywords:

Asyndetic Coordinator, Compound Sentences, Syndetic Coordinators

Abstract

The aims of this research are: (1) to analyze the types of compound sentences found in the novel Percy Jackson: The Titan’s Curse based on the theory proposed by Quirk and Greenbaum (1973). (2) to find out which coordinators of compound sentence that mostly used in the novel Percy Jackson: The Titan’s Curse based on the theory proposed by Quirk and Greenbaum (1973). The method used in this study was descriptive qualitative. The data were collected through documentation, observation, and note-taking by identifying compound sentences within the novel. The findings reveal that there are two types of compound sentences found in the novel: compound sentence with syndetic coordinator (using conjunctions such as "and", "but", "so", “or”, and “yet”) and compound sentence with asyndetic coordinator (using punctuation such as commas and semicolons). Among these, syndetic coordinator is the most dominant with 89.88% of the data, while asyndetic coordinator appears in only 10.12% of the data. The most used Syndetic coordinator is “but,” followed by “and”, “so”, “or”, and “yet”, while the most used Asyndetic coordinators is “comma” followed by “semicolon.” These results indicate that the use of compound sentences supports the novel’s fast-paced, clear, and accessible narrative style, particularly for young adult readers. This study is expected to contribute to the teaching of English sentence structure and serve as a reference for further research in linguistics and literature, especially Novel.

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