An Analysis on Adverb Clauses Relationship Used in “The Gift of the Magi” Written by O. Henry

Abstrak

This thesis studies the source of types and structure of adverb clauses in text especially in “The Gift of the Magi.” It analyzes the source of types and structure found in “The Gift of the Magi” by following the framework from Abdul and Kamal about types and structure adverb clauses of clause relations.

In the story “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry (William Sidney Porter), it can concluded that that there are 9 types of adverb clauses, but in this story, the author only uses 6 types of adverb clauses which consist of adverb clause of time, adverb clause of place, adverb clause of reason (cause), adverb clause of condition, adverb clause of cause and result and adverb clause of comparison. And from the story, “The Gift of the Magi” the author can conclude that in this story, the dominant writing structure used is the first structure where the the independent clause is in the beginning of the sentence while the dependent clause is in the end of the clause. Even from this story it can be seen that the author uses more object complements to explain the story, where the adjective and noun appear after the direct object. And here the author also uses additional words to explain the story in the form of the words and also in addition further, furthermore, besides, in addition to, moreover, additionally, not only, but also, then, and again. In this research the writer choose the qualitative method to describe the narrative text as an effective way to answer the research.