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THE DESCRIPTION OF PLOT IN RANSOM RIGGS NOVEL PECULIAR CHILDREN BY SITI SOFIAH REG. NO. 142202061 DIPLOMA III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF CULTURE STUDY UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2017 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I am, SITI SOFIAH, declare that I am the sole author of his paper. Except where the reference is made in the text of this paper, this paper contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a paper by which I have qualified for or awarded another degree. No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement the main text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award of another degree in any tertiary education. Signed: ………… Date: ………… i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION Name : SITI SOFIAH Title of Paper : THE DESCRIPTION OF PLOT FAUND IN RANSOM RIGGS PECULIAR CHILDREN Qualification : D-III/ Ahli Madya Study Program : English 1. I am willing that my paper should be available for reproduction at the discretion of the Libertarian of the Diploma III English Study Program Faculty of Letter USU on the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia 2. I am not willing that my papers be made available for reproduction Signed : ……….. Date : ……….. ii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT Plot is the sequence of events in a story or play. The plot is a planned, logical series of events having a beginning, middle, and end. The short story usually has one plot so it can e read in one sitting. There are five essential party of plot: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution. This paper is entitled The Description of Plot Found in Ransom Riggs Novel Peculiar Children. In this novel narrated infidelity is about a young boy who seeks to know many things about the tragedy of his grandfather. Through the story of his grandfather's past, she finds the House of Miss Peregrine. A beautiful girl help him travel to learn more about him that is actually from Miss Peregrine. The story features a mysterious magic, ghosts, and monsters are not known, one of which was the cause of the death of his grandfather. In this study the author uses descriptive qualitative methods to describe the plot of which is already presented in the novel. iii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Plot merupakan urutan kejadian atau peristiwa dalam sebuah cerita atau sandiwara. Plot biasanya sudah direncanakan, bagian yang logis dalam suatu kejadian yang memiliki awal, pertengahan, dan akhir. Cerita pendek biasanya memiliki satu plot yang bisa dibaca dalam satu kedudukan. Ada 5 bagian yang penting dalam plot: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, dan Resolution. Kertas karya ini berjudul The Description of Plot Faund in Ransom Riggs Novel Peculiar Children. Dalam novel ini di kisahkan tentang seorang anak muda yang berusaha untuk mengetahui banyak hal tentang tragedi kakeknya. Melalui kisah masa lalu kakeknya, dia menemukan rumah Miss Peregrine. Seorang gadis cantik membantu dia melakukan perjalanan untuk belajar lebih banyak tentang dirinya yang sebenarnya dari Miss Peregrine. Cerita fitur sihir misterius, hantu, dan monster yang tidak diketahui, salah satunya adalah penyebab kematian kakeknya. Dalam penelitian ini penulis menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif untuk menggambarkan plot yang sudah tersaji dalam novel tersebut. iv UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to thank Allah SWT, the almighty God for His blessing and leading me during all my life. Praise is to the prophet Muhammad SAW, the leader of messengers and guiding of faithful so that I could finish my study to fulfill one of requirements for the degree of Ahli Madya from the English Department, Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan. Then, I would like to thank the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara, Dr. Drs. Budi Agustono, Ms. and all the staffs for their help during the period of study in this faculty. I would like to thank to Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M. Hum. As the head of English Department for giving all facilities and opportunities during my academic years and completing this paper. I would like to express my special gratitude to my suvervisor, Dra. Diah Rahayu Pratama, M.Pd for his support and beneficial suggestion, and their willingness to share time in correcting this paper throughout the preparation of this paper and the period of doing this paper. I also would like to thank to all lecturers who have given so much knowledge throughout my academic years especially to my academic supervisor. I would like to thank to kak Dede who always helps me in administration process. My best deepest appreciation and love are dedicated to my beloved father Abdul Hasyim and my beloved mother Zainab, who always pray, v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA support, and advice me with their love. For my brother Ahmad Darwis, my sister Nur Halimah and my little sister Rahmadani, and the whole of my family, I would like to thank a lot of their love, support and time to share and lead me. Thanks for being my best friends in class English Diploma Study, Tri Gita Pratiwi, Agustina Sahara and Malinda Rosalin, for your support, care and other things that help me to complete this paper. Thank you for the nice friendship during our study, I’m going to miss you all. Then to my all friends in English Diploma III 2014 and also thank to all people who have helped me either directly or indirectly that I cannot mention. Thanks a lot for your help. I appreciate it very much. Finally, I realize that this paper is far from being perfect. I have done my best to complete this paper. Finally, I hope this paper would be useful for the readers in future. Medan, July 25 2017 The Writer Siti Sofiah Reg. No: 142202061 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Background of the Study ................................................................... 1 1.2 The Problem of Study ............................................................................... 4 1.3 The Scope of Study .................................................................................. 4 1.4 The Purpose of Study ............................................................................... 4 1.5 The Method of Study ................................................................................ 4 2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE .......................................... 6 2.1 Novel ....................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Intrinsic Elements.................................................................................... 7 2.2.1 Plot .................................................................................................... 8 2.2.1.1 Exposition ........................................................................................ 8 2.2.1.2 Rising action .................................................................................... 9 2.2.1.3 Climax .............................................................................................. 9 2.2.1.4 Falling Action .................................................................................. 9 2.2.1.5 Resolution ...................................................................................... 10 3. THE DESCRIPTION OF PLOT FAUND IN RANSOM RIGGS NOVEL PECULIAR CHILDREN 3.1 Exposition .............................................................................................. 11 3.2 Rising Action ......................................................................................... 11 3.3 Climax .................................................................................................... 15 3.4 Falling Action ........................................................................................ 17 3.5 Resolution .............................................................................................. 18 4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 4.1 Conclusion ............................................................................................. 20 4.2 Suggestion .............................................................................................. 22 BIBLIOGRAPHY ...................................................................................... 24 APPENDIECES A. Biography of Ransom Riggs ................................................................ 25 B. Summary of The Novel ........................................................................ 29 vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study According to Roberts and Jacobs (1995:51), that literature refers to composition that tell stories, dramatize situations, express emotion and analyze and advocate ideas. It means the literature is a composition to tell a story, dramatic events, express emotion and analysis and support ideas that are created with various objectives made. A litarary work is considered must meet the requirements of beauty or aesthetics. And because beauty is a perceived, talks about literature should be departed from feeling. The literary work is a statement about human beings, human and humanitarian issues are so complex. He is not a feeling but a reality rational discharge of man is so complex in accordance with the existing complexity in the nature of shape human. According to semi (1988: 8). Literature is a form of creative art and the work of the object is a human and his life using the