A DESCRIPTION OF PLOT IN NICOLA YOON’S NOVEL EVERYTHING EVERYTHING A PAPER BY SYIFA ANDRIZHA REG. NO: 152202021 DIPLOMA – III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF CULTURE STUDY UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2018 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I am, SYIFA ANDRIZHA AZHARI, declare that I am the sole author of this 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 in the main text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award or another degree in any tertiary education. Signed : Date : i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION Name : SYIFA ANDRIZHA AZHARI Title of Paper : A DESCRIPTION OF PLOT IN NICOLA YOON’S NOVEL EVERYTHING EVERYTHING Qualification : D-III / Ahli Madya Study Program : English 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 Cultural studies, USU on the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia. Signed : Date : ii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Alhamdulillah, in the name of Allah SWT, The writer would like to thank God and Prophet Muhammad SAW for blessing and giving me the opportunity, health, strength, and ability to accomplish this paper in order to fulfill one of the requirements to finish my study at Diploma III English Study Program, University of Sumatera Utara. This paper would not haven’t been complited without some contributions and suports from many people. I also wants to express my sincere thanks to : 1. The Rector of University of Sumatera Utara, Prof. Dr. Runtung Sitepu, SH, M.Hum. 2. The Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. 3. The Head of English Diploma Study Program, Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum. 4. My Supervisor, Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum. for his precious time for helping, correcting, supporting and guiding me until this paper accomplished. 5. All the lecturers of English Diploma Study Program who taught me much and contributes the knowledge during the academic years. As your student I truly appreciate for all of you have done to me. iii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 6. My deepest and greatest gratitude thanks to my beloved mother, ERNI ANDRIANI, the most special woman in my life, and my first love, my father, AZHARI MD, for their pray, unconditional love, attention and support me all the time. 7. My dear sisters, Rizqa Arnizha Azhari & Arniz Farhanizha Azhari, thank you for your support, happiness and sadness that we always share together. We may fight sometimes, we may argue, but I do love you. 8. My best Partner in my life DEA PUTRA ANANDA for the support, time, love, memories, our togetherness almost 6 years. Thank you for being my best partner since we started a junior high school. 9. The last, I would thank you so much to my great friends GOC, Yo, Rehan, Vina, Richa, Vivi, Ayu, Sarah and Mai for the great time, laughter and for all the moments we had shared together that I can’t describe with words. I love you, guys. And thanks also to all my classmates in Solidas 2015 A. So many thank you to all of the people in my life to make me a better person. I cannot say anymore, except big thank you. I cannot be like this without the people beside me, support me and love me. I do realize that this paper is still from being perfect. Therefore, I welcome any critics and suggestions towards this paper. Medan, SYIFA ANDRIZHA AZHARI REG.NO : 152202021 iv UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT Plot is the storyline of a text. Plot refers to the sequence of events inside a story which affect other events through the principle of cause and effect. A occurs because of B and the result is C. The plot itself has a structure which consists of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Each structure parts are closely related; exposition is the beginning to introduce the characters and places, rising action is the marker of conflict that binding up to the climax, contemplation (falling action) and ending (resolution), and that each event in the plot causes the next event to happen. This paper is entitled A Description of Plot in Everything,Everything by Nicoola Yoon’s Novel. This novel to explain about A teenager who's spent her whole life confined to her home falls for the boy next door. The purpose of this paper is to show the result of plot that has been found by the writer and to give information about life lessons that is in the story. Freytag’s Pyramid is the theory that used in an analysis , He described the typical plot of a five-act play as a pyramidal shape where the plot is told sequentially, it’s why the writer chooses this theory. The writer uses the Library Research by reading some books that is relevant to this title or as a source to get information that can support this title and also by searching on internet to complete the data that have been collected. Keyword: plot, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Plot adalah alur cerita dari sebuah teks. Plot mengacu pada urutan kejadian di dalam cerita yang mempengaruhi peristiwa lain melalui prinsip sebab dan akibat. A terjadi karena B dan hasilnya adalah C. Plot itu sendiri memiliki struktur yang terdiri dari eksposisi, aksi naik, klimaks, aksi jatuh, dan resolusi. Setiap bagian struktur terkait erat; Eksposisi adalah awal untuk memperkenalkan karakter dan tempat, aksi yang meningkat adalah penanda konflik yang mengikat ke klimaks, kontemplasi (aksi jatuh) dan berakhir (resolusi), dan bahwa setiap peristiwa dalam plot menyebabkan peristiwa berikutnya terjadi. Kertas Karya ini berjudul A Desciption of plot in Everything,Everything by Nicoola Yoon’s Novel. Novel ini menceritakan tentang seorang remaja yang menghabiskan seluruh hidupnya terbatas di rumah yang kemudian jatuh cinta kepada tetangga barunya. Tujuan penulisan ini adalah untuk menunjukkan hasil plot yang telah ditemukan oleh penulis dan memberikan informasi tentang pelajaran hidup yang ada dalam cerita. Freytag’s Pyramid adalah teori yang digunakan dalam analisis ini, Dia menggambarkan plot yang khas melalui lima babak aksi sebagai bentuk dari piramida dimana plot diceritakan secara berurutan, itu mengapa penulis memilih teori ini. Penulis menggunakan Library Research dengan membaca beberapa buku yang relevan dengan judul ini atau sebagai sumber untuk mendapatkan informasi yang dapat mendukung judul ini dan juga dengan mencari di internet untuk melengkapi data yang telah dikumpulkan. Kata kunci: alur, eksposisi, aksi naik, klimaks, aksi jatuh, resolusi vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION................................................................ i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION..............................................................ii ABSTRACT.....................................................................................….... iii ABSTRAK................................................................................................iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......................................................................v TABLE OF CONTENTS..........................................................................vii 1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................1 1.1 The Background of Study....................................................................1 1.2 The Problem of Study .........................................................................3 1.3 The Objective of Study........................................................................3 1.4 The Scope of Study..............................................................................3 1.5 The Significance of Study................................................................... 4 1.6 The Method of Study...........................................................................4 2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE.............................................5 2.1 Defenition of Novel............................................................................. 5 2.2 Intrinsic Elements................................................................................ 6 2.2.1 Theme……………………………………………….....……..…..…6 2.2.2 Character…………………………………………………….....….. 7 2.2.3 Setting ……………………………………………………..……… 7 2.2.4 Point of View……………………………………………...………. 8 2.2.5 Plot.................................................................................................... 8 2.2.6 Description of Plot………………………………….…………...… 9 vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 3. THE DESCRIPTION OF PLOT IN NICOLA YOON’S NOVEL EVERYTHING EVERYTHING 3.1. Exposition………………………………………………….....…….13 3.2 Rising Action……………………………………………………......19 3.3 Climax…………………………………………………………...…..28 3.4 Falling Action………………………………………………...……..29 3.5 Resolution……………………………………………....…………...34 4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION................................................35 4.1 Conclusion..........................................................................................35 4.2 Suggestion..........................................................................................36 BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................37