The Analysis of Adverbs in Sue Murray’s Short Story Blue Moon Beach and Its Application in Teaching Writing

Abstract

This research belongs to qualitative research. This study deals with types of adverb found in Sue Murray’s Short Story Blue Moon Beach and its application in teaching writing. The purpose of this study is to find out the types of adverb found in the short story and to describe the application in teaching writing using types of adverb found in short story The data
source of this research is Sue Murray’s Short Story Blue Moon Beach. In collecting the data, the researcher opens Sue Murray’s Short Story Blue Moon Beach, comprehends and reads the data, understands the contents of the story, and finds words that function as adverb. In analyzing the data, the researcher identifies the data, categorizes the types of adverb from the data, counts the number and percentages of the adverbs found, applies to teach writing in junior high school and draws conclusion and suggestion. The result of the study shows that there are 10 types of adverb found in Sue Murray’s short story Blue Moon Beach. There are 442 data found. Based on the type, there are 10 types of adverb found. There are 32 adverbs of manner (7,23%), 89 adverbs of degree (20,13%), 239 adverbs of place (54,07%), 37 adverbs of time (8,37%), 10 adverbs of duration (2,26%), 9 adverbs of indefinite frequency (2,03%), 3 adverbs
of definite frequency (0,67%), 4 adverbs of reason (0,90%), 1 conjunctive adverb (0,22%), and 18 interrogative adverbs (4,07%) found. The finding can be applied in teaching writing in eighth grade of junior high school.