D. Objectives of the Study
The objectives of the research are: 1.
to identify kinds of theme of narrative paragraph written by the third semester students of IKIP PGRI Semarang
2. to describe kinds of thematic development found in the narrative written
by the third semester students of IKIP PGRI Semarang. 3.
to describe how important are theme-rheme structures in helping students create cohesiveness of the text..
E. Significance of the Study
Hopefully the study performs clues for students to make better writings by considering the use of Theme and Rheme relation and thematic development in
their writings, and to enable them to give good evaluation of any writings they find. Moreover, it can hopefully be used as reference for teachers or lecturers in
evaluating and solving their students‟ writing problems.
Key words: theme, rheme, thematic development, narrative paragraph.
F. Scope of the Study
In this research, the writer focuses on describing how the students use Theme-
Rheme relation, thematic development of the students‟ narrative writing and also how significance is it for students in creating cohesiveness of the text.
G. Definition of Terms
1. Theme refers to the initial element in a sentence or utterance which forms
the point of departure. Theme typically contains familiar, old or given information.
2. Rheme is the remainder of the message in a clause in which Theme is
developed. Rheme typically contains unfamiliar or new information. 3.
Thematic Progression is the exchange of information between successive Rheme and Rheme pairings in a text Eggins, 1994:303. Thematic
progression contributes to the cohesive development of a text, that is to say, in cohesive text the distribution of given and new information needs
to follow certain patterns. There are several main types of thematic development, which depends on different text types.
4. Boardman and Frydenberg 2002:4 in Faiza Hawa‟s Thesis 2009 said
that narrative paragraph tells about a story. The events in narrative paragraph must be ordered according to time. Furthermore, Derewianka
1995 :40 explains “the purpose of narrative text is to teach or inform, to
embody the researcher‟s reflections on experience, and – perhaps most important
– to nourish and extend the reader‟s imagination”. Barli 1995:15 on his book stated Write Well said that paragraph as a group of
sentences which contain relevant information about one main or central idea.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
A. Previous Study
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