connected with conjunctions. Besides, compound sentence can be limited by using punctuation of coma.
Example: 1
The man stole the jewelry and he hid it in his home. d Compound-Complex Sentence
Compound-Complex sentence is a sentence that has two or more independent clause and one or more dependent clause.
Example: 1
The police officers catch the murder and the police officer kills him because the murder tries to escape
away. 2
The man stole the car and he hid it in his home until he could safely get out of town.
5. Paragraph
According to Oxford dictionary 2000: 918, paragraph is a section of a piece of writing, usually consisting of several sentences dealing
with a single subject. Haryanti 2000: 1 stated that paragraph is a group of sentences usually two or more, which tries to communicate at least
one main idea but perhaps more through a certain pattern, order, or framework. A paragraph contains central idea a topic sentence, an
organizing pattern that develops an idea with concrete details, connecting words that interrelate ideas, and a final sentence that brings
the paragraph to a clear end. The most common paragraph pattern is a movement from general organizing concept to more specific
development details.
6. Text
Nunan 1993: 7 stated that text is a piece of paragraph consists of more than one sentence and the sentence combine a meaningful whole.
The notion of text should be meaningful to convey a complete message.
B. Linguistic Units in Indonesian Grammar 1.
Frase Phrase
Ramlan 1996: 151 stated that phrase Frase is a units of grammatical contains two or more word with acts as a single unit of
meaning. There are some kinds of phrases: Frase Nominal, Frase Verbal, Frase Bilangan, Frase Keterangan, Frase Depan.
a Frase Nominal Noun Phrase Frase nominal is a sequence of two nouns represents a new
word in the form of noun. Example:
1 Ia membeli mobil sedan 2 Gedung sekolah
b Frase Verbal Verb Phrase Frase verbal is a phrase to clarify the use of verb.
Example: 1 Agus sedang membaca buku.
2 Ia dapat menyanyi lagu mandarin dengan fasih. c Frase Bilangan Numeral Phrase
Frase bilangan is group of word that uses numeral identity to clarify the aims of phrase.
Example: 1 Tiga ekor ayam betina
2 Lima botol minyak goreng d Frase Keterangan Adverb Phrase
Frase Keterangan is a phrase which similar meaning as an adverb.
Example: 1 Tadi pagi ia menghadiri acara seminar pendidikan
2 Bapak presiden berkunjung ke Solo besok sore e Frase Depan Preposition Phrase
Frase Depan is beginning with preposition as the marker of the word.
Example: 1 Pergi ke Jakarta adalah impiannya.
2 Di sebuah rumah kami berlindung dari hujan
2. Kalimat Sentence
