1.5.3 Instrument
The instrument of the research is the writer herself as the subject of the research by reading, collecting and analyzing the acquired data. Those
data are the short story of is he living or is he dead by Mark Twain
1.5.4 Technique of Data Analysis
This research uses descriptive content analysis through the plot of the story is he living or is he dead? In analysis the plot of the short story,
the writer uses the analysis of plot of the story as an intrinsic element of short story “is he living or is he dead” by Mark Twain.
1.5.5 Unit of Analysis
The unit of analysis of this research is He living or is He Death by Mark Twain. Published by Modern Library Edition April 13, 2004
CHAPTER 2 THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK
. 2.1
Plot
“The most importance in any work of fiction is the plot. The plot is the plan of action. It tells what the characters do and what happens to them. The
action is usually beyond the capabilities of the characters and becomes sensational. In other well plotted books, the climax develops naturally from
the interaction of characters and events. Plot is an element of good writing. When the readers refer to the plot of a work of fiction, then, the readers are
referring to narrative structure which has always been divided up into three natural parts: the beginning, the middle, and the end.”
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Plot can also spread to every part of a story or the entire story as a whole. It is also a plan or a main story and built a story because it develops
such as what happen first, what happen next, what happen after that, what are the conflicts, what are the resolutions, what is the rising action, the climax of
the story, the falling action and what happen at the end. “Plot is the central aspect of all short stories, which is primarily concerned
with what happen. “Plot” is basically another term for structure.
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Polking, K. Writing A to Z. Cincinnati, OH: Writers Digest Books. 1990, p 9
