Syntactical Study Based on Character Education Values of Essay

Abstract

This first-year research aims to describe (1) sentence types and (2) sentence structure based on character education values in essays of fourth-grade students in Buleleng Regency, Bali. The data were taken from the fourth-grade students' essays. Meanwhile, this study's objects are (1) sentence types and (2) sentence structure based on character education values in those essays. Data were collected by documentation method. Next, the researchers analyzed the data descriptive qualitatively. This study found two significant findings. First, the sentence types in fourth-grade students' essays can be classified by (a) the number of clauses; there are 205 single sentences, 91 compound sentences, and (b) the internal structure of the main clause; there are 277 sentences complete and 19 sentences incomplete. Second, the sentence structures, both single and compound, are quite varied in the fourth-grade students' essays. Meanwhile, the study results concerning the values of character education in fourth-grade students' essays in Buleleng regency, Bali, include religious, honest, hard work, fondness of reading, caring for the environment, social care, and responsibility.Considering the study's findings, the researchers recommended that students be aware of the type, unity, and sentence structures that contain the values of character education in writing essays for the effectiveness and preservation of the ideas conveyed.