Abstract:
This study discuss about the directive speech acts in The Legend of Putri
Hijau comic book. The objectives of the study were describes the types of
directive speech acts and to show how the directive speech acts were used in The
Legend of Putri Hijau comic book. The types of directive speech act are command, request, order and suggestion. This research used descriptive qualitative method. The data was taken from the text of the book. Based on the result of this research
of the directive speech acts in The Legend of Putri Hijau book , it was found
totally 17 dialog using types of directive speech act. There are request 11 act, command 3 act, suggestion c act and order 0 act. The most dominant speech acts
used in The Legend of Putri Hijau comic book where the directive speech act
occurred is request act.
