AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENT’S LITERARY RESPONSE TEXT USING SFL

Abstract

This study looks at how transitivity and mod systems are shown in students’ literary response text. This study used a qualitative case study method. The data were obtained from one of the student’s writing about literary response text. In general, the findings show that from the transitivity and mood systems, the writer has fulfilled the characteristic of the response text. It can be seen from the most dominant process of material process and the form of declarative sentence in the text in which the aim is to give information. This analysis also shows that the writer has shown an ability to write mature text. It can be seen from the transitivity system that he involves various processes and some of the long nominalization in participants. In addition to the transitivity system, from the mood system, the writer has also been involved using modulation to show his positive attitude toward the text.