CHAPTER III
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
A. Findings
In this section, the writer presents the result of research. The data was
taken from in the novel Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning
Thief. The genres of this novel are the fantasy novel, young adult and Greek
Mythology. The book first published was on July 1st, 2005 in the United
Kingdom, the written by Rick Riordan.
The writer makes a list about the types of English collocation and most
frequent the types that found in the novel Percy Jackson & The Olympians:
The Lightning Thief. In this novel found there are 22 chapters in the novel.
1. Types of English collocation in the novel Percy Jackson & the
Olympians: The Lightning Thief
There are 7 types of English collocation in the novel “Percy
Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief." For the brief analysis, it
can be seen in the following table:
Table 3.1 Types of English Collocation: Adjective + Noun
No
Collocation
Sentences
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Tweed Jacket
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Ancient
He had thinning hair and a scruffy
beard and a frayed tweed jacket
“... heading to the Metropolitan
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Pag
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Greek
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Motorized
Wheelchair
Best Friend
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Brown Hair
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Grave
Marker
Big Fight
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Brown Eyes
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Leather
Jacket
Ballpoint Pen
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Absolute
Terror
Magic
Mushrooms
Leathery
Wings
Cold Sweat
Good Friend
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Serious
Expression
Deep Breath
Dark Shape
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Right Place
Summer Job
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Bus Ride
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Bad Liar
Museum of Art to look at ancient
Greek and Roman stuff.
Mr. Brunner was this middle-aged
guy in a motorized wheelchair.
hitting my best friend Grover in the
back of the head
Nancy Bobofit was throwing wads of
sandwich that stuck in his curly
brown hair.
“... and started telling us how it was a
grave marker
"-and so there was this big fight
between the gods and the Titans
Mr. Brunner had this look that
wouldn't let you go- intense brown
eyes
She tugged on the cuffs of her leather
jacket.
I snatched the ballpoint pen out of
the air
Absolute terror ran through my body.
My lunch must've been contaminated
with magic mushrooms or
something.
Dodds with talons and leathery
wings
“... wake me up in a cold sweat.
I'd miss Grover, who'd been a good
friend
I remembered Mr. Brunner's serious
expression
I took a deep breath.
A large, dark shape paused in front
of the glass, then moved on.
This isn't the right place for you.
What I didn't tell them was that I'd
have to get a summer job
During the whole bus ride, Grover
kept glancing nervously down the
aisle
"Grover, you're a really, really bad
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Black Smoke
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Rotten Eggs
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Red Cherries
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Pale Faces
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Old Lady
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Big Chunk
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Strange
Request
Bus Terminal
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Dead Man
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High School
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Warm Glow
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Good
Example
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Apartment
Building
Report Card
Muddy Boots
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Sudden Chill
Brown Hair
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Good Things
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Little Boy
Nicest Lady
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Little While
Step- Father
liar."
Black smoke poured from the
dashboard
“... The whole bus filled with a smell
like rotten eggs.
heaping boxes of blood red cherries
and apples
All three women looked ancient,
with pale faces wrinkled like fruit
leather
The old lady in the middle took out a
huge pair
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At the rear of the bus, the driver
wrenched a big chunk of smoking metal
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This seemed like a strange request to
me, but I promised he could.
I ditched Grover as soon as we got to
the bus terminal.
“... looking at me like I was a dead
man, muttering
She wanted to be a novelist, so she
spent high school
I don't have any memories of him,
just this sort of warm glow
“... when I came home is a good
example.
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Eddie, the super of the apartment
building
"Your report card came, brain boy!"
“... leaving his muddy boots on my
windowsill
A sudden chill rolled through me.
She's got a few gray streaks mixed in
with her long brown hair
“... it's like she's seeing all the good
things about me, none of the bad.
“... Was her little boy doing all right?
My mom is the nicest lady in the
world.
be nice to Gabe for a little while.
Your step-father is just worried about
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Sour Cream
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Double Chin
Stay Long
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Rebellious
Streak
Black Hair
Boarding
School
Bad Thing
Weird
Hallucination
Summer
Camp
Vivid Dream
Wide Eyes
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money.
I'll make him enough seven-layer dip
for the whole weekend. Guacamole.
Sour cream.
Gabe scratched his double chin.
“... but I didn't stay long enough to
find out.
She did have a rebellious streak, like
me.
You have his black hair
"To another boarding school?"
"You say that as if it's a bad thing,
Mrs. Dodds at the art museum, about
my weird hallucination
"Not a school," she said softly. "A
summer camp."
That night I had a vivid dream.
its beak aimed at the horse's wide
eyes
Pouring Rain Grover stood framed in the doorway
against a backdrop of pouring rain
Rearview
Graver's eyes flitted to the rearview
Mirror
mirror
Nervous
I'd always assumed it was a nervous
Laugh
laugh.
Picket Fences “...
PICK
YOUR
OWN
STRAWBERRIES signs on white
picket fences.
Blinding
There was a blinding flash
Flash
Dark
It was a dark silhouette of a huge guy
Silhouette
Top Half
His top half was bulky and fuzzy
Big Tree
Do you see that big tree?"
Gleaming
“... snotty nostrils with a gleaming
Brass
brass ring
Gas Tank
The gas tank exploded.
Rotten Meat
He reeked like rotten meat.
Last Moment “...I'd jump out of the way at the last
moment.
Ceiling Fan
looking up at a ceiling fan circling
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Stern Faces
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Bearded Man
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Pretty Girl
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Blond Hair
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Blue Eyes
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Green Hills
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Blue Jeans
Big House
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Good Idea
Blue Sky
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Rolling Hills
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Clear Sky
Poor Kid
Warm Drink
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Empty Glass
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Hard Way
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North Shore
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Small Lake
Red Nose
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Mischievous
Glint
Multiple
Choice
Young Lady
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Whole Lot
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above me
“... the stern faces of a familiarlooking bearded man
“... the stern faces of a familiarlooking bearded man
“... the stern faces of a familiarlooking bearded man and a pretty
girl
“... her blond hair curled like a
princess's.
He had blue eyes- at least a dozen of
them-on his cheeks
“... gazing across a meadow at green
hills in the distance
He was wearing blue jeans
“... we'd stopped here at this big
house for some reason.
"Urn, Percy, it isn't a good idea-"
“... acres of strawberries spread out
under the blue sky
The valley was surrounded by rolling
hills
Thunder rolled across the clear sky.
The poor kid-poor goat
I stared into it, sure I'd just had a
warm drink
He took the empty glass from me
gingerly
I'd paid for that souvenir the hard
way.
We must've been on the north shore
of Long Island
Canoes glided across a small lake.
He had a red nose
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“... a pop quiz and made all the 5
multiple choice answers B.
"This young lady nursed you back to 5
health, Percy.
“... a whole lot more athletic looking. 5
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His eyes had that mischievous glint
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Deep Tan
Best Way
With her deep tan
she were analyzing the best way to
take me down in a fight.
Young Man
"Young man, names are powerful
things.
Long Time
It's been a long time since I've made
a house call to a potential camper.
Little Man
“... I didn't know why he should be
so afraid of a pudgy little man
Right Answer He expected me to have the right
answer.
Great Powers What you may not know is that great
powers are at work in your life.
Distant
And there it was again-distant
Thunder
thunder on a cloud-less day.
Good Deal
“... it sounded like a pretty good deal
Playing A
Mr. D grumbled, playing a card.
Card
Diet Coke
"A wood nymph," I repeated, still
staring at the Diet Coke
Little Kid
Mr. D sounded about six years old,
like a pouting little kid.
True Nature
... plump little man was only
showing me the tiniest bit of his true
nature.
'Western
"Come now, Percy. What you call
Civilization
'Western civilization.
Abstract
Do you think it's just an abstract
Concept
concept?
Collective
A collective consciousness that has
Consciousnes burned bright for thousands of years.
s
Front Leg
Then another front leg, then
hindquarters
Upper Body
... neck should be was the upper
body of my Latin teacher
Distinct
... I got the distinct impression I was
Impression
being watched.
Crop For
Chiron told me the camp grew a nice
Export
crop for export to New York
restaurants
Big Dreams
"Grover has big dreams, Percy.
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Great
Courage
Solid Gold
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Open
Doorway
Bunk Bed
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Silk Sheets
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Barbed Wire
Rock Music
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Sporting
Events
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Sleeping
Bags
Good Luck
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Good
Question
Raised An
Eyebrow
Real Fight
Husky Voice
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Friday Night
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Initiation
Ceremony
Bathroom
Tiles
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Absolute
Hatred
Uncomfortab
le Silence
Sharp Noses
Family
Resemblance
... he must first demonstrate great
courage by succeeding as a keeper
Seven seemed to be made of solid
gold
I peeked inside the open doorway
and Chiron said
There were six empty bunk beds
with silk sheets turned down.
There were six empty bunk beds
with silk sheets turned down.
The roof was lined with barbed wire.
... arguing with each other while rock
music blared.
You might encounter them in the
wilderness, or at major sporting
events.
Sleeping bags were spread all over
on the floor.
"Well, then," Chiron said. "Good
luck, Percy.
"Good question," Luke said. "Until
you're determined."
"No?" She raised an eyebrow.
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In a real fight, they'd keep you alive.
Then a husky voice yelled, "Well! A
newbie!"
... I can run you through with it
Friday night.
"We got an initiation ceremony for
newbies, Prissy."
... I was sprawled on the bathroom
tiles with Clarisse screaming behind
me.
She gave me a look of absolute
hatred.
"Oh." I stood there for a minute in
uncomfortable silence.
... a lot of the campers had similar
features: sharp noses
He had the Hermes family
resemblance, too.
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Back Pocket
He pulled a switchblade out of his
back pocket
Conch Shell
I knew it was a conch shell
Gray Eyes
... all with her gray eyes
Cautious Sip I took a cautious sip. Perfect.
Big Slice
I scraped a big slice of brisket into
the flames.
Huge Sigh
Mr. D got up with a huge sigh.
Funny Thing ... ate s' mores and joked around, and
the funny thing
Starry Sky
... the campfire were curling into a
starry sky
Warm
Just that warm feeling I'd always
Feeling
had, like the memory of his smile.
Important
So okay, maybe gods had important
Things
things to do.
Ice Water
Luke poured ice water on his head
Downward
... my whole weight into a downward
Thrust
thrust.
Short Burst
The short burst of manic energy
Long Pause
After a long pause, somebody in the
audience said, "Beginner's luck?"
Friday
Friday afternoon, I was sitting with
Afternoon
Grover at the lake
Right Time
... it didn't seem like the right time to
ask.
Great Battle
After the great battle with the Titans
World War
About sixty years ago, after World
War II
Winning Side The winning side, Zeus and
Poseidon, made Hades swear an oath
with them
Little Girl
When their child was born, a little
girl named Thalia...
Terrible Fate ... he brought a terrible fate on his
daughter."
Great Heroes We try to sniff out the half-bloods
who have the makings of great
heroes.
Opposite
From the opposite side of the
Side
pavilion
Temporary
"We've made a temporary alliance
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Alliance
Good
Athletes
Border Patrol
Baseball Cap
Dinner Table
Flaming
Torches
Mysterious
Disappearanc
e
Mysterious
Circumstance
s
with Athena.
... Dionysus's kids were actually
good athletes
You'll be on border patrol."
... holding a Yankees baseball cap
I got to sit at my own dinner table
... we were working with swords and
flaming torches.
Sally Jackson and son Percy are still
missing one week after their
mysterious disappearance.
Mother and son had gone for a
weekend vacation to Montauk, but
left hastily, under mysterious
circumstances.
Small Traces Small traces of blood were found in
the car
Rural Area
Residents in the rural area reported
seeing nothing unusual
Low Hills
... palm trees and low hills in the
distance.
Long Hair
They looked like TV wrestlers,
muscular, with beards and long hair.
Bad Weather "It'll pass around us. Bad weather
always does."
Hard Part
"Well, that's the hard part, the
details."
Big Mouth
I wished I hadn't opened my big
mouth.
High-Grade
... two-foot-long cylinder of highgrade celestial bronze
Air Disasters ... Air disasters are more spectacular
than sea disasters,' et cetera.
Good Reason Zeus has good reason to be
suspicious.
Illegal Copies ... the Cyclopes build an arsenal of
illegal copies
Coffin Lid
They were rolling straight over our
valley, sealing us in like a coffin lid.
Peace
"What better peace offering," Chiron
Offering
said
Wooden
a wooden ladder clattered into place.
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Ladder
Warm Air
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Rotten Wood
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Glass Jars
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Trap-Door
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Deep Breath
Rasping
Voice
Desperate
Situation
Powerful
Weapon
Plane Crash
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Violent
Weather
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Pure Gold
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Classical
Architecture
Shirt Sleeve
Curly Hair
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Supervision
Bad Luck
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Bus Tickets
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Real Reason
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ChildSupport
Clear
Message
Emergency
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The warm air from above smelled
like mildew
The warm air from above smelled
like mildew and rotten wood and
something else
One long table was stacked with
glass jars
I stumbled over myself trying to get
to the trap-door
I forced myself to take a deep breath.
Gabe turned toward me and spoke in
the rasping voice of the Oracle
... he's in a desperate situation.
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"Find the most powerful weapon in
the universe."
Besides, her parents had died in a
plane crash.
... down on the meadows that were
never supposed to have violent
weather.
... Olympians never used less than
pure gold.
... She carried a book on famous
classical architecture,
... hidden in her shirt sleeve.
... when it rained his curly hair
flattened
I was heading west with no adult
supervision
"It's bad luck to talk that way,
seaweed brain."
Argus unloaded our bags, made sure
we got our bus tickets
I hadn't told them the real reason I'd
said yes to this crazy quest.
... never even sending a lousy childsupport check.
It was casual enough, but it sent a
clear message: nobody leaves.
I was about to press the emergency
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Stop
Bus Driver
Great Idea
Excellent
Idea
Nice Try
Molten Lead
Total
Darkness
Neon Sign
Excellent
Food
Neon Light
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Fast-Food
Restaurant
Beautiful
Lady
Dining Area
Special Case
Old Woman
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Waxed Paper
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Take
Vitamins
Young Girl
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Terrible
Story
Terrible
Accident
Beautiful
Woman
Night Sky
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Baseball Bat
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Hard Time
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stop button
The bus driver was distracted
Another great idea: I hit the
emergency brake.
... the exit suddenly seemed like an
excellent idea.
"Nice try," I told her.
My hand felt like it was wrapped in
molten lead
... leaving us in almost total
darkness.
... the colors of a neon sign.
Fried, greasy, excellent food.
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... one open business, which was the
source of the neon light
It wasn't a fast-food restaurant like
I'd hoped.
... she was a grandmother who had
once been a beautiful lady.
There is a dining area.
This is a special case, yes?
then the old woman relaxed just as
quickly
... eyed the tray's waxed paper liner
as if he might go for that
"I take vitamins. For my ears."
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I turned, but it was just a statue of a
young girl holding an Easter basket.
"It's a terrible story," Aunty Em said.
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She caused a terrible accident.
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... turned me from a beautiful woman
into this."
I turned, and there he was in the
night sky
... holding a tree branch the size of a
baseball bat.
I'd have a hard time defending
myself.
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Good Job
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Bashful Grin
Account
Book
Good Person
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Lower Lip
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Gray Mist
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Very Edge
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Stuffed
Animal
Last Night
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Low Profile
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Sad
Memories
Train Station
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Good Time
Emergency
Exit
National
Monument
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Dog Collar
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Older Kid
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Emergency
Vehicle
Police
Helicopters
Car Wash
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"The Red Baron," I said. "Good job,
man."
He managed a bashful grin.
Her account book showed her six
most recent sales
She's had a tough life, but she's a
good person.
"I can't talk about it," Grover said,
and his quivering lower lip suggested
he'd start crying
Gray mist creatures churned all
around me
I felt compelled to walk forward to
the very edge of the chasm.
No. It wasn't a stuffed animal. It was
a pink poodle.
I hadn't been able to see last night in
the dark.
I tried to keep a low profile because
my name
Annabeth seemed lost in sad
memories.
The Arch was about a mile from the
train station.
... Does this look like a good time?
... trying to pry open the emergency
exit doors.
We just blow torched a national
monument.
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The blade sparked harmlessly off the
dog collar.
"Um ... thanks." Underwater, I
sounded like I did on recordings, like
a much older kid.
A block away, every emergency
vehicle in St. Louis
Police helicopters circled overhead.
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Finally we found an empty do-ityourself car wash.
... I mean, she's like a little sister to
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Baby
Elephant
Black Jeans
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Barbed Wire
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Empty Pool
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Little Things
Nice Thing
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Big Boy
Magic Shows
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Safe Place
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Wild
Animals
Pirate Ship
Room
Service
Big-Screen
Last Time
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Great Interest
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little time
Big The City
Expensive
Clothes
Sharp Corner
Big Guy
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Hard Work
260
Gold Coin
261
Boarding
Pass
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me."
... a motorcycle the size of a baby
elephant had pulled up to the curb.
He was dressed in a red muscle shirt
and black jeans
The main gate was padlocked and
topped with barbed wire.
In front of us was an empty pool that
would've been awesome for
skateboarding.
I hate the creepy little things.
"I don't know," Annabeth said. "But
that was really a nice thing you told
him."
"You hot, big boy?" he asked the lion
You like magic shows? You're gonna
love this one.
...they need until they find a safe
place to live.
"It only works on wild animals."
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We passed pyramids, a pirate ship
A hotline to room service.
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A big-screen television with satellite
I couldn't remember the last time I
had so much fun.
We have watched you with great
interest."
We had so little time...
It didn't matter how big the city was
Six of them in all-white kids with
expensive clothes
We turned a sharp corner.
"Yeah, maybe I will. But would it
work even for a big guy like you?
Hades doesn't pay you well enough
for such hard work.
... I stacked another gold coin on the
counter.
... each one holding a green boarding
pass.
16
16
267
269
17
280
17
17
17
282
284
285
17
17
285
291
18
298
18
299
18
299
44
262
263
264
Waste
Management
Bad Luck
Big Stick
265
266
267
Good Boy
Good Dog
Small Valley
268
Beautiful
Houses
Blue Lake
269
270
Terrifying
Moment
271
Little Secret
272
273
275
Little Tricks
Serious
Conversation
Forked
Tongue
Small Thing
276
Deep-Sea
277
Long Silence
278
Bold Print
279
Nice Guy
280
Nice Day
274
Irresponsible waste management, if
you ask me."
"Bad luck for you,godlings."
I took the big stick out of my
backpack-a bedpost
Annabeth said, "Good boy!"
Annabeth said, "Good dog!"
This one led down toward a small
valley surrounded
Beyond the security gate were
neighborhoods of beautiful houses
In the middle of that valley was a
glittering blue lake
For a terrifying moment, I lost
ground, my feet slipping in the
gravel.
Your father thought to keep you his
little secret.
... my brother and his little tricks.
I had to have a serious conversation
with the god who'd tricked me.
She hesitated, then ran a forked
tongue over her green, leathery lips.
Such a small thing to almost cause
World War III.
His throne was a deep-sea
fisherman's chair.
There was a long silence, broken
only by the crackle of the hearth fire.
Over the top in black marker, in a
man's clear, bold print
... meet a nice guy maybe, live in a
nice house
Have a nice day!
18
301
18
18
302
306
18
18
19
308
308
314
19
314
19
314
19
319
19
324
19
19
328
332
20
345
20
346
21
352
21
354
21
363
21
365
22
373
Table 3.1 above shows the list of the types of English collocation that
have been found in this novel part type “adjective + noun” there are 280 word
collocations found in chapter 1-20.
45
This table of collocation, the writer makes some functions in
collocation, such as: page 30. Bus Terminal (place/building that handles
goods/passengers), page 268. Beautiful Houses (building that is made for one
family to live in), and page 280. Nice Day (time between sunrise and sunset).
Table 3.2 Types of English Collocation: Adverb + Adjective
No
Collocation
Sentences
Chap
ter
1
Vitally
"What you learn from me," he 1
Important
said," is vitally important.
2
Really Good
The stuff on sale looked really
2
good
3
Pretty Hard
Between the two of us, we made
3
my mom's life pretty hard.
4
Really Glad
“... I was really, really glad to see 3
her.
5
Very Careful
"We'll be very careful."
3
6
Really Sorry
I'm really sorry I interrupted your 3
incredibly important poker game.
7
Really Small
They had this fight, which seemed 3
like a really small thing at the
time.
8
Perfectly
Grover said, like that should be
4
Obvious
perfectly obvious.
9
Deadly Serious
"Percy," my mother said, deadly
4
serious.
10 Surprisingly
He was surprisingly light,
4
Light
11 Almost Purple
... black it was almost purple.
5
12 Totally
"Okay." Totally confused, I
5
Confused
looked at the director.
13 Pretty Good
... it sounded like a pretty good
5
deal
14 Really Guilty
I also felt really, really guilty.
6
15 Very
... not yet very accomplished at
6
Accomplished
woodland magic.
16 Really So Bad
... What happened the first time?
6
Pag
e
7
28
33
36
38
38
40
48
52
53
66
68
71
80
81
81
46
17
Quite Ready
18
A Little Weird
19
Almost
Impossible
20
21
Dripping Wet
Mentally
Disturbed
22
Very Small
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
Was it really so bad?"
But I wasn't quite ready to let the
subject drop.
Chiron looked at me as if I'd gone
a little weird.
which gleamed so much in the
sunlight it was almost impossible
to look at.
She was dripping wet
"You mean, mentally disturbed
kids?"
I haven't seen him since I was
very small. He teaches American
history."
Pretty Quick
... we found out pretty quick I
wasn't any good with a bow and
arrow.
completely
The short burst of manic energy
abandoned
had completely abandoned me.
Very Strong
... we find one with a very strong
aura
Really Huge
... they could cause really huge
problems."
Very Aggressive ... they weren't very aggressive.
Really Scared
I'm scared of this guy. Really
scared
Particularly
But not particularly interested in
Interested
killing me, either.
Very Nice
... Maine's very nice this time of
year."
Strong Enough
... they're bold enough and strong
enough to do it.
Very Risky
It's a very risky gamble,
Seriously Hurt
... we were seriously hurt.
Pretty Bad
... sounded pretty bad on reed
pipes.
Absolutely
No hero should harm mortals
Necessary
unless absolutely necessary
Wickedly Sharp I looked at the wickedly sharp
blade.
A Little Nervous I tucked it in my pocket, a little
6
81
6
83
6
83
6
7
96
99
7
100
8
112
8
116
8
120
8
120
8
8
122
125
9
145
9
148
9
149
9
10
10
150
154
154
10
158
10
158
10
159
47
38
Really Bad
39
Really Brave
40
A Little Sleepy
41
Very Popular
42
43
Tightly Closed
Pretty Miserable
44
Really Awful
45
Perfectly Dry
46
Very Serious
47
48
Very
Temperamental
Very Sad
49
Pretty Amazing
50
Really Glad
51
Most Important
52
Pretty Small
53
Pretty Cool
54
A Little Strange
55
A Little Scared
56
Very Long
nervous
... most people might think that's
just really bad luck
"I appreciate your coming back
for us, okay? That was really
brave."
... I was feeling satisfied after the
burger, and a little sleepy
Statuary is very popular, you
know.
His eyes were still tightly closed
We were pretty miserable that
night
"My mom married a really awful
guy,"
... when I touched my own shirt, it
felt perfectly dry.
The damage, as you can see, is
very serious.
"He's still a god. And his
girlfriend is very temperamental."
The blade cast a faint bronze light
over a very sad scene.
... he mumbled from the corner, "I
was pretty amazing
I bet Percy is really glad you're
here right now."
Every August, the counselors pick
the most important event of the
summer
... a pirate ship, and the Statue of
Liberty, which was a pretty small
replica
I didn't see how that could be
legal, but I thought it was pretty
cool.
I frowned, thinking that this was a
little strange.
"No," I said, getting a little scared.
"Really."
1993. They all claimed they hadn't
been in here very long.
10
173
11
174
11
181
11
181
11
12
191
195
13
208
14
220
14
223
15
237
16
253
16
255
16
257
16
258
16
266
16
268
16
268
16
270
16
271
48
57
Really Stupid
58
Really Grateful
59
Vaguely
Familiar
Very Brave
60
... their leader was either really
stupid or really brave
I looked at them both, and felt
really grateful.
17
285
18
295
The face of the dead man looked
vaguely familiar.
After what you have done to me,
very brave indeed.
18
304
19
321
Table 3.2 above shows the list of the types of English collocation that
have been found in this novel part type “adverb + adjective” there are 60 word
collocations found in chapter 1-19.
This table of collocation, the writer makes some functions in
collocation, such as: page 3. Pretty Hard (difficult), page 53. Pretty Cool
(calm), and page 59. Vaguely Familiar (well-known).
Table 3. 3 Types of English Collocation: Noun + Noun
No
Collocation
Sentences
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
“... when our sixth-grade class
took a field trip to Manhattan
Tweed Jacket
He had thinning hair and a scruffy
beard and a frayed tweed jacket
School Bus
two teachers on a yellow school
bus
Glass Cases
past marble statues and glass
cases full of really old black
Leather Jacket
Mrs. Dodds was this little math
teacher from Georgia who always
wore a black leather jacket
A Flush Of
I looked at the carving, and felt a
Relief
flush of relief.
Job Applications Like it's going to say on our job
applications
Field Trip
Chap
ter
1
Pag
e
2
1
2
1
2
1
4
1
4
1
5
1
6
49
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
A Mixture Of
Zeus did indeed feed Kronos a
Mustard
mixture of mustard
Global Warming I figured maybe it was global
warming or something
Clouds Blacker
“... with clouds blacker than I'd
ever seen over the city.
Snow Storms
We'd had massive snow storms.
Lightning
wildfires from lightning strikes.
Strikes
Gift Shop
promising to get her a new shirt at
the museum gift shop
Entrance Hall
She was now inside the building,
at the end of the entrance hall.
Leather Jacket
She tugged on the cuffs of her
leather jacket.
A Matter Of
It was only a matter of time before
Time
we found you out.
Dorm Room
“... I'd been selling out of my
dorm room.
Ballpoint Pen
I snatched the ballpoint pen out of
the air
Sand Castle
Mrs. Dodds was a sand castle in a
power fan.
Cold Sweat
“... wake me up in a cold sweat.
Pine Trees
“... the Hudson River in the
distance, the smell of pine trees.
Door Handle
I was three steps from the door
handle
Summer
"But he may not have time. The
Solstice
summer solstice dead-line-"
Office Door,
A shadow slid across the lighted
glass of Brunner's office door,
A Bead Of
A bead of sweat trickled down my
Sweat
neck.
Winter Solstice My nerves haven't been right
since the winter solstice."
Juvenile
They were juvenile delinquents,
Delinquents
like me
Business Card
From his shirt pocket, he fished
out a grubby business card.
Shirt Pocket
From his shirt pocket, he fished
out a grubby business card.
1
6
1
8
1
8
1
1
8
8
1
10
1
12
1
12
1
13
1
13
1
14
1
14
2
2
18
19
2
20
2
20
2
21
2
21
2
21
2
24
2
26
2
26
50
30
32
Engine
Compartment
A Stretch Of
Country
Maple Trees
33
Bus Station
34
Beer Cans
35
36
A Wad Of
Dollars
Paint Job
37
Hand Gesture
38
Freak Accident
39
40
Birthday Cakes
Ocean Voyage
41
Country Roads
42
43
A Flash Of
Lightning
Football Player
44
45
Passenger's Side
Christmas Tree
46
A Mass Of
Muscle
A Shower Of
Sparks
Freight Train
31
47
48
49
50
Chocolate-Chip
A Cluster Of
Cabins
51
Card Table
After a few minutes clanking
around in the engine compartment
We were on a stretch of country
road-no place you'd notice
On our side of the highway was
nothing but maple trees
"Let me walk you home from the
bus station.
Chips and beer cans were strewn
all over the carpet.
I dug a wad of dollars out of my
pocket
If a seagull so much as pooped on
his paint job
“... I made the hand gesture I'd
seen Grover make on the bus
some freak accident with the
hinges
She baked blue birthday cakes.
“... but I resented him for going
on that ocean voyage,
We tore through the night along
dark country roads.
Every time there was a flash of
lightning,
It was a dark silhouette of a huge
guy, like a football player
"Climb out the passenger's side!"
“... a huge, White House
Christmas tree-sized pine at the
crest of the nearest hill.
His neck was a mass of muscle
2
27
2
27
2
27
2
30
3
33
3
34
3
39
3
39
3
39
3
3
40
42
3
46
3
46
4
52
4
4
52
52
4
54
“... skidded in a shower of sparks
for about half a mile
The bull-man stormed past like a
freight train
It was chocolate-chip cookies.
“... Grover's were chasing each
other around a cluster of cabins
nestled in the woods.
“... two men sat across from each
4
55
4
56
5
5
64
66
5
66
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
other at a card table.
She was probably my age, maybe
a couple of inches taller
were startling gray, like storm
clouds
Card Game
He turned back to his card game.
Seaside Resort
... sky blue with white trim, like
an upscale seaside resort.
School Student
Grover has been the equivalent of
a middle school student for the
past six years."
Flower Beds
... flower beds, and a couple of
basketball hoops (which were
more my speed).
Picnic Tables
There were a dozen stone picnic
tables.
Soccer Field
They all faced a commons area
about the size of a soccer field
Ocean Floor
... the slabs had been hewn
straight from the bottom of the
ocean floor.
Paint Job
Number five was bright red a real
nasty paint job
Reading A Book reading a book in front of the last
cabin on the left, number eleven.
Bedtime Stories ... I had good thoughts: her smile,
the bedtime stories
Mountain Goat
Grover had scampered to the top
like a mountain goat
Bowling Ball
The leather grip pulled on my
hand like a bowling ball.
Enemy Territory ... disappeared into enemy
territory.
Adrenaline Rush My adrenaline rush left me.
Phone Number
The phone number was circled in
black marker.
Palm Trees
... buildings spread farther apart,
palm trees
Thunder Rolled ... thunder rolled across the hills.
Rain Clouds
The few rain clouds I'd seen had
skirted right
Emergency
"I'm off to Olympus for the
A Couple Of
Inches
Storm Clouds
5
67
5
67
5
6
75
79
6
81
6
83
6
83
6
83
6
84
6
84
6
86
7
111
8
116
8
124
8
124
8
9
128
134
9
134
9
9
135
136
9
137
52
73
74
Meeting
Lightning Bolt
Winter Holidays
75
Potato Chips
76
Metal Detector
77
Car Keys
78
Coat Pocket
79
Shopping Mall
80
81
Olive Tree
Emergency Exit
82
Night Sky
83
84
Snack Bar
Snack Counter
85
Park Bench
86
Display Case
87
Wheat Field
88
Park Ranger
89
92
Cigarette
Lighter
Terrorist Attack
A Surge Of
Relief
Patrol Cars
93
Sob Story
94
Prairie Dog
90
91
emergency meeting.
To be precise: a lightning bolt.
You were in New York over the
winter holidays.
He'd started eating pinochle cards
like potato chips.
... we went through a metal
detector.
Argus followed, jingling his car
keys.
He pulled a pen from his coat
pocket
... every kid in the back of his
parents' car, every billboard and
shopping mall.
My mom created the olive tree.
Maybe an emergency exit in the
roof...?"
... the glow of New York City
making the night sky yellow
behind us
"Snack bar," I said wistfully.
Our hostess disappeared behind
the snack counter
Aunty Em directed us to a park
bench next to the stone satyr.
I felt that we were traveling
around in a display case
I spotted a family of centaurs
galloping across a wheat field
The park ranger said, "Next car,
sir."
... snatched an old cigarette
lighter.
... Probably not a terrorist attack
Survivors. I felt a surge of relief.
... keeping our eyes open for
patrol cars.
I was trying to think up a sob
story for the waitress
"Why don't I turn you into a
9
9
140
141
9
149
10
154
10
156
10
158
10
161
10
10
162
167
10
173
11
11
177
180
11
184
13
205
13
205
13
214
14
220
14
14
223
223
15
226
15
232
15
234
53
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
prairie dog
I wondered if Olympus had gone
to a commercial break,
I tried to go home for that school
year
Lion Roared
The lion roared in indignation.
Transport
She said, "This transport business
Business
can't be legal."
Child Actor
..."You a child actor or
something?"
Phone Book
It didn't appear in the phone book.
Landing Strips
The lapels on his velvet jacket
were as wide as landing strips.
Delivery Service There was an advertisement for
Hermes Delivery Service
Stone Wall
... a hundred yards to the base of a
high stone wall
Football Field
... a football field packed with a
million fans.
Grease Spot
... you are really asking to be
smashed into a grease spot."
Police Cars
There were five police cars now
Picnic Blanket
As Annabeth and I were spreading
a picnic blanket
Commercial
Break
School Year
15
249
16
258
16
16
262
264
17
283
17
17
283
286
17
293
18
302
19
312
20
338
20
22
342
369
Table 3.3 above shows the list of the types of English collocation that
have been found in this novel part type “noun + noun” there are 107 word
collocations found in chapter 1-11, 13-20, and 22.
This table of collocation, the writer makes some functions in
collocation, such as: page 7. Job Applications (written request), page 102
Delivery Service (act of delivering), and page 103. Stone Wall (hard solid
substance).
54
Table 3.4 Types of English Collocation: Noun + Verb
Collocation
Sentences
No
1
2
Wave Roared
Thunder Boomed
Hear Hammering
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Heart Sank
Engine Roared
The bus shuddered, and the engine
roared back to life.
Plane Crash
Her own parents died in a plane
crash
The sight of it made my skin
crawl.
"Percy," my mother said, "we
have to ..." Her voice faltered.
When she saw my eyes open
Thunder rolled across the clear
sky.
My heart pounded.
My jaw dropped, but Chiron
hardly looked up.
He looked where I was pointing,
and his smile faded.
Chiron's expression darkened.
Skin Crawl
Voice Faltered
Eyes Open
Thunder Rolled
Heart Pounded
Jaw Dropped
Smile Faded
Expression
Darkened
Wounds Heal
Wind Blew
Plants Grow
17
18
19
20
21
A wave roared in my ears.
Thunder boomed overhead.
My heart hammering, I picked
up the book and backed down
the hall.
My heart sank. Grover had a
summer home.
Mouth Closed
Fire Burned
Wings Sprouted
Information
Leading
... they weren't watching my
wounds heal.
... more the wind blew me back
Dionysus's twins were walking
around in the strawberry fields,
making the plants grow.
Her mouth closed tight
A strange fire burned in my
stomach.
White bird's wings sprouted out
of the heels
Gabe Ugliano, has offered a cash
reward for information leading
to his capture.
Chap
ter
1
1
Pag
e
9
16
2
21
2
26
2
29
3
32
4
52
4
52
4
60
5
63
5
71
5
73
6
79
6
82
8
130
9
134
9
136
9
146
9
149
10
155
13
205
55
Table 3.4 above shows the list of the types of English collocation that
have been found in this novel part type “noun + verb” there are 21 word
collocations found in chapter 1-10 and 13.
This table of collocation, the writer makes some functions in
collocation, such as: page 6. Plane Crash (aeroplane), page 8. Voice Faltered
(sounds you make when speaking or singing), and page 12. Jaw Dropped
(bone that contains teeth).
Table 3.5 Types of English Collocation: Verb + Noun
No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Collocation
Sentences
You wouldn't think he'd be cool,
but he told stories
“... let us play games in class.
Play Games
"Mr. Jackson," he said, "did you
Have A Comment
have a comment?"
“... when I heard voices inside
Heard Voices
the office.
Asked A
Mr. Brunner asked a question.
Question
"We would only make matters
Make Matters
worse by rushing him
so she spent high school working
Save Enough
to save enough money for a
Money
college
Lost at sea, my mom told me.
Lost At Sea
Gabe had put on weight.
Put On Weight
She pursed her lips.
Pursed Her Lips
"I have a surprise for you," she
Have A Surprise
said.
And make you sing soprano for a
Sing Soprano
week.
He kept griping and groaning
Kept Griping
about losing her cooking
Told Stories
Chap
ter
Pag
e
1
2
1
2
1
5
2
20
2
20
2
20
3
32
3
3
3
32
33
36
3
3
3
36
38
39
56
14
Call The Police
15
Get Way Out
16
Have Time
17
Have Power
19
Drained The
Glass
Take A Leave
20
Take A Nap
21
Played A Tune
22
Pick My Pockets
23
Grabbed My
Wrist
24
Have Souls
25
Go Home
26
Cause Trouble
18
27
Give Permission
28
29
30
Take Care
Raised A Glass
Soaked In Sweat
31
Having Affairs
32
Lead The Teams
33
Win Support
34
Have Liability
35
Join The
“...the teachers threatened to call
the police
“... empty countryside you get
way out on the tip of Long
Island.
"We don't have time, Percy. Go.
Please."
"Don't say his name," she
warned. "Names have power."
Before I knew it, I'd drained the
glass.
“... ah, take a leave of absence."
"I believe I'll take a nap before
the sing-along tonight
... a satyr played a tune on a reed
pipe.
... they were waiting for a chance
to pick my pockets.
... She grabbed my wrist and
dragged me outside.
"They don't have souls, like you
and me.
I want to go home now.
they'll ignore us until we're old
enough to cause trouble-about
ten or eleven years old
they wouldn't give permission
until the end of the summer
session unless
We take care of each other."
He raised a glass. "To the gods!"
I was soaked in sweat.
around having affairs with
mortals.
"Ares and Athena always lead
the teams?"
... the best slots for activities-in
order to win support.
... Olympus had to have liability
issues
... I was about to join the
3
43
4
51
4
4
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
7
53
54
64
68
75
79
88
89
90
98
7
101
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
103
106
108
114
118
121
122
124
127
57
Celebration
36
Make A Plan
37
Heard A Voice
Harbour A
Grudge
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
celebration when Annabeth's
voice
... "Quest ... Poseidon? ... Dirty
rotten ... Got to make a plan ..."
Inside my head, I heard a voice
Someone who harbours a grudge
Percy must go to the
Underworld, find the master
bolt, and reveal the truth."
... we just get on a plane-"
Get On A Plane
I suppose you have a plan, wise
Have A Plan
girl?"
An old lady had just boarded the
Boarded The Bus
bus.
"Submit now," she hissed. "And
Suffer Eternal
you will not suffer eternal
Torment
torment."
I could smell food.
Smell Food
"You eat cheese enchiladas and
Eat Cheese
aluminum cans,"
"Always have a strategy, right?"
Have A Strategy
"Percy?" Annabeth was shaking
Get My Attention
me to get my attention.
... satyrs don't even get
Get Migraines
migraines.
"That doesn't make sense."
Make Sense
... "we get money, and we buy
Get Money
tickets to Los Angeles. Simple."
"You kids have money to pay for
Have Money
it?"
What would make a war god run
Make A War
away like that?"
"You have an idea what might be
Have An Idea
in that pit, don't you?" I asked
her.
Tell Him The
"Return that to Lord Hades," I
Truth
said. "Tell him the truth.
Make An
"Oh, I think he'll make an
Exception
exception."
Write Your Novel You can write your novel
Reveal The Truth
9
9
9
133
145
148
9
9
9
10
149
152
153
165
10
171
11
176
11
11
11
11
12
12
178
179
182
192
199
204
15
232
15
237
16
277
20
345
21
21
349
365
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Table 3.5 above shows the list of the types of English collocation that
have been found in this novel part type “verb+ noun” there are 56 word
collocations found in chapter 1-13, 15-16 and 20-21.
This table of collocation, the writer makes some functions in
collocation, such as: page 1. Told Stories (account of events/people, true or
invented), page 26. Cause Trouble (problems), and page 54. Tell Him The
Truth (what is true).
Table 3.6 Types of English Collocation: Verb + Expresion with
preposition
No
Collocation
Sentences
Chap Pag
ter
e
1
Mumbled To A
Behind me, Nancy Bobofit
1
6
Friend
mumbled to a friend,
2
Shouted After Me "Your report card came, brain
3
34
boy!" he shouted after me.
3
Walking Into The My mother can make me feel
3
35
Room
good just by walking into the
room.
4
Kicked Out
kicked out of school for the sixth 3
41
time in six years.
5
Swerved Into A
We'd swerved into a ditch.
4
51
Ditch,
6
Stared Into The
I stared into the lake
7
98
Lake
7
Sitting At Table
I saw Grover sitting at table
7
108
twelve with Mr. D
8
Rotate Through
I'd rotate through outdoor
8
112
activities
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Table 3.6 above shows the list of the types of English collocation that
have been found in this novel part type “verb + expression with preposition”
there are 8 word collocations found in chapter 1, 3-5, 7-8, 11 and 20.
Table 3.7 Types of English Collocation: Verb + Adverb
No
Collocation
1
Try Harder
2
Stay-Here
3
Gesturing
Impatiently
4
Crawling Around
5
Say It Aloud
6
Stayed Home
7
Dive Down
8
Understood Him
Perfectly
9
10
Swallowed Hard
Shifted
Uncomfortably
11
Said Impatiently
12
Tied So Tightly
13
Prominently
Displayed
14
Bowed
Respectfully
Sentences
“... remind me that I had to try
harder
"You-will-stay-here."
“... way at the top of the steps,
gesturing impatiently at me to
come on.
I paced the room, feeling like
ants were crawling around inside
my shirt.
"Don't say it aloud!" he yelped.
He managed the Electronics
Mega-Mart in Queens, but he
stayed home most of the time.
I saw the eagle dive down
“... he'd just cursed in Ancient
Greek, and I'd understood him
perfectly
I swallowed hard. "Who is-"
Grover shifted uncomfortably.
"Grover," Mr. D said
impatiently, "are you playing or
not?"
they are tied so tightly to it that
they couldn't possibly fade
... American city where the
Olympians are not prominently
displayed in multiple places.
... when the campers saw him
they all stood and bowed
respectfully.
Chap
Ter
Pag
e
1
9
1
10
1
11
2
19
2
26
3
33
3
44
3
45
4
52
5
62
5
69
5
76
5
77
6
87
60
15
16
Explained
Patiently
Glanced
Nervously
17
Gathered Around
18
Completely
Abandoned
19
Tripping Over
20
Stumbled
Backward
21
Floated Around
22
Laughed
Nervously
23
Gulped Down
24
Faded Away
25
Really Think
26
Run Away
27
Decreased
Drastically
"You're undetermined," Luke
explained patiently."
Annabeth glanced nervously at
the ground
The Hermes guys gathered
around.
The short burst of manic energy
had completely abandoned me.
I managed to catch up with
Annabeth without tripping over
my equipment.
I stumbled backward and felt its
razor-sharp claws ripping
through my armor
... more the words floated around
on the page.
I laughed nervously. "A what?"
I looked at Grover, who gulped
down the ace of hearts.
They faded away.
I mean, you really think you'll be
the one to find Pan?"
The poodle had run away from a
rich local family
... some guy arguing with each
other, then the music's volume
decreased drastically.
6
88
6
91
8
114
8
116
8
123
8
129
9
133
9
140
9
151
11
182
12
197
12
203
15
229
Table 3.7 above shows the list of the types of English collocation that
have been found in this novel part type “verb + adverb” there are 27 word
collocations found in chapter 1-6, 8-9, 11-12 and 15.
This table of collocation, the writer makes some functions in
collocation, such as: page
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2. The Most frequent types of English collocation found in the novel
“Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief."
After the made list of all English collocations in the novel, the
writer also made the list of most frequent types of English collocation
from those lists. The writer, in this case, classified all the collocations
above into 7 types like: adjective + noun, adverb + adjective, noun +
noun, noun + verb, verb + noun, verb + expression with preposition and
verb + adverb. This is being done in order to find out what is the most
frequent types of collocation appeared in the novel.
The types of English collocation which most frequently found in the
novel as follows:
No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Most frequent types of English collocation
Adjective + noun
Noun + noun
Adverb + adjective
Verb+ noun
Verb + adverb
Noun + verb
Verb + expression preposition
Result
280
107
60
56
27
21
8
The result all about analyze the data found in the most frequent
types of English collocation in this the novel, there are 559 collocations.
Therefore, the result most frequent types of English collocation more
used in the novel is adjective + noun = 280 collocations.
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B. Discussion
1.
The types of English collocation in the novel Percy Jackson & the
Olympians: The Lightning Thief
The data analysis consists the types of English collocation. All the
data and the analysis can be seen in the findings. To analyze the data in
the novel can use some types of collocation. From the analysis that has
been done 7 types of collocations are found, which have existed in the
theory.
The writer classified the most common patterns in three
explanations about the theory by several experts. The first, according to
Lewis, M (2000, p.133), divided into 7 type collocations as follows:
adjective + noun, verb + noun, noun + noun, verb + adverb, adverb +
adjective, verb + adjective + noun, and noun and noun. The second,
according to Michael McCarty and Felicity O’Dell (2005, p.12), in their
book, English Collocation in use, divided into 6 type collocations as
follows: adjective + noun, noun + verb or verb + noun, noun + noun,
verb + expression with preposition, verb + adverb, and adverb +
adjective. The third, according to Prof. Dr. Prudent Injeeli (2013), divided
seven types of collocations as follows: Adjectives + Nouns, Nouns +
Verbs, Verbs + Nouns, Noun + Noun, Verbs + Expression with
Preposition, Verbs + Adverbs, Adverbs + Adjectives.
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The writer used pattern according to Prof. Dr. Prudent Injeeli
(2013), in books’, Mind Your Words, Master the Art of Learning and
Teaching Vocabulary. The writer observed that the theory Lewis, M
(2000, p.133) pattern are nearly similar to Michael McCarty and Felicity
O’Dell (2005, p.12). While Michael McCarty and Felicity O’Dell (2005,
p.12) are similar to Prof. Dr. Prudent Injeeli (2013).
From the explanation above, the writer notice that in both
classifications there were following types: adjective + noun, adverb +
adjective, noun + noun, noun + verb, verb + noun, and verb + adverb.
However, in the first classification, there was the type verb + adjective +
noun. While the second and the third classification, there was the type
verb + expression with preposition. In the second and the third
explanation that type verb + adjective + noun was not found in the type.
Thus, based on the theory from several experts about the types of
collocations and finding the result in the data above. According to
Michael McCarty and Felicity O’Dell (2005, p.12), they are divided six
types of collocations like: Adjectives + Nouns, Nouns + Verbs or Verbs +
Nouns, Noun + Noun (there are a lot of collocations with the pattern a…
of…), Verbs + Expression with Preposition, Verbs + Adverbs, Adverbs +
Adjectives.
According to Prof. Dr. Prudent Injeeli (2013), divided seven types
of collocations like: Adjectives + Nouns, Nouns + Verbs, Verbs + Nouns,
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Noun + Noun, Verbs + Expression with Preposition, Verbs + Adverbs,
Adverbs + Adjectives. While According to Benson and Ilson (1997, p.xx),
divided into seven types of collocations like: verb (creation/activation + verb
(eradication/nullification) + noun, adjective + noun/noun + noun, noun + verb
(action), Noun (unit) + of + noun, Adverb + adjective, Verb + adverb.
Then, in the classification, the writer observed that not found one
of the types of collocation. It was “verb + expression with preposition”
by Benson & Ilson of the theory of a combination between lexical and
grammatical collocation.
From the theory above, the writer took the types into seven types
as an adjective + noun, noun + verb, verb + noun, noun + noun, verbs +
expression with preposition, verbs + adverb, and adverbs + adjectives in
the novel. From 7 type of collocation, it can facilitate our understanding
of collocation that was in the novel. It can also to find out what kind of
shape that collocation. Therefore, they don't feel difficulty how to locate
or determine the collocation of the novel.
2.
The most frequent types of English collocation found in the novel
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
From analyzed the data to know that the result of all the data
included in the types of collocations as much as 559 collocations found
from 22 chapters in the novel with a variety of conversations and
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expression. The most frequently used the novel the type of English
collocation was adjectives + nouns with the result were 280 collocations.
While the types of nouns + noun (107 collocations), verb + noun (56
collocations), adverb + adjective (60 collocations), verb + adverb (27
collocations), noun + verb (21 collocations) and a verb + expression with
preposition (8 collocations).