Chapter 1 introduction

2. Kinds of Puppet 
When the researcher cited in Wikipedia there are lots of kinds of 
puppet that we can see it on television or internet. It is unique, colorful and 
funny.

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As an educational tool, puppets have become very widely accepted 
because of their value in helping students in personal development and the 
opportunity afforded in activity in the building and operating puppets. 
There are some kinds of puppets:
a. Black light puppet is a form of puppetry where the puppet are 
operated on stage lit only with ultraviolet lighting, which both 
hides the puppeteer perform in black against a black 
background, with the background and costume normally made 
of black velvet. 
b. Finger puppets, it is simple puppet which fits onto a finger and 
has strengthens likes it is easy and simple to use because has 
small size. The finger puppet is an extremely simple puppet 
variant which fits onto a single finger. Finger puppets normally 
have no moving parts, and consist primarily of a hollow 
cylinder shape to cover the finger. Finger puppets can be used 
in some activities speaking such as, storytelling, describing 
something, dialogue, etc.
c. Hand or glove puppet – it is controlled by one hand which 
occupies to interior of the puppet. Large varieties of hand 
puppets place the puppeteer’s hand in just the puppet’s head, 
controlling the mouth and head, and the puppet’s body then 
hangs over the entire arm 

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In this study the researcher choose finger puppets as the media to 
teach the students because finger puppet is simple to make and to modify 
it also can be add by some colorful things and it is interesting for the 
learner. It is easy to perform because it is controlled by finger.