the writer found there are 507 directive utterances in the novel I am number four by Pittacus Lore. they are 216 questions or 42.60%, 22 orders or 24.06%, 105 request or 20.71% , 64 pleas or 12.62%, and 0 pray or 0%. so, the dominant type of directive in the novel I am number four by Pittacus Lore is question.