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Wednesday, March 14, 2012 4:40:03 AM
A. Narrative
~~Text Narrative adalah text yang berisi cerita/ dongeng dan bertujuan untuk menghibur pendengar.
Exm.
Good Morning, friends. I am going to tell you a story about a wolf and a lion. here is the story. a long time ago, there was a wolf. he was roaming about on the plan when the sun was getting low in the sky. he was much impressed by the size of his shadow. then, he said to himself, "I had no idea i was so big. fancy my being afraid of a lion! why, i, not he, ought to be King of the beasts", and heedless of danger, he strutted about as if there could be no doubt at all about it. you know what happened next? well... a lion sprang upon him and began to devour him. "Alas," the wolf cried, "had i not lost sight of the facts, i shouldn't have been ruined by my fancies." and finally the wolf was killed.
Exercise;
This text is for question 1 and 2.
Well, let me tell you a story about an ant and dove. here is the story. once upon a time there was a man who liked hunting very much. he often went to the forest to hunt the animals he met.
One day he went hunting into the forest. he intended to shoot some animals. he brought his gun with him. when he was searching for prey, suddenly he saw a bird perching on a branch of a tree. it was a dove, you know. but suddenly an ant came and bit his foot. do you know what happened? yeah... he was so started that he didn't shoot the dove. the dove was safe and then flew away.
Er... several days later, the dove was flying over lake. he saw an ant floating on the surface of the water. it was the ant that had saved his life. the ant was almost drowned. well, guess what he did then! he picked up a big leaf and dropped it onto surface of the water near the ant. luckily the ant could get on the leaf.
Then,.... the ant tried to bring the leaf to the edge of the lake and landed on the ground. the ant was safe because of the dove's help.
1. The main idea of paragraph 2 is that....
a. an ant saved the dove's life.
b. the dove tried to avoid the hunter
c. the dove was perching on a branch of a tree
d. the hunter with his gun was seeking his prey
e. the hunter was eager to shoot the animals in the forest
2. the hunter was very .... when the ant bit his foot
a. angry
b. furious
c. shocked
d. surprised
e. disappointed
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B. Recount
~~~Text recount adalah text yang digunakan untuk menceritakan pengalaman masa lalu ataupun peristiwa sejarah masa lalu (historical recount).
Example;
Hello, friends. I'll tell you about my experience. Well, last holiday my family and I went to Karimunjawa Island. We went there by a small ship from Tanjung Mas, Semarang. It took only a few hours. Arriving there, I was amazed by the island. it was really beautiful, you know. my family and I spent 2 days in the island. we did many things there. We went swimming in the beach and also diving in the sea. It was really wonderful experience.
Exercise;
This text is for question 1 and 2
Well, i'd like to tell you my story. This incident happened some time ago, but I can't help feeling amused whenever i remember it. It happened this way:
I have a seven-year-old brother called Henry. He is a very mischievous boy and always gets into trouble with mother. Do you know why? He can't seem to keep his hands off things and frequently gets spanked by mother for turning on the gas, playing with matches, and so on.
One day, Mother had just returned from the market. She placed the basket on the table in the sitting room and went to the kitchen to wash her hands. She didn't realize that it would bring an incident.
As there was no one in the sitting room at that time, Hendry could not resist taking a look at the things in the basket. When he discovered that there were some red "sweets" inside the basket, he quickly climbed onto the table and put one into his mouth. He started chewing it, but... his mouth became hot and painful. The foolish boy started to cry loudly. Mother dashed out from the kitchen and saw Henry with red chili in his mouth! She hurriedly took him to the kitchen to wash his mouth with some cold water from the refrigerator.
When Henry finally stopped crying, Mother gave him a good scolding, She told him not to be greedy and take things without her permission. Everyone in the family had a good laugh when they heard this incident later on. everyone, of course, except Hendry who did not find his experience amusing.
1. What do you know about Henry?
a. He frequently spanks his mother.
b. He can not keep his hands off things.
c. He took a lot of things in the basket.
d. He scolded his mother.
e. He climbed onto the tree.
2. What can we learn from the story?
a. We must not eat chillies
b. If children are naughty, we should spank them.
c. We should take things with the owner's permission.
d. We must wash our mouth when feeling hot.
e. It's painful to chew chillies.
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C. News Item
~~~Text news item adalah text yang digunakan untuk memberitakan kepada pendengar tentang peristiwa atau kejadian yang dianggap penting.
Example:
This is the news today. This morning, December 10, 2007. Many people marched on Jl. Slamet Riyadi, Solo, commemorating the international human rights' day. They started their resistance on any human right violation. They alsi wrote their resistance on some banners.
Exercise:
This text is for question 1
Environmental Organization Fauna Conservation for Life (EOFCL) claimed that Bali is the biggest site of turtle trading in the country.
In the period between May to August 1999, some 9,400 of the protected animals had been traded.
According to Putu Lisa Kusuma Mustika, a reptile expert from Indonesian World Wildlife Fund (WWF), tortoises have long been killed in several areas of Indonesia, with the highest number in Bali. "Most of them are consumed as food while some of them are used for traditional ceremonies.
Besides its meat, Putu said, tertoise shells are also used as souvenirs for tourists.
1. What is the main idea of the text?
a. Fauna conservation for life
b. The protected animals.
c. Turtle trading.
d. A reptile expert.
e. Souvenirs from tortoise.
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D. Report
~~~Text report adalah text yang di gunakan untuk melapor sesuatu apa adanya sebagai hasil pengamatan analitis. text ini mendeskripsikan sesuatu secara umum.
Example:
Do you know what fungi are? Well... fungi are simple, plant-like organisms that grow up from the ground. there are more than 50.000 different types of fungi, including mushrooms and toadstools, yeasts and moulds. Fungi are not plants, you know. They have no chlorophyll with which to make food from the sun. They do not have leaves nor flowers. fungi feed either from other plants and animals or from dead matter that has rotted in the soil.
Exercise
This text is for question 1 and 2
Well, I'm going to tell you about bones. Bones are so strong that they can cope with twice the squeezing pressure that granite can. Bones are so light, you know. They only make up 14% of your body's total weight. Bones get their rigidity from hard deposits of minerals such as calcium and phosphate. calcium is essential for building strong bones. Moreover, bone get their flexibility from collagen. Bones grow by getting longer near the end, at a region called the epiphyseal plate.
1. What does speakers talk about?
a. Bones
b. Soft food
c. steamed rice
d. fish and bread
e. milk and bread
2. What do you need to build strong bones?
a. Granite
b. Stones
c. Collagen
d. Calcium
e. Pressure
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E. Descriptive
~~~Text descriptive adalah text yang di gunakan untuk mendesripsikan orang, tempat, ataupun benda tertentu.
Example:
Do you have any pets at home? Well... I have some, a rooster, a parrot, three doves and two rabbits. My favorite is the parrot. It is about 2 years old, you know. Its dominant color of its body feathers is yellow, its wings are blue, its neck is black and its head is white. colourful, isn't it? It has a curved bill for eating fruits and creaking nuts. I feed it with fruits and nut every day. It has feet with 2 toes pointing forward and 2 backward, so it can grip branches and hold food. Though it is noisy. I love it.
Exercise
This text is for questions 1 and 2
Well, i want to tell you about a man. I see him every morning as I leave for school. As early as half past six, he is already up and about. You know, he usually sweeps the floor or empties the trash into the dustbins. Sometimes he wips the lift with a piece of damp cloth. Actually.... I do not know his name, but I know that he is one of the foreign workers in Singapore.
He looks quite young and pleasant. He has dark skin, black hair, and a pleasant smile. Whenever I meet him, which happens most often at the ground floor lift landing, we usually nod and smile each other. I heard from my neighbors that he is from Pakistan.
He usually wears a T-shirt and a pair of long pants. He is quite hardworking and has kept our place clean and free of litter.
The residents here know him quite well. Sometimes they give him fruits and biscuits. On Chinese New Year, some women give him red packets. This is to show him that they appreciate his service.
1. Bellow is the description of the man, except...
a. He is pleasant man
b. He usually wears a pair of short pants
c. He is one of the foreign workers in Singapore
d. He usually nods and smile at the speaker
e. He is from Pakistan
2. What is the type of the text?
a. Explanation
b. News item
c. Descriptive
d. Recount
e. Report
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~~Text Narrative adalah text yang berisi cerita/ dongeng dan bertujuan untuk menghibur pendengar.
Exm.
Good Morning, friends. I am going to tell you a story about a wolf and a lion. here is the story. a long time ago, there was a wolf. he was roaming about on the plan when the sun was getting low in the sky. he was much impressed by the size of his shadow. then, he said to himself, "I had no idea i was so big. fancy my being afraid of a lion! why, i, not he, ought to be King of the beasts", and heedless of danger, he strutted about as if there could be no doubt at all about it. you know what happened next? well... a lion sprang upon him and began to devour him. "Alas," the wolf cried, "had i not lost sight of the facts, i shouldn't have been ruined by my fancies." and finally the wolf was killed.
Exercise;
This text is for question 1 and 2.
Well, let me tell you a story about an ant and dove. here is the story. once upon a time there was a man who liked hunting very much. he often went to the forest to hunt the animals he met.
One day he went hunting into the forest. he intended to shoot some animals. he brought his gun with him. when he was searching for prey, suddenly he saw a bird perching on a branch of a tree. it was a dove, you know. but suddenly an ant came and bit his foot. do you know what happened? yeah... he was so started that he didn't shoot the dove. the dove was safe and then flew away.
Er... several days later, the dove was flying over lake. he saw an ant floating on the surface of the water. it was the ant that had saved his life. the ant was almost drowned. well, guess what he did then! he picked up a big leaf and dropped it onto surface of the water near the ant. luckily the ant could get on the leaf.
Then,.... the ant tried to bring the leaf to the edge of the lake and landed on the ground. the ant was safe because of the dove's help.
1. The main idea of paragraph 2 is that....
a. an ant saved the dove's life.
b. the dove tried to avoid the hunter
c. the dove was perching on a branch of a tree
d. the hunter with his gun was seeking his prey
e. the hunter was eager to shoot the animals in the forest
2. the hunter was very .... when the ant bit his foot
a. angry
b. furious
c. shocked
d. surprised
e. disappointed
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B. Recount
~~~Text recount adalah text yang digunakan untuk menceritakan pengalaman masa lalu ataupun peristiwa sejarah masa lalu (historical recount).
Example;
Hello, friends. I'll tell you about my experience. Well, last holiday my family and I went to Karimunjawa Island. We went there by a small ship from Tanjung Mas, Semarang. It took only a few hours. Arriving there, I was amazed by the island. it was really beautiful, you know. my family and I spent 2 days in the island. we did many things there. We went swimming in the beach and also diving in the sea. It was really wonderful experience.
Exercise;
This text is for question 1 and 2
Well, i'd like to tell you my story. This incident happened some time ago, but I can't help feeling amused whenever i remember it. It happened this way:
I have a seven-year-old brother called Henry. He is a very mischievous boy and always gets into trouble with mother. Do you know why? He can't seem to keep his hands off things and frequently gets spanked by mother for turning on the gas, playing with matches, and so on.
One day, Mother had just returned from the market. She placed the basket on the table in the sitting room and went to the kitchen to wash her hands. She didn't realize that it would bring an incident.
As there was no one in the sitting room at that time, Hendry could not resist taking a look at the things in the basket. When he discovered that there were some red "sweets" inside the basket, he quickly climbed onto the table and put one into his mouth. He started chewing it, but... his mouth became hot and painful. The foolish boy started to cry loudly. Mother dashed out from the kitchen and saw Henry with red chili in his mouth! She hurriedly took him to the kitchen to wash his mouth with some cold water from the refrigerator.
When Henry finally stopped crying, Mother gave him a good scolding, She told him not to be greedy and take things without her permission. Everyone in the family had a good laugh when they heard this incident later on. everyone, of course, except Hendry who did not find his experience amusing.
1. What do you know about Henry?
a. He frequently spanks his mother.
b. He can not keep his hands off things.
c. He took a lot of things in the basket.
d. He scolded his mother.
e. He climbed onto the tree.
2. What can we learn from the story?
a. We must not eat chillies
b. If children are naughty, we should spank them.
c. We should take things with the owner's permission.
d. We must wash our mouth when feeling hot.
e. It's painful to chew chillies.
******
C. News Item
~~~Text news item adalah text yang digunakan untuk memberitakan kepada pendengar tentang peristiwa atau kejadian yang dianggap penting.
Example:
This is the news today. This morning, December 10, 2007. Many people marched on Jl. Slamet Riyadi, Solo, commemorating the international human rights' day. They started their resistance on any human right violation. They alsi wrote their resistance on some banners.
Exercise:
This text is for question 1
Environmental Organization Fauna Conservation for Life (EOFCL) claimed that Bali is the biggest site of turtle trading in the country.
In the period between May to August 1999, some 9,400 of the protected animals had been traded.
According to Putu Lisa Kusuma Mustika, a reptile expert from Indonesian World Wildlife Fund (WWF), tortoises have long been killed in several areas of Indonesia, with the highest number in Bali. "Most of them are consumed as food while some of them are used for traditional ceremonies.
Besides its meat, Putu said, tertoise shells are also used as souvenirs for tourists.
1. What is the main idea of the text?
a. Fauna conservation for life
b. The protected animals.
c. Turtle trading.
d. A reptile expert.
e. Souvenirs from tortoise.
*******
D. Report
~~~Text report adalah text yang di gunakan untuk melapor sesuatu apa adanya sebagai hasil pengamatan analitis. text ini mendeskripsikan sesuatu secara umum.
Example:
Do you know what fungi are? Well... fungi are simple, plant-like organisms that grow up from the ground. there are more than 50.000 different types of fungi, including mushrooms and toadstools, yeasts and moulds. Fungi are not plants, you know. They have no chlorophyll with which to make food from the sun. They do not have leaves nor flowers. fungi feed either from other plants and animals or from dead matter that has rotted in the soil.
Exercise
This text is for question 1 and 2
Well, I'm going to tell you about bones. Bones are so strong that they can cope with twice the squeezing pressure that granite can. Bones are so light, you know. They only make up 14% of your body's total weight. Bones get their rigidity from hard deposits of minerals such as calcium and phosphate. calcium is essential for building strong bones. Moreover, bone get their flexibility from collagen. Bones grow by getting longer near the end, at a region called the epiphyseal plate.
1. What does speakers talk about?
a. Bones
b. Soft food
c. steamed rice
d. fish and bread
e. milk and bread
2. What do you need to build strong bones?
a. Granite
b. Stones
c. Collagen
d. Calcium
e. Pressure
******
E. Descriptive
~~~Text descriptive adalah text yang di gunakan untuk mendesripsikan orang, tempat, ataupun benda tertentu.
Example:
Do you have any pets at home? Well... I have some, a rooster, a parrot, three doves and two rabbits. My favorite is the parrot. It is about 2 years old, you know. Its dominant color of its body feathers is yellow, its wings are blue, its neck is black and its head is white. colourful, isn't it? It has a curved bill for eating fruits and creaking nuts. I feed it with fruits and nut every day. It has feet with 2 toes pointing forward and 2 backward, so it can grip branches and hold food. Though it is noisy. I love it.
Exercise
This text is for questions 1 and 2
Well, i want to tell you about a man. I see him every morning as I leave for school. As early as half past six, he is already up and about. You know, he usually sweeps the floor or empties the trash into the dustbins. Sometimes he wips the lift with a piece of damp cloth. Actually.... I do not know his name, but I know that he is one of the foreign workers in Singapore.
He looks quite young and pleasant. He has dark skin, black hair, and a pleasant smile. Whenever I meet him, which happens most often at the ground floor lift landing, we usually nod and smile each other. I heard from my neighbors that he is from Pakistan.
He usually wears a T-shirt and a pair of long pants. He is quite hardworking and has kept our place clean and free of litter.
The residents here know him quite well. Sometimes they give him fruits and biscuits. On Chinese New Year, some women give him red packets. This is to show him that they appreciate his service.
1. Bellow is the description of the man, except...
a. He is pleasant man
b. He usually wears a pair of short pants
c. He is one of the foreign workers in Singapore
d. He usually nods and smile at the speaker
e. He is from Pakistan
2. What is the type of the text?
a. Explanation
b. News item
c. Descriptive
d. Recount
e. Report
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