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DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

The text above is a descriptive text in written form.

A descriptive text is a text which describes a particular person, place or thing.
The structure of a descriptive text consists of:
Identification: identifies the person, place or thing to be described.
Description : describes parts, qualities and characteristics of the person, place or thing.
The language features of a descriptive text are: use mostly the simple present tense and
use adjectives to describe the person, place or thing.

Teks yang bertujuan untuk menggambarkan sesuatu yang spesifik: seseorang, suatu benda, suatu tempat,
seekor binatang. Teks description meng-highlight satu orang/benda/tempat/ binatang secara khusus. Teks
description menyodorkan banyak informasi tentang orang/ benda/tempat/binatang tertentu secara
gamblang, [sering] rinci, [acapkali] dapat divisualisasikan.
- identification, pengenalan subjek atau hal yang akan dideskripsikan.
- description, penginformasian ciri-ciri subjekmisalnya sifat-sifat psikologis, perilaku, tampilan fisik, fitur-
fitur khas, kualitas, dan sejenisnya.

RECOUNT

The text is a written recount text. It functions to retell past events. The structure of the
text is:
Orientation (background)
It introduces important information on significant historical events. It answers
questions such as: Who?, When?, Where? and Why?
Events/A series of events
It records the main events as they occurred in a chronological order. Each paragraph
focuses on one specific event or period of time.
Re-orientation (optional closure of events)
It shows the historical significance of the events which have been recorded.
The language features of a recount are:
1. use past tenses, such as: declared, signed, prepared and represented.
2. use time conjunctions, such as: while, then, finally, at last and before.

Jenis teks yang kontennya melaporkan peristiwa, kejadian, atau kegiatan yang menimpa seseorang, atau berupa
pengalaman seseorang. Tujuan teks recount adalah untuk memberitahukan atau hiburan.
Teks recount umumnya memiliki struktur: - orientation, pendahuluan atau pembuka berupa pengelanalan
tokoh, waktu, dan tempat..
- events, rangkaian kejadian/peristiwa.
- reorientation, penutupungkapan-ungkapan yang menunjukkan peristiwa/kejadian/ kegiatan sudah selesai.
- komentar pribadi akan peritiwa yang diutarakan, sifatnya opsional.

NARRATIVE
The text is a fable. It is a kind of narratives, and it is in written form.
According to Wikipedia, a fable is a story that features animals, plants, inanimate objects or forces of nature which
are anthropomorphized (given human qualities). It illustrates a moral lesson (a moral), which may at the end be
expressed explicitly in a pithy maxim. It also provides opportunities to laugh at human folly when it supplies
examples of behaviors to be avoided rather than emulated.
The structure of a narrative, including a fable, is:
orientation,
complication,
resolution.

Jenis teks berupa cerita atau dongeng yang bertujuan menghibur pembaca. Ciri utama teks narrative adalah
terdapatnya masalah (atau hal yang dianggap masalah atau pelik) dan langkah yang diambil untuk merespon
masalah tersebutini umumnya berupa solusi atau penyelesaian. Konten teks narrative dapat berupa cerita
khayalan atau kisah nyata yang mendapatkan bumbu-bumbu perekayasa.
Teks narrative umumnya memiliki struktur:
- orientation, pendahuluan atau pembuka berupa pengelanalan tokoh, waktu, dan tempat.
- complication/crisis, pengembangan konflik atau pemunculan masalah.
Descriptive Text, Teks Deskriptif, adalah teks yang mendiskripsikan, menggambarkan, atau
menguraikan tentang sesuatu, misalnya benda, orang ataupun tempat tertentu. Uraian teks ini
biasanya meliputi karakteristik, jenis, bentuk, fungsi dan hal-hal terperinci tentang sesuatu
tersebut.
Ciri-ciri Descriptive Text:
1. Struktur umumnya (generic structure) terdiri dari:
Identification: Bagian (kalimat) yang memperkenalkan (introducing) sesuatu.
Description: Bagian yang berisi uraian atau gambaran tentang sesuatu tersebut, misalnya
tentang jenis dan bentuknya.
2. Grammatical Features umumnya tenses simple present
3. Isi teks fokus pada pembahasan terperinci mengenai sesuatu atau benda yang dimaksud.
Contoh Descriptive Text:

THE WHITE HOUSE

One of the most famous buildings in Washington D.C. is the White
House. It is the home of the president of the United States.
The White House is a very large white building. It has three main
parts, namely the main building and two wings (west and east wings).
The main building has large central porches. The porches have tall
columns. Large lawns and gardens surround the White House.

Generic Structure teks di atas sebagai berikut:

Identification: One of the most famous buildings in Washington D.C. is the White House.
Description: It is the home of the president of the United States. The White House is a very large white
building, dst.
Contoh soal (Genre of text )

Soal Descriptive hal 13

Mr. Warsidi

1. What is the purpose of the text?

a. To retell an event. c. To tell the steps of doing something.
b. To entertain the readers. d. To describe a particular place.
Jawaban: D
Teks tersebut merupakan teks descriptive. Tujuan dari teks descriptive itu adalah mendeskripsikan suatu tempat, (To
describe a particular place)

2. What is the structure of the story?

a. OrientationComplicationResolution. c. IdentificationDescription.
b. OrientationEventsRe-orientation. d. GoalMaterialsSteps.
Jawaban : C. Teks tersebut merupakan teks Descriptive , yang strukturnya adalah Identification -Description.

Soal Recount Text

1. In this unit you have learned about recounts. What is the purpose of a recount?
Jawaban: To retell events or experiences in the past.
2. What is the structure of a recount?
Jawaban: Orientation, events and re-orientation.
3. What are the differences between recount and descriptive texts in general?
Jawaban: A recount text is to tell past experiences while a descriptive text is to describe something in
particular. A recount text has orientation, event, re-orientation.
A descriptive text has identification and description.
4. What do you know about recounts?
Jawaban: Recounts are texts which tell past experiences or past events.
5. What tense do you use in telling recounts?
Jawaban: We use the simple past tense.
6. Suppose your teacher asks you to talk about a famous person. Who will you talk about? Why?
Jawaban: I will talk about Bung Karno because he was the Indonesian founding father.

Soal Narrative hal 151 or 157

1. What is the purpose of the text?

a. To entertain the readers. c. To tell how to make something step by step.
b. To tell an experience. d. To describe something.
Jawaban: A
Teks tersebut merupakan teks narrative yang bertujuan untuk menghibur para pembaca (To amuse or
entertain the readers)

2. What is the structure of a narrative?

Jawaban: Orientation, complication and resolution.
3. Can you mention some narratives? What are they?
Jawaban: I can. They are Cinderella, Alladin, Tangkuban Perahu, etc.
4. What is the structure of the story?
a. OrientationComplicationResolution. c. IdentificationDescription.
b. OrientationEventsRe-orientation. d. GoalMaterialsSteps.
Jawaban : C. Teks tersebut merupakan teks Narrative , yang strukturnya adalah OrientationComplicationResolution.
Announcement

An announcement is a simple text/note to inform something important to the targeted listeners.

Pengumuman adalah sebuah teks atau catatan sederhana untuk menginformasikan sesuatu yang penting
yang ditujukan kepada pendengar/ pendengar yang di targetkan.

Teks yang dibacakan guru:

Attention, please,
There will be a flag ceremony next Monday. Dont forget to wear your hats and ties. The students
on duty will be the students of Class VIIIA.

1. Who do you think the speaker is?

Jawaban: A teacher.
2. Who do you think the listeners are?
Jawaban: The students.
3. Where can you hear such an announcement?
Jawaban: At school.
4. What is the announcement about?
Jawaban: A flag ceremony.
5. What is the purpose of the text?
Jawaban: To announce something.

Announcement
Attention, please.
One of our classmates, Firly, was ill. She had a temperature .she has been hospitalized for about three days.
I think we had better visit him today. What do you think?
Thank you.
1. Who do you think the speaker is?
a. A Librarian b. A student c. A teacher. d. A class captain.
2. What is the announcement about?
a. A visit to a hospital. c. A student who is sick
b. A teacher who is hospitalized. d. A dengue fever
3. What is the purpose of the text?
a. To entertain the readers c. To announce something.
b. To advertise something d. To persuade the readers
CONTOH SOAL ( TENSES )
1. I ... milk every morning.
a. drink b. drank c. drunk d. drinking

PEMBAHASAN: Di soal ada keterangan waktu every morning. Berarti kalimat dengan struktur simple present
menyatakan kebiasaan dengan pola Subj + Verb 1. Maka pilihan yang menunjukkan
Verb 1 adalah drink

2. My mother ______ some cakes last night.

a. make b. makes c. made d. making

PEMBAHASAN: Di soal ada keterangan waktu last night. Berarti kalimat dengan struktur
simple past (lampau), dengan pola Subj + Verb 2. Maka pilihan yang menunjukkan Verb 2
adalah made.
JAWAB: C

3. Dian Basuki is a piano player. He plays the piano very well. He ______ many competitions in
Indonesia since he was a primary school student.
a. wins b. has won c. will won d. won

PEMBAHASAN: Untuk melengkapi kalimat terakhir dari soal di atas, perhatikan keterangan waktusince (sejak).
Berarti kalimat tersebut ber-tenses Present Perfect (telah/sudah). Pola Present Perfect: Subj + have/has + V3. Maka
pilihan yang tepat adalah has won (telah memenangkan)
JAWAB: B
4. Teacher : Whos absent today, children?
Jihan : Umar, Sir. Hes sick. His mother ______ him to the clinic yesterday.
Teacher : I see.
a. will take b. has taken c. takes d. took

PEMBAHASAN: Kalimat Jihan yang kedua, ada keterangan waktu yesterday. Berarti Kalimat Simple Past,
menggunakan Verb 2. Pilihan yang menunjukkan Verb 2 adalah took.
JAWAB: D
5. Syifa : Tell me about your plan for the coming holiday.
Anggi : I ______ my holiday in Belitung.
Syifa : It sounds interesting.
a. have spent b. am going to spend c. spend d. spent

PEMBAHASAN: Syfa menanyakan apa rencana (plan) Anggi untuk liburan mendatang (coming holiday).
Berarti jawaban yang dibutuhkan adalah kalimat present future (yang akan datang).
Kata-kata yang sama artinya dengan will adalah to be + going to (akan): am going to spend
(akan menghabiskan).
JAWAB: B
CONTOH SOAL ( COMPARISONS ) TINGKAT PERBANDINGAN

1. Amanda : Look, arent Mike Tyson and Hollyfield good boxers?

Linda : Yes. They are both strong, arent they?
Joe : Yes, but Mike Tyson is ______ Hollyfield.
Frank : And Mike can knock out his opponent easily.
a. stronger than b. as strong as c. the strongest d. very strong

PEMBAHASAN: Dari perkataan Frank (Mike bisa meng-K.O. lawannya dengan mudah) bisa diambil kesimpulan bahwa
sebenarnya Mike Tyson lebih kuat (stronger)daripada Hollifield.
Dengan demikian, jawabannya adalah tingkat lebih.
JAWAB: A

2. The Picture shows that

traveling by train is ______ than by bus.

TRAIN BUS
 Price: Rp. 75.000 / ticket Price: Rp. 100.000 / ticket
a. faster b. cheaper c. more expensive d. more comfortable

PEMBAHASAN: Berdasarkan gambar, informasi yang ditonjolkan adalah harga tiket (Price). Berarti Bepergian dengan
kereta api lebih murah (cheaper)daripada dengan bus.
JAWAB: B