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A.

Identify
the paragraph and write the correct sequence on the
column below!
Text 2 (The Crying Stone)
Text Paragraph
One day, the mother asked the girl to accompany her to go to the market to buy
some food. At first the girl refused, but the mother persuaded her by saying they
were going to buy new clothes. The girl finally agreed in one condition that her
mother to walk behind her. She didn't want to walk side by side with her mother.
"Hello, pretty lady. Who is the woman behind you?" asked them.
“She is my servant,” answered the girl.
“Hello, beauty. Who is the woman behind you?" asked them again. Again, the girl
answered the same. She used to say that her mother was her servant every time
they met people.
In a small village in West Borneo, a girl lived with her mother. The girl was very
beautiful. She put make-up and wore her best clothes every day. She didn't like to
help her mother work in a field. The girl was very indolent.
Until now people still can see tears falling down the stone. People then call it the
Crying Stone or Batu Menangis.
Although her mother was very sad, she agreed to walk behind her daughter. On
the way to the market, everybody admired the girl's beauty. They were also
curious. Behind the beautiful girl, there was an old woman with a simple dress.
The
girl and her mother looked very different!
At last, the mother cannot hold the pain anymore. She prayed to God to punish
her daughter. God answered her prayer. Slowly, the girl's leg turned into stone.
She realized something wrong. The process continued to the upper part of the
girl's body. The girl was very panicky.
"Mother, please forgive me!" she cried and asked her mother to forgive her.
But it's too late. Her whole body finally became a big stone.

B. Answer the questions based on the text!


1. How is the girl’s character?

2. Why did the girl not want to walk side by side her mother?

3. Where is the story coming from?

4. What did her mother ask to God? What do happen after that?

5. What is the moral lesson of the story?

Text 3 (Timun Mas)

This tale brings us to the mystical island of Java Indonesia. There was a widow named Mbok Srini that
lived alone on her farm. The widow was a kindly woman and she was overwhelmed by loneliness and
longed to have a child by her side.
When her loneliness became too much to bear, Mbok Srini decided to pray to Butho Ijo for help. Butho
Ijo was a monstrous ogre who lived on the outskirts of the village and was known to occasionally grant
wishes to people. The monster offered to grant Mbok Srini's wish at a terrible price.
"When the child turns six years old, you will return her to me to become my
meal", he said.
Despite the condition, the desperate woman agreed to his demand. The giant
then gave a single cucumber seed to be planted at her farm. In two weeks, the
cucumber started to bear fruit. In among them, there was one which was which
was larger than the rest that emitted a golden radiance. Splitting it carefully,
Mbok Srini found a beautiful baby girl inside. Filled with joy, she named the girl
Timun Emas. Alas, she had come to love her daughter over the years and
couldn't bear to lose Timun Emas. And yet, she would never be able to stand up
to the powerful ogre.
Desperate for help, she journeyed to Gunom Kidul, the southern mountain to seek advice from a
powerful hermit. After hearing her plight, the hermit presented Mbok Srini, the four small pouches.
"Give these to Timun Emas. They will help your daughter against the monster" the hermit told her. The
day finally arrived when the ogre came to Mbok Srini's house eager for her to fulfill her promise.
"Where is my meal?!" said Butho Ijo
Mbok Srini asked Timun Mas to run away and bring the pockets. "Hey" called Timun Mas while running
from Butho Ijo.
For hours the monster chased after Timun Emas and Butho Ijo steady getting closer.
Remembering her mother's advice, she threw the first of the pouches bag of cucumber seeds at the
monster. Vines of cucumber magically sprang from the earth and blocking Butho Ijo's path.
The ogre enticed by the fruit, stopped on its tracks to gorge on them. It wasn't long before he ate them
all and resume his chase. Just as the monster was about to catch up Timun Emas, she threw the second
gift, the small bag of needles at him. The dense forest of shack bamboo trees appeared where the
needles had fallen trapping Butho Ijo. The giant ogre went through first to the bamboo trees wounded
and enridged.
Once more, as he near to Timun Emas, she tossed the third pouch full of salt at the monster, hoping to
slow him down. Suddenly, an embracing and powerful torn to seek forming a giant wave which swept
the ogre off his feet. Butho Ijo wanted more than ever to catch this little girl who troubled him.
Timun Emas had nowhere left to run and in her hand, she held the last of the hermit's gifts. She hurled
the small bag as hard as she could at the monster. The bag containing spice transformed into
a boiling sea of mud burning Butho Ijo's skin. The monster struggled in the mud he shrieked and
howled in pain and then, all was silent.
Timun Emas had finally stopped Butho Ijo. She returned back to her mother. Her mother was
very happy and realized asked something to monstruous creature was a bad thing. After that,
they lived happily ever.
A. What is the social function of the text?

B. Put the numbers of paragraph next to their functions below!

1. Orientation

2. Rising action

3. Complication

4. Climax

5. Cooling down

6. Reorientation

C. Write the language feature by giving two examples for every item!

D. What do these words meaning?

1. terrible price =

2. powerful hermit

3. dense forest =

4. shrieked =

E. What is the moral lesson that can we get?

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