Introduction to Kinds of Text

English Literacy

Ambarul Fatima S., S.S

 01 International History

Texts
02 News Report

03 Scientific Report

04 Short Story

05 Novel
 International History
Bandung as Sea of Fire was a fire that occurred in the city of Bandung on March
24, 1946. Within seven hours, about 200,000 residents of Bandung burned their
homes.

British troops as part of the Brigade MacDonald arrived in Bandung on October

12, 1945. Bandung was deliberately burned by TRI and local people. There were
black smoke billowing high into the air everywhere. The British Army began to
attack so fierce. The greatest battle happened in the Village name Dayeuh Kolot,
in South Bandung, where there were a large ammunition depot belonging to
British. In this battle, Barisan Rakyat Indonesia destroyed the ammunition depot.

The strategy to fire Bandung was considered because the power of TRI and
people’s militia was not comparable to the British forces and NICA. This incident
inspired to create the famous song “Halo Halo Bandung”. To remember what they
did and struggled, they built the Bandung Lautan Api monument.
What can we learn?
a. The strong army
b. The confront of living in Bandung
c. The wise of local people
d. The beauty of Bandung landscape
e. The spirit of never giving up

How was the Bandung as Sea of Fire!

a. It was deliberately burned
b. It was built by local people
c. It was announced by Brigade MacDonald
d. It was supported by NICA
e. It was struggled by militia

Why did people build the BLA monument?

a. To commemorate a historical event that took place in the city on the evening of July 24th, 1946.
b. To commemorate Indonesian awakening day.
c. To commemorate a historical event that took place in the city on the evening of March 24th, 1946.
d. To commemorate a historical event that took place in the city on the evening of March 24, 1944.
e. To amuse the reader.
 News Report
News Item Text 1
The Surabaya Police have arrested a man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via
Instagram.
MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on
Sunday. He was found to have paid some Rp 3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only
three days old.
Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was conducted in
Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.
“The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration,” Rudi said on Monday (The Jakarta Post,
Tue, October 16, 2018)
What is the purpose of the text?
A. To inform readers about arrested man for buying an
infant
B. To describe the important person for readers
C. To argue that arresting the man is important
D. To explain how police arrested the man
E. To convince reader that buying infant is illegal

“MN was arrested at his house…” The underlined word

refers to a house belongs to…….
A. The police officer
B. The arrested man
C. The infant parent
D. A Surabaya administration officer
E. A Semarang administration officer

“…for allegedly buying an infant” The infant word has

similar meaning with ……
A. Adult
B. Teenager
C. Child
D. Grown
E. Man
 Science Report
A galaxy is a collection of stars and other astronomical bodies,
including planets, comets and asteroids, held together by gravity.
      There are many different physical forms and measurements
of galaxies. These include the spiral, barrel-spiral and elliptical.
Our galaxy, called the Milky Way, is approximately 100,000 light
years in width and contains over 100 billion stars.
     The center of galaxies can contain many young, very hot
stars as well as older stars. Swirling clouds that have been
energized by magnetic forces also exist in the center.
     At this point in time, no one knows the exact number of
galaxies in the universe. Astronomers are, however, learning
more and more about them everyday.
“Our galaxy, called the Milky Way, is…” (paragraph 3)
What does the underlined word in the sentence refer
to?
A. The writer and the readers.
B. The readers and their friends.
C. The people of the world.
D. The members of the galaxies.
 Short Story
Long, long ago, when the gods and goddesses used to mingle in the
affairs of mortals, there was a small kingdom on the slope of Mount
Wayang in West Java.  The King, named Sang Prabu, was a wise
man.  He had an only daughter, called Princess Teja Nirmala, who was
famous for her beauty but she was not married.  One day Sang Prabu
made up his mind to settle the matter by a show of strength.

After that, Prince of Blambangan, named Raden Begawan had won the
competition.  Unfortunately, the wicked fairy, Princess Segara fell in
love with Raden Begawan and used magic power to render him
unconscious and he forgot his wedding.  When Sang Prabu was
searching, Raden Begawan saw him and soon realized that he had
been enchanted by the wicked fairy.  The fairy could not accept this, so
she killed Raden Begawan.  When Princess Teja Nirmala heard this,
she was very sad.  So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan.
Which one of the following statements is false about Sang Prabu?
A.  Sang Prabu was a father of his only daughter
B.  Sang Prabu was a king of a kingdom in West Java
C.  Sang Prabu was  taken to Kahyangan by a wicked fairy
D.  Sang Prabu was a wise man
E.  Sang Prabu didn’t have a son

Why the wicked fairy did used her magic to make Raden Begawan unconscious?
A.  She didn’t like Raden Begawan
B.  She didn’t want Raden Prabu marry the princess
C.  She wanted Teja Nirmala to forget about her wedding
D.  She didn’t want the prince of Blambangan marry the princess
E.  She didn’t want the prince of Blambangan feel love with her

What do you think will happen if gods or goddesses cannot mingle in the affairs of
people in the earth at that time?
A.  Princess Segara will have married with Raden Begawan
B.  Sang Prabu will not hold strength competition
C.  Raden Begawan will not die
D.  Teja Nirmala will stay in the Kahyangan
E.  Wicked Fairy will not take Raden Begawan’s life
 Novel
The front door was open, so we rushed in and hurried from room to room to the amazement
of a doddering old menservants, who met us in the passage. There was no light save in the
dining room, but Holmes caught up the lamp and left no corner of the house unexplored. No
sign could we see of the man whom we were chasing. On the upper floor, however one of the
bedroom doors was locked.

“There’s someone in here,” cried Lestrade. “I can hear movement. Open this door!”

A faint moaning and rustling came from within. Holmes struck the door just over the lock with
the flat of his foot and it flew open. Pistol in hand, we all three rushed into the room.

But there was no sign within it of that desperate and defiant villain whom we expected to see.
Instead, we were faced by an object so strange and so unexpected that we stood for a
moment staring at it in amazement.

The room had been fashioned into a small museum, and the walls were lined by a number of
glass-topped cases full of that collection of butterflies and moths the formation of which had
been the relaxation of this complex and dangerous man ...

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1902. The Hound of the Baskervilles : Another Adventure of
Sherlock Holmes.
In the novel, “The front door was open, so we rushed in
and hurried from room to room to the amazement of a
doddering old menservants, who met us in the passage.”,
what is the activity that might be shown?
A. They run faster to the room which make their servants
shocked.
B. They run until crash their belongings to the servants.
C. The servants they met on the way were running
hurriedly.
D. They were shocked by the situation in the room full of
their servants.
E. Their servants shocked them by running and attacking
them in the room.