Narrative Text:
Once
upon a time, there was a little poor boy came into a little village.
He was very hungry and weak. He knocked at every door and asked for
some food, but nobody cared about him. Nobody wanted to help the little
boy.
Finally,
a generous woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal. When the
boy wanted to leave, this old woman gave him a “lesung”, a big wooden
mortar for pounding rice. She reminded him, “please remember, if there
is a flood you must save yourself. Use this “lesung” as a boat”. The
“lesung” was happy and thanked the old woman.The little boy continued
his journey. While he was passing through the village, he saw many
people gathering on the field. The boy came closer and saw a stick
stuck in the ground. People challenged each other to pull out that
stick. Everybody tried, but nobody succeeded. “Can I try?” asked the
little boy. The crowd laughed mockingly. The boy wanted to try his luck
so he stepped forward and pulled out the stick. He could do it very
easily. Everybody was dumbfounded.
Suddenly,
from the hole left by stick, water spouted out. It did not stop until
it flooded the village. And no one was saved from the water except the
little boy and the generous old woman who gave him shelter and meal. As
she told him, he used the “lesung” as a boat and picked up the old
woman. The whole village became a huge lake. It is now known as Rawa
Pening Lake in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia.
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Once
upon a time, there was a kingdom named Auretto, all people lived
peacefully there. One of them was Charlita, the king’s daughter who was
assumed as the most beautiful and kindest Princess of Auretto.
One
day, Charlita looked blue. Because of that her father got confused.
“What’s the matter my beautiful daughter? Why are you so sad?” asked
King Fernando. Charlita was just silent. She did not say anything.
Then,
King Fernando decided to make a competition to cheer Charlita again.
After that, the palace representative announce: “I will make a
competition. The aim is to make my daughter, Princess Charlita to be
happy and laugh again. Everyone who can do it, will get a prize. It will
be held tomorrow when the sun rises. Sign: King Fernando.”
The
following morning, everybody came to the palace, tried to give their
best performance. They seemed happy and laugh, but not for Princess
Charlita. She was just silent and still looked sad.
King
Fernando started to give up. No one amused his daughter. Then, there
came a young handsome man. “Excuse me King Fernando. I would like to
join your competition. But, would you mind if I took Princess Charlita
for a walk?” said the young man gently. “As long as you make my
daughter be happy again, it will totally alright.” said King Fernando.
The young handsome man took Princess Charlita for a walk in a beautiful
blue lake with a green forest around it. Princess Charlita smiled and
looked happy after that. Every body looked happy, too. “I know why are
you so my beautiful daughter. Now, I promise I will environment green. I
regret for always destroying it. Finally, the environment around the
kingdom became so beautiful and green, full of plants. Then, the young
handsome man got a prize from the king. “I will marry you off my
daughter.” said him. “That is the prize I promise for you. Thanks for
keeping our environment well. Thanks for making my daughter happy
again.”
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Recount Text:
My Holiday in Bali
ditulis oleh Annisa Aulia Saharani
When I was 2nd
grade of senior high school, my friends and I went to Bali. We were
there for three days. I had many impressive experiences during the
vacation.
First day, we visited Sanur Beach in
the morning. We saw the beautiful sunrise together. It was a great
scenery. Then, we checked in to the hotel. After prepared our selves,
we went to Tanah Lot. We met so many other tourists there. They were
not only domestic but also foreign tourists.
Second day, we enjoyed the day on
Tanjung Benoa beach. We played so many water sports such as banana
boat, jetsky, speedboat etc. We also went to Penyu island to see many
unique animals. They were turtles, snakes, and sea birds. We were very
happy. In the afternoon, we went to Kuta Beach to see the amazing
sunset and enjoyed the beautiful wave.
The last day, we spent our time in
Sangeh. We could enjoy the green and shady forest. There were so many
monkies. They were so tame but sometimes they could be naughty. We
could make a close interaction with them. After that, we went to
Sukowati market for shopping. That was my lovely time. I bought some
Bali T-Shirt and souvenirs.
In the evening, we had to check out from the hotel. We went back home bringing so many amazing memories of Bali.
Descriptive Text :
My mother is a beautiful person. She is not tall but not
short, and she has curly hair and brown. Her eyes color are like honey
and her color skin color light brown, and she has a beautiful
smile. Her weight likes 120 lbs.
She is a very kind person. She is very lovely, friendly, patient,
and she loves to help people. I love my mom, because she is a good
example to me. She loves being in the Church, and she loves sing
and dance too.
She
is a very good child, wife and mother. She always takes care of
her family. She likes her house to be clean and organized. She a very
organized person, and all things in the house are in the right
place. She doesn't like messes.
She
always has a smile on her face. She is so sweet and lovely. I
like when I am going to sleep or went I wake up or when I am going to
go to some places, she always give me a kiss, and when the family
have a problem she always be with us to helps us and to give us all
her love.
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Report Text : Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is a
celebration of harvest, thankfulness for peace, and the attempt of
Native Americans. It is usually celebrated in late autumn.
In the past, Thanksgiving was celebrated
for their rich harvest in New England. In North America, however, it
was originally held to thank God for their survival in the new land
which was not easy for them. However, in Canada, it had been celebrated
as in New England. Thanksgiving now is celebrated in United States of
America and in Canada. Thanksgiving festivals are held every fourth
Thursday of November in the U.S and on the second Monday of October in
Canada. It is usually celebrated in four to five days in the North
America and for three days in Canada.
It is
celebrated through families and friends gathering to eat and give good
luck. Turkey is the main dish in the thanksgiving dinner. Thanksgiving
parades are also usually held. In Thanksgiving homes are decorated with
wreaths, fresh and dried flowers. Lamps are lighted to brighten the
environment. Tables are decorated with best china and antique silver
dishes to mark the occasion.
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PROCEDURE TEXT - NASI GORENG "FRIED RICE"
Nasi goreng, "fried rice" is a familiar food from Indonesia; if you want to know how to prepare nasi goreng this is the procedure how to make nasi goreng. Just follow this explanation :
Ingredients :
- 350 gr. Long Grain Rice
- 2 Tbs. Vegetable Oil
- 3 Eggs
- 1 Onion
- 2 Green Chillis, Sambal Ulek or Sambal Badjak.
- 1 Garlic Clove
- 1 Leek
- 1 teaspoon Ground Coriander
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cumin
- 250 gr. Chicken meat
- 250 gr. Shelled Prawns
- 3 Tbs. Kecap Manis
Steps :
This dish is best made from cold leftover rice, but you can cook a
fresh batch and leave it to cool for at least 4 hours. Beat the eggs
and make into a omelette, slice into strips and set aside. Heat the oil
in a wok or large frying pan. Add the chopped onion, leek, garlic and
chillis. Fry until the onion is soft. Add the Coriander and Cumin.
Slice Chicken into strips and add with the prawns to the onion mixture
and cook, stirring occasionally until they are well mixed. Add the
rice, soya sauce and omelet strips and cook for a further 5
minutes.Decorate with some of the leftover leek and serve hot. Enjoy.
Analytical exposition=ending
conclusion/reiteration
Cigarettes, Smokers and Smoking
Smoking is a bad habit that is very hard to break. Smokers are
everywhere. Many people smoke just to socialize, but many others are too
addicted to quit.
A cigarette is like a toxin hypermarket. You can find many kinds of
toxin in it: acetone, carbon monoxide, tar, arsenic, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide,
and toluene. The tar itself contains more than 43 substances that can cause
cancer. Scientists say that when we are smoking, we put more than 4,000 kinds
of toxic materials into our body.
However, many smokers believe that a cigarette with a low tar is
less dangerous. And so is a filtered cigarette. But the problem is one
cigarette is never enough for the addicted smokers.
Another myth about smoking is that it cannot only make them awake
but also raise their inspiration. This is contrary to the findings of a
research in California
which show that smoker’s ability to think is lower than that of non-smokers.
Smoking is indeed a serious social problem in our country. The government
keeps reminding that smoking is dangerous, not only for the smokers themselves,
but also for other people in the surroundings (passive smokers). But the
warnings do not seem to get any response.
Hortatory exposition
Should Students Take Part-time Jobs?
One of the biggest things a student must figure out upon entering
school is what to do with all that time. Free to schedule as they please and
free from the obligations of life at home, students find themselves with a
wealth of time they may or may not have.
There are things which you might consider working. First of all, if
you want to be cool and go out with your classmates and buy some cool stuff,
well you need money! By getting a job, you get money. Of course, you have to
work for it, but still,
it can - and probably will - be useful. There
is not only money to consider though. Experience is an important asset for
after finishing your school. When you work during your school year and add it
to your resume, it will show your future employers that you are able to manage
to pursue two activities at the same time, or more if you are involved
elsewhere. Another interesting thing to consider is the contacts you might make
by working. By contacts, I mean people that can be useful to you later in life.
If you have different jobs, you make new references you can later add to your
CV along with the experience. Also, if you are lucky enough to get a job in
your area of studies, it may later become a permanent job.
The main disadvantage on your life is that you will have less time
for schoolwork – and social life of course. This also means you get less free
time to just hang out or party or do other stuff than work and study. This is
an important part of your life if you do not want to go all crazy! It is also
important if you want to be cool. Having a job can also add another source of
stress to your life. Depending on the type of job you are looking for, you may
get a boss that always wants more hours and presses you to be more available.
One of the things you can do is to set yourself a maximum number of hours you
want to work per week and make this clear with your employer at the beginning
of the year.
My biggest recommendation is not to rush into anything. It’s
perfectly acceptable to spend the first few weeks of school adjusting and
having fun, and then slide a job into the mix when you’ve grown comfortable
with everything else. Finally, never allow an outside job to get in the way of
your health and school years in general. While work may keep you motivated and
get you needed money, it’s not worth losing your education or well being over.
Obtain what you need, but if you feel yourself slipping take some time off, or
find a better place to work. You’ll have plenty of time to work post school.
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News Item:
SINGAPORE: A supervisor was jailed for two months for reportedly striking his
Indonesian maid on the head and back with a television remote.
Muhammad
Shafiq Woo Abdullah was brought to court in Singapore because he had physically
hurt the woman on several occasions between June and October 2002, the Straight
Time said.
The
magistrate’s court heard that Shafiq, 31, began striking Winarti, 22, about a
month after she started working for him.
He
hit her on the head with the TV sets remote control because he was unhappy with
her work. On one occasion, he punched her on the back after accusing her of
daydreaming.
S.S.
Dhillon, Shafiq,s lawyer, said that his client had become mad when he saw his
daughter’s face covered as she was lying in bed. He said his client thought the
maid had put the child in danger.
Revew Text:
I
particularly liked the first few pages of this book where the poet
acknowledges those who have helped him and tells us something about his
life. Too often writing is a lonely task and poetry so personal that it
excludes others until they read the final result. But both poets and
audiences are intimately involved in the process. Readers are not
consumers looking for a pair of shoes, but people trying to discover
something about how they feel, as well as understand the emotions of the
person writing the poem. This spirit of openness and participation is
right here from the start in this collection.
Harold is one of nine children, raised by his mother. In the
Introduction he tells us about public moments that have shaped his life
(Martin Luther King’s ”I Have a Dream” speech, Muhammad Ali’s “I can
float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.”) as well as very private
ones like attending the wedding of a girl he was still very much in love
with. This not only gives us an insight into the person behind these
poems, it helps us understand their inspiration and connection to things
outside of the words. “The Bee in the Web” draws on the
“butterfly”/”bee” of Ali’s boast, yet expands on it to a message of
racial harmony as opposed to one of militant aggression and separatism.
There are some great titles (“The Martian and the Wino,” “W Stands for
Wrong", ”Fasten Your Seatbelt”) and lines that make us think (“Sometimes
I feel that life’s a curse, has front-wheel drive and no reverse” and
the very poignant “I hate in order to protect yourself—you pack a gun or
mace. So why don’t I say what the hell and hate the human race.”) There
are also some bad lines: “Her skin is cream, her body is slim. Looking
at her makes the average saint sin.”—perhaps, but what or who is “the
average saint”? The book ends with a sweet poem by Charla Angeline
Hultmann (and I really like the candor of her bio) called “Gift” and
“giving” is the real spirit of this book of poetry.
I
will be honest, I am not a fan of rhyme. There is a delight in adjacent
sounds rubbing together—vowels held and savored, consonants clicking in
a row—but “easy” rhymes (“head”/“dead”; “love”/”dove”; “moon”/”prune”)
tend to overshadow poetic subtleties, determine word choice and the
words themselves lose their meaning, becoming clichés. But this is the
music of this poet’s generation, and there is no denying that poetry is
more alive, more meaningful and more accessible than it has ever been at
any other time during my life. PS I do love the “Osama” “mama” rhyme.
In general I think it would benefit Harold Nash’s development to read
more of the published contemporary Black poets.
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SPOOF TEXT : SAM TING WONG
Jacky Wong got married with Lia Wong. Both of them had a white skin and straight hair. They are really a well-matched couple.
One year later, Wong family got a new baby. A nurse brought them a son with curly hair and a black skin.
The nurse congratulated and said, "What name will you give to this son?"
With a confused face, Jacky Wong grumbled, "Sam Ting Wong!"
