Sunday, October 16, 2016

Text Descriptive, Definisi, Contoh & Pembahasan Soal

Text Descriptive, Definisi, Contoh & Pembahasan Soal


Sahabat englishschoolen kali ini kita akan membahas teks Descriptive, teks ini adalah teks yang selalu muncul di ujian semester maupun ujian nasional. Mari kita mengenal jenis teks ini :D

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT


A.Social Function/ Purpose of Text
To describe a particular person, place or thing.

Tujuan Teks
Untuk mendeskripsikan benda khusus seperti manusia, tempat atau benda.

B.Generic Structure
- Identification
Identifies an object to be described.
- Description
Describe parts, qualities, characteristics

Struktur Teks
-Identifikasi
Mengindentifikasi benda yang akan digambarkan
- Deskripsi
Deskripsi tentang bagian, kehebatan maupun ciri ciri

C. Characteristics of text/ Ciri Teks
- Menggunakan Possesive Pronoun (my, his, her, our, their, your, its)
- Present tense (V-1/ is am are/ do does)
- Focus on specific participants (teacher, house, my cat)
- Figurative language and metaphor (jack is white as chalk)

Demikianlah pengertian dan ciri teks Descriptive semoga dapat membantu tugas sekolah adik- adik semua.
Berikut ini adalah contoh teks Descriptive beserta pembahasan soalnya.


ELEPHANT
An elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking animal with its thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white tusks and above all it has a long nose, the trunk.

The trunk is the elephant's peculiar feature, and it has various uses. The elephant draws up water by its trunk and can squirt it all over its body like a shower bath. It can also lift leaves and puts them, into its mouth. In fact the trunk serves the elephant as a long arm and hand. An elephant looks very-clumsy and heavy and yet it can move very quickly.

The elephant is a very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength makes it a very useful servant to man and it can be trained to serve in various ways such as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight.

1.The third paragraph is mainly about the fact that ...
A. elephants are strong
B. elephants can lift logs
C. elephants are servants
D. elephants are very useful
E. elephants must be trained

2.Which of the following is NOT part of the elephant described in the first paragraph?
A. It looks strange.
B. It is heavy.
C. It is wild.
D. It has a trunk.
E. It has a small tail.

3.It is stated in the text that the elephant uses the trunk to do the following, EXCEPT ...
A. to eat
B. to push
C. to drink
D. to carry things
E. to squirt water over the body

4."The trunk is the elephant's peculiar feature ..." (Paragraph 2)
The underlined word is close in meaning to ...
A. large
B. strange
C. tough
D. smooth
E. long

Pembahasan Soal

1.Jawaban: D.
kalimat pertama tidak ada dalam jawaban, maka kalimat berikutnya yaitu very useful servant.

2.Jawaban: C.
Di Paragraf pertama tidak ada kata wild (liar) atau sinonimnya.

3.Jawaban: B.
Tanpa melihat teks pun kita bisa menebak, bahwa belalai gajah digunakan untuk beberapa keperluan kecuali push (mendorong), karena ia mendorong biasanya dengan kepalanya atau badannya.

4.Jawaban: B.
peculiar artinya aneh (strange)

Questions 5-11 are based on the manual below.

NEW YORK CITY
New York (City), the largest city in the United State, the home of the united nations, and the center of global finance, communications, and business. New York City is unusual among cities because of its high residential density, its  extraordinary diverse population, its hundreds of tall office and apartment buildings, its thriving central business district, its extensive public transportation system, and its more than 400 distinct neighborhoods. The city’s concert house, museums, galleries, and theaters constitute an ensemble of cultural richness rivaled by few cities. In 2000 the population of the city of New York was 8,008,278; the population of the metropolitan region was 21,199,865. New York City consist of five boroughs they are Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, The Bronx, and Manhattan.

There are so many attractive places in the city. One of its most popular landmarks is the statue of Liberty. It is a symbol of freedom for many, was one of the first sights to welcome immigrants arriving in the United States. The statue stands 93 m (305 ft) tall on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. It was designed by French sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi and is a gift from France commemorating the first centennial of U.S. independence from Britain.

New York’s 250 museums cater to every taste . It has museums in such fields as natural history, broadcasting, fire-fighting, crafts , and ethnic cultures. As the word’s greatest art center, New York City has more than 400 galleries and is a mecca for artist, art dealers, and collections. Madison Avenue between 57th and 86th Street is the most important locale for galleries, but of others are located in So Ho (South Of Houston Street) and adjoining Neighborhoods.

New York also has a famous botanical garden. It is called Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 21 hectare (52 acre) botanic garden, located in the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City. The garden includes such attractions as the Children’s Garden, the first of its kind in the world.

5. What is the about ?
a.Washington D.C.
b.The statue of liberty
c.New York boroughs
d.The culture of New York
e.New York City

6. The following is true about New York , Except …
a.it have a botanical garden
b.it this the home of the statue of Liberty
c.it has 250 museums
d.it consists of four boroughs
e.it has more than 500 galleries

7. Where is the statue of Liberty located?
a.Liberty Island
b.Brooklyn
c.So Ho
d.Manhattan
e.Queens

8. What does the word commemorating in the second paragraph means?
a.Acknowledgement
b.Ignore
c.memorize
d.celebration
e.memorializing

9. What does the word “it” in the last paragraph refers to?
a.New York
b.Brooklyn
c.Children’s garden
d.Museum
e.Botanical garden

10. How many galleries are there in New York?
a.400
b.more than 400
c.less than 400
d.not more than 400
e.not less than 400

11. So Ho is the acronym of ……
a.South of Honolulu
b.South of Hillside
c.South of Hoboken
d.South of Houston
e.South of Hackensack

Pembahasan Soal

5. Teks mendeskripsikan tentang New York City. Informasi tsb ada disemua paragraph.
Jawaban: E

6. Informasi pada paragraph 1 bagian akhir it consist of five broughs
Jawaban: D

7. Informasi lokasi patung liberty berada di paragraph 2 baris 3.
Jawaban: A

8. Commemorating: memperiangati
Memorializing: mengenang
Jawaban: E

9. Pronoun it paragraph terakhir tertuju pada botanical garden.
Jawaban: A

10. Informasi tsb ada di paragraph 3 baris 3 it has more than 400 galleries.
Jawaban: B

11. Sudah Jelas

Jawaban: D

Baca Juga:

Sahabat englishschoolen itulah penjelasan dan contoh dari Descriptive semoga bermanfaat dan dapat membantu lebih memahami pelajaran sekolah adik adik semua. Jika ada pertanyaan atau kurang jelas silahkan bertanya di kolom komentar.

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