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Nama : Eva Octaviany

Kelas : X-7

SMAN 10 BANDUNG

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Recount Text _______________________________________________
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Narrative Text ______________________________________________
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Procedure Text _____________________________________________
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Report Text ________________________________________________
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News Item _________________________________________________
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Descriptive Text _____________________________________________
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Analitycal Exposition _________________________________________
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Hortatory Exposition _________________________________________
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Spoof Text _________________________________________________
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Recount Text
Definition of Recount

Recount is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. Its purpose is
either to inform or to entertain the audience. There is no complication among the
participants and that differentiates from narrative

Generic Structure of Recount

1. Orientation: Introducing the participants, place and time

2. Events: Describing series of event that happened in the past
3. Reorientation: It is optional. Stating personal comment of the writer to the
story

Language Feature of Recount

Introducing personal participant; I, my group, etc

Using chronological connection; then, first, etc
Using linking verb; was, were, saw, heard, etc
Using action verb; look, go, change, etc
Using simple past tense

My Adventure at Leang-Leang Cave

On Sunday, my parents, my best fruend Novi, and I visited a cave at
Maros called Leang-leang . It was my first time to visit the cave, better
yet, my best friend came to visit it with me!
The cave was famous for its primitive cave wall paintings which were
some hand prints and wild boar paintings. The cave and its surroundings
was turned into a national park, so it was taken care of. My parents took a
rest in a small hut for visitors of the park, while Novi and I adventured
around the cave with a guide. We had to climb some metal stairs to get to
the cave, because the cave was embedded into a small mountain. Next
stop was a place where some seashells littered the ground and some were
actually piled into a big mound! The guide said that these piles of
seashells are called kjokkenmoddinger, or kitchen trash. The humans who
lived here ate the shells and dumped the left overs in their 'kitchen'. The

last place was a small museum where they have skeletons of the humans
who lived in the caves. The skeletons along with some roughly made
jewelry and weapons were placed inside glass cases for display. The walls
of the museum were adorned with photographs taken when they did an
excavation there.
After a quick lunch with Novi and my parents, we decided it was time to
go back home. We really had the time of our lives!

RA Kartini
Every April 21, people in Indonesia commemorate the Kartini day. It is a
beautiful day for the woman because we celebrate the birth of great lady,
RA. Kartini. Everyone knows who kartini is. She is our national heroine and
a great lady with the bright idea. Kartini was born in 1879, April 21 in
Mayong Jepara. Her father was RMAA. Sosroningrat, Wedana (assistant of
head of regency) in Mayong. Her mother, MA Ngasirah was a girl from
Teluk Awur village in Jepara. As the daughter of a noble family, she felt
luck because she got more than the ordinary people got. She got better
education than other children. She did anything she wants although it was
forbidden. She passed her childhood with her brother and sister. Because
she was very energetic, her father called her "trinil" Then her father was
chosen as Bupati (the head of regency) in Jepara. She and her family then
moved from Mayong to Jepara. In the same year, Kartini's second sister RA
Kardinah was born. The environment in Jepara gave her big chance to
develop her idea. She could study at the Dutch owned school where only
children from noble family could study here. Few years after finishing her
study, RA. Kartini was willing to continue her study in higher level. But the
custom of that day forbid a woman to go to school. A tradition of that
time, a teenage girl should be secluded and limited her activity. So was
Kartini. She was secluded inside the house and forbidden to go out until a
man propose her. The rule could restrict her body but not her mind.
During her "pingitan" time, she spent her time by reading book which she
got from her relatives. Although she was not able to continue her study to
higher level, she was smart had a bright idea. She got the knowledge from
the books she read. To express her idea, she established a school for local
people on the backyard of Jepara city hall. In November 12,1903, she
married Adipati Djoyodiningrat, the head of Rembang regency. According
to Javanese tradition Kartini had to follow her husband. Then she moved
to Rembang.
In September 13, 1904 she gave a birth to her son. His name was Singgih.
But after giving birth to a son, her condition was getting worse and she
finally passed away on September 17, 1904 on her 25 years old.
Now Kartini has gone. But her spirit and dream will always be in our heart.
Nowadays Indonesian women progress is influenced by Kartini's spirit
stated on collection of letter "Habis gelap terbitlah terang" from the dusk
to the dawn.

Narrative text
Narrative text is a kind of text to retell the story that past tense. The
purpose of the text is to entertain or to amuse the readers or listeners
about the story.
The generic structure of Narrative text :
1. Orientation : It set the scene and introduce the participants (it answers the
question : who, when,
what, and where).
2. Complication : Tells the problems of the story and how the main characters
solve them.
3. Resolution : The crisis is revolved, for better or worse.
4. Re-orientation : The ending of the story.
5. Evaluation : The stepping back to evaluate the story or the moral message of
the story

Linguistic features :
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Use
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The
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active verbs.
past tense.
conjunction.
first person (I or We) or the third person (He, She, or They).
specific nouns.
adjective and adverbs

The Purse of Gold

A beggar found a leather purse that someone had dropped in a market
place. Opening it, he discovered that it contained 100 pieces of gold. Then

he heard a merchant shouted, "A reward! A reaward to the one who find
my leather purse!"
Being an honest man, the beggar came forward and handed the purse to
the merchant saying, "Here is your purse. Will you keep your word to give
a reward now?"
"Reward?" scoffed the merchant greedily counting the amount of gold.
"The purse I dropped had 200 pieces of gold in it. You've already stolen
more than the reward I'll give to you.! Go away or I'll tell you to the
police."
"I'm an honest man," said the beggar defiantly. "Let's take this matter to
the court!" In the court, the judge patiently listened to both sides of the
story and said, "I believe you both. Justice is possible! Merchant, you
stated that the purse you lost contained 200 pieces of gold. Well, that's a
considerable cost. But the purse the beggar found had only 100 pieces of
gold. Therefore, it couldn't be the one you lost."
And, with that, the judge gave the purse and all the golds to the beggar.

Monkey and Crocodile

One day a monkey wanted to cross a river. He saw a crocodile in the river,
so he asked the crocodile to take him across the other side. The crocodile
told the monkey to jump on its back. Then the crocodile swam down the
river.
Now, the crocodile was very hungry, so when it was in the middle of the
river, it stopped and said to the monkey, Monkey, my father is very sick.
He must eat the heart of the monkey. Then he will be strong again.
The monkey thought for a while. Then he told the crocodile to swim back
to the river bank.
Whats for? asked the crocodile.
Because I didnt bring my heart with me, said the monkey. I left it under
the tree, near some coconuts.
So, the crocodile turned around and swam back to the bank of the river.
As soon as they reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off the
crocodiles back and climbed up to the top of a tree.
Where is your heart? asked the crocodile.
You are foolish, the monkey said to the crocodile. Now I am free and
you have nothing.
The monkey told the crocodile not to try to fool him again. The crocodile
swam away, hungry.

Procedure Text
Procedure is the set of steps which should be completed in the right sequence
to get the goal. In our daily life, we often have to perform some steps to make or
get something done. For example, early in the morning, you help your mother
prepare cups of tea for all members of your family. In making cups of tea, you
have to follow certain procedure in order to get a nice drink. Most of our daily
activities are related with procedures. That is why, you should understand what a
procedure text is, how to make and use it. The generic structure of procedure
has three principal components namely (1) the goal, (2) materials and
(3) steps.

Generic Structure of procedure

1. Goal : Title of the text (especially for a recipe)

2. Materials : Optional, not for all procedural texts
3. Steps : a series steps oriented to achieving the Goal

How To Insert SIM Card

First off all,switch off the phone

Second,pull the battery lock on the back the phone, and hold it in thus
position.
Next,slide the cover,and lift the battery.
Then,insert the SIM card into its slot.but, remember,do it carefully.
Um,,one more thing, dont forget to make sure the golden connectors on
the card face into the phone and ah, the opposite end of the battery until
it snaps into place.
Now,slide the cover back onto the mobile phone
Finally,switch on your phone and you ll see the signal of your SIM card on
the phone screen and, do you know what that means? Good, it means you
can start using your phone.

How To Operate Computer

First, plug the cable into the socket and turn on your computer.
Second, wait a moment while your computer is starting Scaner data.
Next, enter a keyword if you use it.
Then, the computer will scan in computer about virusess.
After that, choose programs as needed, for example you want to type, the
program to choose is Microsoft Word.
Finally, save your work at the computer.

Report Text
Definition of Report

Report is a text which presents information about something, as it is. It is as a

result of systematic observation and analysis

Generic Structure of Report

1. General classification: Stating classification of general aspect of thing;

animal, public place, plant, etc which will be discussed in general
2. Description: Describing the thing which will be discussed in detail; part per
part , customs or deed for living creature and usage for materials

Language Feature of Report

Introducing group or general aspect

Using conditional logical connection; when, so, etc
Using simple present tense

Dolphins
For many years, many people believed that the cleverest animals after man were
the chimpanzees. Now, however, there is proof that dolphins may be even
cleverer than these big apes.Although a dolphin lives in the sea it is not a fish. It
is a mammal. It is in many ways, therefore, like a human being.
Dolphins have a simple language. They are able to talk to one another. It may be
possible for man to learn how to talk to dolphins. But this will not be easy
because dolphins cannot hear the kind of sounds man can make. If man wants to
talk to dolphins, therefore, he will have to make a third language which both he
and the dolphins can understand.
Dolphins are also very friendly toward man. They often follow ships. There are
many stories about dolphins guiding ships through difficult and dangerous water.
Birds
Birds are interesting flying animals. They are vertebrates and warm blooded
animals. They belong to aves class and they can be found all over the world.
Birds breath with their air pocket. Beside as respiration organ, air pocket also can
enlarge or reduce their weight when flying or swimming.
There are many kinds of birds. Earth bird has special characteristic. They have
different morphology acording to their food and their habitat. Some of them eat
seeds, pollen, fish or meat. There are some species that live in land and the
others live in water. Land birds live on their nest.
Female birds have specific tasks. they lay eggs and feed their baby, Beside that
they look for foods for their baby.
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News item
News item text is a factual text which information the readers of they newspaper
about events of the day which are called as newsworthy or important

Generic Structure of News Item:

1. Newsworthy event ( tells the main event in a summary form)
2. Background events/Elaboration (elaborate what happened, tell what
caused the incident. It can be a background, participant, time, and place relating
to the news)
3. Sources (comments by participants, witnesses, authorities and experts
involved in the event)

Language Features of News Item:

1.
2.
3.
4.

Information on the use of head lines.

Use of action verbs (hit, attack)
Use of saying verbs (said, added, claimed)
Use of passive sentences ( Aceh was hit by Tsunami in 2004)

5. Use of adverbs in passive sentences (The victims were badly injured)

Student found dead in waterway in Serpong

The body of a high school student was found in a waterway on Jl. Pare in the
Bumi Serpong Damai housing estate in Serpong , South Tangerang, on
Wednesday.
Serpong Police chief Comr. Hibertus Omposungi identified the student as Taher
Achmad, 16, from SMK Bina Kesehatan Cendakia in Tangerang. Omposungi
refused to comment on the possible cause of the students death.
We are still looking into the death of the student and will be sending the body to
Tangerang General Hospital for an autopsy. Only autopsy results can explain the
cause of death, he said.

Growing Number of High School Student Smoking

A survey has found about 13 percent of first-time smokers in the country are
junior high school students. It also revealed 89 percent of young female
employees were smokers.
The survey was conducted in five major cities across the country, including
Surakarta in Central Java.
Muhammad Syahril Mansyur, the Surakarta Health Agencys respiratory illness
division, said that the finding of the survey showed an alarming growth rate of
Indonesian smokers. "This situation is a cause for concern, he said. It appears
the countrys younger generation is uneducated about the health risks of
smoking.
The Indonesian anti-tobacco campaign has reportedly been deemed as
ineffective as the government refuses to sign the international convention on
tobacco control. It said that cigarette producers contributed to a large amount to
state revenue and gave jobs to thousands of workers.
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Descriptive Text
The social purpose of descriptive text: to describe a particular
person, place or thing in detail
Generic Structure:
1. Identification
2. Description

Language Features:

1. Using Simple Present Tense

2. Using action verb

3. Using adverb
4. Using special technical terms

Bandengan Beach
Bandengan Beach or Tirta Samudra Beach is the famous beach in jepara.
the place is very beautiful and romantic. people around Jepara, Kudus,
Demak knows this place.
This place is located 7 kilometers north of Jepara city center. The way to
get there is very easy. Just follow the traffic sign and you will find it. From
the town square, follow the road to Bangsri then turn left when reached
kuwasen village. You can take public transportation or by your own
vehicle.
The white sandy beach which has pure water is good for swimming. The
beach is save enough for swimming because the beach is shallow and the
wave is not so big. This place is more beautiful at dusk. We can see the
beautiful sunset with our family or friends.
In this location, we can sit and relax on the shelter while enjoy the natural
beach breezy wind. It also has large pandan tree field. It is suitable for
youngster activities such as camping.
If we want to sail, we can rent the traditional boat owned by local people.
We can make voyage around the beach or we can go to pulau panjang
(panjang island). Some time we can find banana boat and jet ski for rent.
In this place we can find many traditional footstalls. We can order
traditional foods sold by the trader such as roasted fish, crab, boiled shell.
Pindang srani is one of the delicious food enjoyed by the visitors.
come to the bandengan beach and you will find a paradise on the tips of
Muria peninsula.

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls is a famous area of waterfalls. It is one of the most beautiful

natural wonders of North America. It is on the Niagara River, about
halfway between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The Niagara River forms part
of the border between Canada and the United States. At Niagara Falls,
Ontario, Canada is on one side of the river, and the U.S. state of New York
is on the other side.
Niagara Falls really has two waterfalls. The Horseshoe Falls are in Canada,
and the American Falls are in the United States.

The Niagara River drops into a steep gorge or canyon, at the falls. Most of
the water flows over the Horseshoe Falls. They are not as high as the
American Falls, but they are 2,600 feet (792 metres) wideabout 0.5 mile
(0.8 kilometre). The American Falls are about 1,000 feet (305 metres)
wide.
Beyond the falls are the Whirlpool Rapids. There, the powerful swirling
water has carved a bowl out of the rock.
At night, coloured lights shine on the thundering falls. About 10 million
people visit Niagara Falls each year.

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Analytical Exposition
An analytical exposition is a type of spoken or written text that is intended to
persuade the listeners or readers that something is the case. To make the
persuasion stronger, the speaker or writer gives some arguments as the
fundamental reasons why something is the case. This type of text can be found
in scientific books, journals, magazines, newspaper articles, academic speech or
lectures, research report etc. Analytical expositions are popular among science,

academic community and educated people. The generic structure of analytical

exposition usually has three components: (1) Thesis, (2) Arguments and (3)
Reiteration or conclusion.

Generic Structure of Analytical Exposition

1. Thesis : Introduces the topic and shows speaker or writers position; Outlines
of the arguments are presented.
2. Arguments : It consists about Point and Elaboration; Point, states the main
argument; Elaboration, develops and supports each point of argument
3. Conclusion : Reiteration (restatement), restates speaker or writers position

Corruption and Indonesian Culture

Corruption has happened for many years and today it becomes a bad
culture in Indonesia for three reasons
Most adult Indonesian or foreigners have known and admitted that
corruptions happen in many places. The daily newspapers, news programs
on TV and radio have reported corruptions are done everywhere, almost in
all departments or public services of this country. Corruptions happen in
health, education departments and banks. When we manage to get some
documents in public service offices, we usually need much money to pay.
Manipulations happen everywhere
The actions to eliminate corruption are weak. The ever stronger culture
seems not to come to an end when the responsible institutions who have
to reinforce the justice today commit corruption. This is the worst.
Corruptions happen in police department, courts where judges, public
prosecutors, lawyers make deals to do corruption. All of us also heard in
the end of 2004, Probosutejo reported that he had bribed the Supreme
Court, or called Mahkamah Agung which becomes the highest level where
the justice can be obtained. Perhaps you have to try to come to the local
courts and see what happen there. You will see practices of bribery and
other kinds of corruption. Therefore, we can say that corruptions becomes
our culture. Do you like it?

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The citizens have no goodwill to fight against the corruption. They create
the situations in which people have opportunities to do corruptions. The
citizens like to break the rules

because they are not disciplined. For example, in the street when they
drive a car or ride motorcycle, they do not have the driving license or
necessary documents. Then, they are caught by the local policemen. To
avoid more difficulties, they like to bribe the officer. The officer let them
go then. In other words, the citizens and officers are the same, doing
corruption together. If only the people were critical, disciplined, and obey
the rules, and willing to report any wrong behaviors, this country will not
be number one corrupting country in the world.
conclusion Based on the reasons, we can conclude that corruption is
becoming a bad culture in Indonesia if it is not ended soon by all of us. It
seems that there must be more severe penalty for the corruptors. Do we
still care about the future of this country?

Writing for Money Online

The emergence of the internet has given internet entrepreneurs many
ways to make money. Writers are one group that have benefited from their
talents as a result in the rise of internet based jobs.
Blog writing is an increasingly popular way to earn money online
determined by the owner of the blog. They are very popular because of
tBlogs are usually written on a certain subject area but can vary as its
content is heir simplicity to get up and running. There are many free
websites out there that will help you set up your own blog if you choose to
go that route because blog plus advertisement is a potential money
Article writing is also good money to earn money online. Make sure to
gear your articles to promote and advertise you own business ventures.
These articles are a free way to market the products and services you
offer for free. The most effective advertising with these articles comes
from the dialogue box that is inserted at the end of each article. These
dialogue boxes contain links to basically any website you would like to
drive traffic to. For instance, you might have one link in your dialogue box
to a product you are selling and one to a blog where you are promoting a
discussing other products.
Writing takes some time to gain credibility through but once its done
earning potential can become very powerful.

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HORTATORY EXPOSITION
Definition Descriptive Text
Social function hortatory exposition: To persuade the readers or the listeners that
something should or should not be the case.

Generic structure hortatory exposition:

Thesis ( stating an issue of concern)
Arguments ( giving reasons for concern, leading recommendation)
Recommendation (stating what ought or ought not to happen)

Language features hortatory exposition

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Emotive words: alarmed, worried

Words that qualify statements: usual probably
Words that link arguments: firstly, however, on the other hand, therefore
Usually present tense
Compound and complex sentences
Modal auxiliary: can, may, should, must

Watch your Kids While Watching TV

Television becomes one of the most important devices which takes place
in almost houses. It can unite all members of the family as well as
separate them. However, is it important to know what your kids are
watching? The answer is, of course, absolutely Yes and that should be
done by all parents. Television can expose things you have tried to protect
the children from, especially violence, pornography, consumerism and so
on.
Recently, a study demonstrated that spending too much time on watching
TV during the day or at bedtime often cause bed-time disruption, stress,
and short sleep duration.
Another research found that there is a significant relationship between the
amount of time spent for watching television during adolescence and
early adulthood, and the possibility of being aggressive.
Meanwhile, many studies have identified a relationship between kids who
watch TV a lot and being inactive and overweight.
Considering some facts mentioning above, protect your children with the
following tips:

Limit television viewing to one-two hours each day

Do not allow your children to have a TV set in their own bedrooms

Review the rating of TV shows which your children watch

Watch television with your children and discuss what is happening in the
show

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The importance of Reading

I personally think that reading is a very important activity in our life. Why
do I say so?
Firstly, by reading we can get a lot of knowledge about many things in the
world such as Science, technology. Sports, arts, culture, etc written in
either books, magazine, newspaper, etc.
Secondly, by reading we can get a lot of news and information about
something happening in any parts of the world which can we see directly.
Another reason, reading can give us pleasure too. When we are tired, we
read books, newspaper or magazine on the entertainment coloumn such
as comedy, short story, quiz, etc. To make us relaxed.
The last, reading can also take us to other parts of the world. By reading
a book about Irian Jaya we may feel were really sitting in the jungles not
at home in our rooms.
From the facts above, its obvious that everyone needs to read to get
knowledge, information and also entertainment. Or in summary we can
say reading is truly important in our life.

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Spoof Text
Definition of Spoof Text
Social function spoof To tell an event with a humorous twist.

Generic structure spoof text:

Orientation (who were involved, when and where was happened)
Events ( tell what happened in a chronological order)
Twist (provide the funniest part of the story)

Language features spoof

Use of connectives (first, then, finally)
Use of adverbial phrases of time and place (in the garden, two days ago)
Use of simple past tense (he walked away from the village)

Penguin in the Park

Once a man was walking in a park when he across a penguin. He took it to
a policeman and said; "What should I do?" The policeman replied; "Take it
to the zoo!".
The next day, the policeman saw the man in the same park. The man was
still carrying the penguin. The policeman was rather surprised and walked
up to the man and asked; "Why are you still carrying the penguin? Didn't
you take it to the zoo?" The man replied; "I certainly did. And it was a
great idea because the penguin really enjoyed it. So, today I am taking it
to the movie".

Nasreddins Coat
One day Nasreddin had been invited to the dinner party. He went to the
party by wearing old clothes.
When he arrived in the party, nobody looked at him and nobody gave him
a seat. He got no food in the party so he went home and change his
clothes

Next he put on his best clothes. He wore his newest coat and went to the
party again. The host at once got up and came to meet him. The host
offered him the best table and gave him a good seat and served him the
best food
Nasreddin sat and put off his coat. He put his coat and said; Eat the food,
Coat! the hosts and guests were very surprised and asked Nareddin;
What are doing? Nasreddin replied calmly; When I came here with my
old clothes, nobody looked at me. Then I went home and put on my best
clothes. I came back in my newest coat and you all give me this best food
and drink. So, you give food to my coat instead of me. Getting
Nasreddin's answer, they just shook the head.
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