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Do you know a story from your town/ city?
Could you mention other stories from
Indonesia ?
What is your favorite one ?
Could you give me a short explanation about
them ?
Now, match each Indonesian story title in column A with its
English translation in column B
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Timun Emas
Kembalinya kebebasan
Raja Parakeet
Bubur yang aneh
Lebay Malang
Sang Katak
Batu Badaon
Anjing yang hebat
Si Pahit Lidah
Asal Usul Danau Toba
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The strange Porridge
The Frog
The Bitter Tongue
The wonderful dog
Poor Lebay
Gold Cucumber
Leafy Stone
How The Lake Toba came
into existence
How The Parakeet King
regained his Freedom
Purpose (social function) :
To entertain listeners or readers with a true experience or an
imaginary one. The characteristic of the text is marked by
conflict and resolution.
Once upon a time there was a girl called Cinderella. She
lived with her step sisters and step mother. They treated her
badly. She had to do all the house work.
One day an invitation to the ball came to the family. But,
her step sisters would not let her go. Cinderella was very sad.
The step sisters went to the ball without her.
Fortunately, the fairy godmother came and helped her to
get to the ball. At the ball, Cinderella danced with the prince.
The prince fell in love with her and then married her. They
lived happily ever after.
Let’s follow the Structure of the text bellow :
Title
Orientation
Evaluation
Complication
Revolution
Reorientation
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Orientation
It is about the opening paragraph where the characters
of the story are introduced.
Complication
Where the problem in the story developed
Resolution
Where the problem in the story is solved.