TOPIC: DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Social Function : To describe a particular person, place or thing( Mendeskripsikan orang, tempat atau benda tertentu). Jika judul teks deskripsinya adalah My Cat maka the social function is to describe the writer’s cat Biasanya judul merupakan Subyek dari paragraph pertama. Generic Structure : Kerangka Karangan 1. Identification , ada pada paragraph pertama, yaitu (identify phenomenon to be described=Mendefinisikan benda/orang/tempat yang dideskripsikan) 2. Description (describe parts, qualities, characteristics, etc/Mendeskripsikan bagian bagian dari obyek tersebut, kulitasnya, dan ciri-ciri khusus, dll) Language features : Ciri Kebahasaan 1. Focus on specific participants/Fokus pada obyek tertentu, misal: My Cat 2. Use of attributive and identifying processes, dengan menggunakan kata sifat 3. Frequent use classifiers in nominal groups. 4. Use of the Simple Present Tense Look at the example of Descriptive Text below My Cat Identification = My cat is a male cat named Pussy. Description = It has big body with soft white fur. Its eyes are round and big. It has long thick fury tail. It’s face is oval with long whiskers.(Description of Part) Pussy is a lazy cat but it is very funny. It sleeps during the day. It awakes at eating time only. It doesn’t like playing but it likes laying down on the sofa. Anyway Pussy always makes me smile. Its sound is funny. And it always accompanies me doing my homework. I really love my cat, Pussy. (Description of Quality) LATIHAN SOAL: Well students, now try to answer the following questions based on the text above! 1. What is the best title for the text above? 2. The text above is a …………… text. 3. What is the social function/purpose of the text above? 4. What is the name of the writer’s cat? 5. How does Pussy look like? 6. Does the writer like his cat? 7. Is Pussy an energetic cat?   taken from jardiknas.depdiknas.go.id

Poetry: Poetical Aspects

Poetry is a particular kind of literature written in verse and characterized by a use of a language far from everyday speech. Poetry is the most intense and concentrated language.

The first elements to be taken into consideration for a correct reading of a poem are the following: a) Diction= The poet’s choice of words gives the poem its character and tone. b) Meaning= It is the result coming through the associations as well the literal meaning of the words. c) Double meaning= They are the ambiguities giving poetry richness and complexity. d) Visual Imagery= It creates pictures in the mind, but imagery can appeal to all five senses.

As an initial analysis we can ask students to give personal responses about the elements previously mentioned which they will verify later after following detailed steps. Some questions: What about the character of the poem, considering the choice of words? Elevated, lofty, colloquial, serious lighthearted? Try to find out different meanings referring to the same words and explain the poet’s intention about the great concentration of significance in a few words.

‘Verse’ is the way poetry sounds to our ears and we can call it musical characteristic. ‘Run on line’ happens when there is no punctuation at the end of a line and the sense is carried on without break in the next line. ‘Caesura’ happens when there is a definite pause somewhere in the middle of the line. Sound devices always add considerably to the musical effect of the poem, when it is read aloud.

The three structural devices adopted in poetry are the following: ‘contrast’ which is the most common device consisting of two opposite pictures, frequently adopted in fiction too. ‘illustration’ happens when the poet adopts a vivid picture in order to make an idea or a feeling more meaningful. ‘repetition’ happens when the poet wants to stress on a particular idea.

Sense devices, that are similes, metaphors, symbols or allegories have in poetry the same function as in fiction but their identification is sometimes more difficult because poetry has a concise language and a rather difficult general syntactic structure. Therefore, students should appreciate the poet’s inventiveness through a correct analysis of all these devices, after verifying general meaning, detailed meaning and sound devices.

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