- Purpose of the text :
To amuse/entertain readers with a story that deals with complication or problematic events.
- Generic structure :
- Orientation; pengenalan tokoh, waktu, dan tempat terjadinya peristiwa
- Complication; masalah, konflik dalam cerita
- Resolution; penyelesaian masalah
- Language featurs :
- Past tense
- Conjunctions
- Adverbs
- Action verbs
- Saying verbs
- Adjectives
- Nouns
Ex :
The Smartest Parrot
Once upon time, a man had a wonderful
parrot. There was no other parrot like it. The parrot could say every
word, except one word. The parrot would not say the name of the place
where it was born. The name of the place was Catano.
The
man felt excited having the smartest parrot but he could not understand
why the parrot would not say Catano. The man tried to teach the bird to
say Catano however the bird kept not saying the word.
At
the first, the man was very nice to the bird but then he got very
angry. “You stupid bird!” pointed the man to the parrot. “Why can’t you
say the word? Say Catano! Or I will kill you” the man said angrily.
Although he tried hard to teach, the parrot would not say it. Then the
man got so angry and shouted to the bird over and over; “Say Catano or
I’ll kill you”. The bird kept not to say the word of Catano.
One
day, after he had been trying so many times to make the bird say
Catano, the man really got very angry. He could not bear it. He picked
the parrot and threw it into the chicken house. There were four old
chickens for next dinner “You are as stupid as the chickens. Just stay
with them” Said the man angrily. Then he continued to humble; “You know,
I will cut the chicken for my meal. Next it will be your turn, I will
eat you too, stupid parrot”. After that he left the chicken house.
The
next day, the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door
and was very surprised. He could not believe what he saw at the chicken
house. There were three death chickens on the floor. At the moment, the
parrot was standing proudly and screaming at the last old chicken; “Say
Catano or I’ll kill you”.
CINDERELLA
Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Cinderella. She lived with her step mother and two step sisters.
The
step mother and sisters were conceited and bad tempered. They treated
Cinderella very badly. Her step mother made Cinderella do the hardest
works in the house; such as scrubbing the floor, cleaning the pot and
pan and preparing the food for the family. The two step sisters, on the
other hand, did not work about the house. Their mother gave them many
handsome dresses to wear.
One day, the two step sister received an
invitation to the ball that the king’s son was going to give at the
palace. They were excited about this and spent so much time choosing the
dresses they would wear. At last, the day of the ball came, and away
went the sisters to it. Cinderella could not help crying after they had
left.
“Why are crying, Cinderella?” a voice asked. She looked up and
saw her fairy godmother standing beside her, “because I want so much to
go to the ball” said Cinderella. “Well” said the godmother,”you’ve been
such a cheerful, hardworking, uncomplaining girl that I am going to see
that you do go to the ball”.
Magically, the fairy godmother changed a
pumpkin into a fine coach and mice into a coachman and two footmen. Her
godmother tapped Cinderella’s raged dress with her wand, and it became a
beautiful ball gown. Then she gave her a pair of pretty glass slippers.
“Now, Cinderella”, she said; “You must leave before midnight”. Then
away she drove in her beautiful coach.
Cinderella was having a
wonderfully good time. She danced again and again with the king’s son.
Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve, she ran toward the door as
quickly as she could. In her hurry, one of her glass slipper was left
behind.
A few days later, the king’ son proclaimed that he would
marry the girl whose feet fitted the glass slipper. Her step sisters
tried on the slipper but it was too small for them, no matter how hard
they squeezed their toes into it. In the end, the king’s page let
Cinderella try on the slipper. She stuck out her foot and the page
slipped the slipper on. It fitted perfectly.
Finally, she was driven
to the palace. The king’s son was overjoyed to see her again. They were
married and live happily ever after.
