Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Narrative Text - Roro Anteng and Joko Seger (Majapahit Age)

Hundreds of years ago, during the reign of the last king of Majapahit, Brawijaya, one of the King’s wives gave birth to a girl, who was named Roro Anteng. Later this young princess married Joko Seger, who came from a Brahman caste. Because of an unfortunate situation the couple was forced to leave the kingdom. They settled down in the mountain area. They ruled the area and named it “Tengger”, which was derived from the couple’s names: Roro Anteng and Joko Seger.

After several years, the region flourished in prosperity, but Roro Anteng and Joko Seger were unhappy because they did not have a child. Frustrated, they climbed to the top of the mountain and prayed night and day hoping that the gods would listen. The prayer was heard and Betoro Bromo promised them many children. However, the couple had to promise that they would sacrifice their youngest child in return.

Roro Anteng gave birth to a child, then another, and another, until they got 25 children. Soon it was time for them to sacrifice the youngest child, Kesuma, but the parents just couldn’t do it. They tried to hide the child, but an eruption happened and Kesuma fell into the crater. There was silence before they heard a voice: “I have to be sacrificed so that you will all stay alive. From now on, you should arranged an annual sacrificed ceremony. “It was Kesuma’s voice.

Kesuma’s brothers and sisters held the offering ceremony every year. Instead of a human being, they gave fruit, vegetable, rice and meat to be offered to the gods. And since that time this has been done generation after generation.

Answer the following questions individually.
1. What is the text about?
2. What do you know about the name of “tengger” village?
3. Were Joko Seger and his wife, Roro Anteng happy after their region grew prosperous?
Why / why not?
4. What do you know about Betoro Bromo?
5. Did the couple, Joko Seger and Roro Anteng finally fulfill their promise to Betoro Bromo?
Justify your answer!
6. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?

Read the text once more again to find the answers of the following questions.
1. What is the generic structure of the text above?
2. Who are the figures in the story of text above?
3. What is the orientation of the story in the text above?
4. What is the complication?
5. How is the complication resolved?
6. Does the story have a happy ending or a sad one?
Clarify your answer!
7. Is there a Moral Value you get after reading the text?
What is it?

Narrative Text - The Jackal who saved the lion

The Jackal who saved the lion

Once upon a time, there lived a lion in a forest. One day, when he went to drink water in a river, one of his feet got stuck into the damp mushy mud of the river. He tried a lot to get out of the mud, but didn’t achieve. He had to lie without food for days because he didn’t find any help. On one fortunate day, a kind jackal came to drink water from the river. When he saw the lion, he went closer to the lion and said, “What is the matter? Why are you resting here?”
The lion narrated him the pathetic story. The Jackal instantly made a way out from the sand but the lion was unable to move his feet. As he was set in the same posture for last several days, his body became stiff. The Jackal understood the condition of the lion and helped him to get out of the mud with an extra effort. The lion was really thankful to Jackal for his kind help. He was very happy to get free after so many days.
The lion appreciated the effort made by the Jackal. He offered the Jackal to live close to him and also promised to give food to him whenever he caught food. The Jackal accepted the offer and started living with the lion. Thus, they lived happily sharing the food. With the passing time, they expanded their families. The lion had cubs and the jackal had kid jackals. Both, the lion and the jackal were passing their days happily. They didn’t have any idea that their friendship was not liked by their families.
One day after a long time, the lioness, lady of the lion’s house, told her cubs that she didn’t like the empty between the jackal and her husband. The cubs passed the message to the kid jackals. The kids complained the matter to the lady jackal. The lady jackal passed the complaint to her husband.
The jackal went to the lion and asked, “I helped you without any thought in return. You had asked me to live with you, so I started living with you. Now, if you don’t want me to live with you, you should have told me yourself. What did you involve your wife and cubs to convey this?” The lion was shocked to hear such words. He said, “My dear friend, what are you saying? I don’t find any problem with you or your friendship”. He assured the jackal that he had no such ill-feelings for the friendship between them.
The lion also assured that he would talk to the lioness and solve the whole matter. The jackal was intelligent and understood the situation. He said to the lion, “dear friend, I know you are sincere, but our families could not exactly respond the same level of friendship. So, let us stay apart and meet often as friends. We could also hunt together. It would be better, if our families stay apart”. The lion agreed to the proposal with a heavy heart.
The two families parted from each other as friends. The jackal and the Lion continued to share the friendship. They often met each other and hunt together. Thus, the two friends shared a healthy friendship throughout their life.
(taken from Interlanguage XI 99)


Answer the following question based on the text
1. Where did the story like occure?
2. What happened with the lion when drinking water in the river?
3. Who finally helped the lion to set out of the dump mushy mud of the river?
4. Hod did the lion thank the jackal for his helping then?
5. Do you think that both the Jackals and the lions were really pleased with their friendship?
6. What did the lioness do to her cubs to show her hostility?
7. What did the cubs do then?
8. What did the jackal do having heard his lady’s complain?
9. What happened to both the Jackal and the lion family?
10. Did both the Jackal and the lion hate each other ever after?
Explain your answer!

Narrative Text - Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet lived in Verona. They met at a party and it was love at first sight. Their families were enemies so the young couple could not meet in the open. They got married in secret with the help of priest, friar Laurence, and Juliet’s maid.
Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, hated Romeo and the Montagues. One day he met Romeo and his friend Mercutio in the street. They had a sword fight and Mercutio was killed. Romeo was upset that he attacked and killed Tybalt in revenge.
As a result of this, Romeo had to leave Verona to save his life. He visited Juliet secretly that night and then left for Mantua. Juliet’s parents wanted Juliet to marry Paris, a friend of the family. They arranged the marriage and Juliet was horrified. She asked Friar Laurience to help her. He suggested a plan: he gave her a drug to make her sleep for a long time and appear dead to everyone else. When Juliet woke up, she could join Romeo in Mantua. Friar Laurence promised to write to Romeo and explain the plan.
The night before the wedding, Juliet took the drug and her family found her dead in the morning. The wedding celebration turned into a funeral. Unfortunately, Romeo never received the letter from Friar Laurence. He returned to Verona, when he found Juliet’s body. He thought she was dead and he was so devastated that he killed himself. When Juliet woke up and saw Romeo lying dead beside her, she killed herself too, with his dagger.
As a result of this tragic series of events, the Capulets and the Montagues agreed to stop fighting and live in peace together.



Answer the following questions based on the text.

1. What is the text about?
2. When did Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time?
3. Why did Romeo and Juliet got married secretly?
4. Did Juliet’s parents want Juliet to Marry Romeo?
5. Having known her parents had planned her marriage with another man, what did Juliet do?
6. What did Friar Laurience do then?
7. Was Juliet finally dead after taking a drug?
Explain your answer!
8. What did Romeo do after knowing Juliet’s body lying?
9. Having know Romeo killed him self, What did Juliet finally do?
10. What happened with the Capulets and Montagues after the tragic series of events?

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