Tuesday 10 December 2013

Functional Text: Announcement

Announcement is one of functional texts. The function of announcement text is to announce something. For example, this is an announcement of an event:

Summary of Cinderella Story

In a far away, long ago kingdom, Cinderella is living happily with her mother and father until her mother dies. Cinderella's father remarries a cold, cruel woman who has two daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When the father dies, Cinderella's wicked stepmother turns her into a virtual servant in her own house. Meanwhile, across town in the castle, the King determines that his son the Prince should find a suitable bride and provide him with a required number of grandchildren. So the King invites every eligible maiden in the kingdom to a fancy dress ball, where his son will be able to choose his bride. Cinderella has no suitable party dress for a ball, but her friends the mice, led by Jaques and Gus, and the birds lend a hand in making her one, a dress the evil stepsisters immediately tear apart on the evening of the ball. At this point, enter the Fairy Godmother, the pumpkin carriage, the royal ball, the stroke of midnight, the glass slipper, and the rest, as they say, is fairy tale history.

Monday 9 December 2013

My Biography

Hello, my name is Rafika Ayu Nadia, but please call me Fika. I was born in Malang, 24th of January. Yes, I'm Javanese. When I was 1, I moved to Bandung, because my father worked there. I was playing happily with my friends until I saw one of my playmates was going to school. I wanted to go to school! Then, I was registered to a kindergarten when I was only 3 years old. I had to repeat my first year on kindergarten because the headmaster thought I was still too young. I was angry. I decided to go to elementary school. I went to SDN SOKA 34 Bandung. I spent my days playing with my friends. I really miss those days. After 3 years of having fun, I moved to SDN Banjarsari Bandung. I graduated from elementary school and went to 44 Junior High School. On the 4th semester, I moved again. My mom had to finish her magister, so I would live with my grandparents in Malang. I started to study in 1 Junior High School Malang. I planned to go to SMAN 3 Malang but, I remembered about my childhood dreams. One of it was studying at SMAN 3 Bandung and I decided to reach it. Alhamdulillah, Allah SWT helped me. I promise to be a better person here.

A person always born with strength and weakness. My strengths are extrovert (I don't know if extrovert is a power or a weakness), sensitive, and can work under pressure.
My weaknesses are dry humorous, sarcasm, and moody.

Narrative Text: 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

Source : http://www.englishdirection.com/2008/09/cinderalla-story-clearest-example-of.html