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Identify the description of moral value in a folklore. Moral value is ...

• the price of a folklore after publication

• the positive message that the texts tries to say to the reader

• the value of a folklore among the other stories

• the morality of the characters in the story

• the behaviour of the main character

Once upon a time, there was a fisherman who lived in the Land of Batak. the fisherman was called Batara Guru Sahala. One day, when he was fishing he caught a fish. However, to his surprise, the fish could talk. Then, Batara Guru Sahala released the fish. The fish suddenly turned into a beautiful woman. Batara Guru Sahara Fell in love with her and asked her to marry Batara Guru Sahala. The woman agreed to marry Batara Guru Sahala and told him to keep the secret about the woman’s origin.

They lived happily and finally had two daughters. Every morning, his daughters always brought Batara Guru lunch whenever he was fishing. One day Batara Guru was very angry because his daughters eat the lunch before he got it. they ate the lunch because of their hunger. Batara Guru yelled at them and said that they were like daughters of a fish. his daughters was hurt by their father words and told their mother about them. Their mother accused Batara Guru breaking his promise by saying so. She could not forgive Batara Guru. She was very angry that the earth cracked and the mountain exploded. Eventually, Lake Toba was formed because of the explosion.

Read the example of folklore ‘The legend of Lake Toba’, state the reason of Batara Guru’s Anger .

Batara Guru was angry because ...

• he yelled at his daughters

• he met a beautiful girl

• his daughters finished all of his food

• the earth cracked

• Batara Guru broke his promise

Once upon a time, there was a fisherman who lived in the Land of Batak. the fisherman was called Batara Guru Sahala. One day, when he was fishing he caught a fish. However, to his surprise, the fish could talk. Then, Batara Guru Sahala released the fish. The fish suddenly turned into a beautiful woman. Batara Guru Sahara Fell in love with her and asked her to marry Batara Guru Sahala. The woman agreed to marry Batara Guru Sahala and told him to keep the secret about the woman’s origin.

They lived happily and finally had two daughters. Every morning, his daughters always brought Batara Guru lunch whenever he was fishing. One day Batara Guru was very angry because his daughters eat the lunch before he got it. they ate the lunch because of their hunger. Batara Guru yelled at them and said that they were like daughters of a fish. his daughters was hurt by their father words and told their mother about them. Their mother accused Batara Guru breaking his promise by saying so. She could not forgive Batara Guru. She was very angry that the earth cracked and the mountain exploded. Eventually, Lake Toba was formed because of the explosion.

According to the legend of Lake Toba, the lake was created because ....

• The earth cracked and the mountain exploded because Batara Guru’s wife was very angry.

• Batara Guru was angry to his daughter and the mountain exploded.

• Batara Guru married to a fish.

• The earth cracked because Batara guru was angry to his daughters.

• Batara Guru broke his promise.

Analyze the jumbled sequences of The Legend of Lake Toba Below, and arrange it to the correct order.

1. Lake Toba was created because the earth cracked and the mountain exploded because of Batara Guru’s wife’s anger.
2. Batara guru married to the woman who was originally a fish and had two daughters.
3. Batara Guru was angry to his daughter because they ate all of his lunch.
4. Batara Guru met a beautiful woman and fell in love with her.
5. Batara Guru broke his promise by telling that his daughters were daughters of a fish .

• 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

• 1 - 2 - 4- 3 - 5

• 4 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 1

• 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 4

• 4 - 3 - 2 - 5 - 1

Identify the description of a folklore and explain the characteristics of a folklore. A folklore ...

• was passed down mostly in form of books

• talks about general or international story

• usually has moral value that is good for the readers

• is not a history of places

• can always predict the future

Once upon a time there was a prince he wanted to get himself a princess, but she had to be real princess. So he traveled all over the world to find one, but in every case something was the matter. There were lots of princess, but he could never quite make out whether they were real or not. So he came home feeling very unhappy, for really wanted to find a true princess.

One evening a terrible storm came; lightening flashed, thunder rolled, and the rain poured down in torrents-it was simply awful ! suddenly there was a knock at the city gate, and the old king went out to answer it.

There was a princess standing outside, but what a sight the rain and the bad weather had made of her ! The water streamed down her hair and her clothes, and yet she said she was a real princess.

“It won’t take long to find that out,” thought the old Queen. Without saying anything, she went into bed chamber, took off all the bedclothes, and places one pea on the bottom boards of the bed. Then she took twenty mattresses and put them on top of the pea, and after that she put twenty feather-pillows on top of the mattresses. That was where the princess was to spend the night.

In the morning they asked her how she had slept. “Oh, dreadfully! said the princess. “I hardly slept a wink all night. Whatever could have been in the bed ? I was lying on something so hard that I’m black and blue all over.” So of course they could see that she was a real princess, since she had felt the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather-pillows. No one but a real princess could have such a tender skin as that. So the prince took her for his wife, and they lived happily ever after.

What kind of the text is it?

• Report

• Recount

• Narrative

• Descriptive

• News Item

Once upon a time there was a prince he wanted to get himself a princess, but she had to be real princess. So he traveled all over the world to find one, but in every case something was the matter. There were lots of princess, but he could never quite make out whether they were real or not. So he came home feeling very unhappy, for really wanted to find a true princess.

One evening a terrible storm came; lightening flashed, thunder rolled, and the rain poured down in torrents-it was simply awful ! suddenly there was a knock at the city gate, and the old king went out to answer it.

There was a princess standing outside, but what a sight the rain and the bad weather had made of her ! The water streamed down her hair and her clothes, and yet she said she was a real princess.

“It won’t take long to find that out,” thought the old Queen. Without saying anything, she went into bed chamber, took off all the bedclothes, and places one pea on the bottom boards of the bed. Then she took twenty mattresses and put them on top of the pea, and after that she put twenty feather-pillows on top of the mattresses. That was where the princess was to spend the night.

In the morning they asked her how she had slept. “Oh, dreadfully! said the princess. “I hardly slept a wink all night. Whatever could have been in the bed ? I was lying on something so hard that I’m black and blue all over.” So of course they could see that she was a real princess, since she had felt the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather-pillows. No one but a real princess could have such a tender skin as that. So the prince took her for his wife, and they lived happily ever after.

The generic structure of the text is….

• Orientation – Complication – Resolution – Re-Orientation

• Orientation – Events – Reorientation

• General Classification – Description

• Identification – Description

• Newsworthy Events – Background Events – Sources

Once upon a time there was a prince he wanted to get himself a princess, but she had to be real princess. So he traveled all over the world to find one, but in every case something was the matter. There were lots of princess, but he could never quite make out whether they were real or not. So he came home feeling very unhappy, for really wanted to find a true princess.

One evening a terrible storm came; lightening flashed, thunder rolled, and the rain poured down in torrents-it was simply awful ! suddenly there was a knock at the city gate, and the old king went out to answer it.

There was a princess standing outside, but what a sight the rain and the bad weather had made of her ! The water streamed down her hair and her clothes, and yet she said she was a real princess.

“It won’t take long to find that out,” thought the old Queen. Without saying anything, she went into bed chamber, took off all the bedclothes, and places one pea on the bottom boards of the bed. Then she took twenty mattresses and put them on top of the pea, and after that she put twenty feather-pillows on top of the mattresses. That was where the princess was to spend the night.

In the morning they asked her how she had slept. “Oh, dreadfully! said the princess. “I hardly slept a wink all night. Whatever could have been in the bed ? I was lying on something so hard that I’m black and blue all over.” So of course they could see that she was a real princess, since she had felt the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather-pillows. No one but a real princess could have such a tender skin as that. So the prince took her for his wife, and they lived happily ever after.

What is the purpose of the text ?

• to inform about princess and the pea

• to describe the story of the princess and the pea

• to give information that the prince looked for the real princess

• to amuse the reader with the story of the princess and the pea

• to describe how the princess could feel the pea on the bottom boards of the bed

Once upon a time there was a prince he wanted to get himself a princess, but she had to be real princess. So he traveled all over the world to find one, but in every case something was the matter. There were lots of princess, but he could never quite make out whether they were real or not. So he came home feeling very unhappy, for really wanted to find a true princess.

One evening a terrible storm came; lightening flashed, thunder rolled, and the rain poured down in torrents-it was simply awful ! suddenly there was a knock at the city gate, and the old king went out to answer it.

There was a princess standing outside, but what a sight the rain and the bad weather had made of her ! The water streamed down her hair and her clothes, and yet she said she was a real princess.

“It won’t take long to find that out,” thought the old Queen. Without saying anything, she went into bed chamber, took off all the bedclothes, and places one pea on the bottom boards of the bed. Then she took twenty mattresses and put them on top of the pea, and after that she put twenty feather-pillows on top of the mattresses. That was where the princess was to spend the night.

In the morning they asked her how she had slept. “Oh, dreadfully! said the princess. “I hardly slept a wink all night. Whatever could have been in the bed ? I was lying on something so hard that I’m black and blue all over.” So of course they could see that she was a real princess, since she had felt the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather-pillows. No one but a real princess could have such a tender skin as that. So the prince took her for his wife, and they lived happily ever after.

What is the dominant structure used in the text ?

• the simple present tense

• the simple past tense

• the present continuous tense

• passive voice

• imperative

Once upon a time there was a prince he wanted to get himself a princess, but she had to be real princess. So he traveled all over the world to find one, but in every case something was the matter. There were lots of princess, but he could never quite make out whether they were real or not. So he came home feeling very unhappy, for really wanted to find a true princess.

One evening a terrible storm came; lightening flashed, thunder rolled, and the rain poured down in torrents-it was simply awful ! suddenly there was a knock at the city gate, and the old king went out to answer it.

There was a princess standing outside, but what a sight the rain and the bad weather had made of her ! The water streamed down her hair and her clothes, and yet she said she was a real princess.

“It won’t take long to find that out,” thought the old Queen. Without saying anything, she went into bed chamber, took off all the bedclothes, and places one pea on the bottom boards of the bed. Then she took twenty mattresses and put them on top of the pea, and after that she put twenty feather-pillows on top of the mattresses. That was where the princess was to spend the night.

In the morning they asked her how she had slept. “Oh, dreadfully! said the princess. “I hardly slept a wink all night. Whatever could have been in the bed ? I was lying on something so hard that I’m black and blue all over.” So of course they could see that she was a real princess, since she had felt the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather-pillows. No one but a real princess could have such a tender skin as that. So the prince took her for his wife, and they lived happily ever after.

No one but a real princess could have such a tender skin as that. The SYNONYM of ‘tender’ is …

• hard

• light

• weak

• strong

• soft