Bahasa Inggris ( It’s a Great Story)

    It’s a Great Story

• Language Function
  1. Giving interesting news or information
     – You know what! This story is really interesting.
     – It’s a great legend.
  2. Responding with certainty/uncertainty (convincing)
     – I am certain/not certain.
     – De nitely!
• Genre of text: Narrative
  1. Social function : To entertain listeners or readers with a true experience or an imaginary one. This characteristic of the text is marked by con ict and resolution one.
  2. Generic structure:
     – who, where, action verbs
     – linking words, speci c characters
     – end of the story’s con ict
     – coda : changes that occurred and the moral of the story
     Once upon a time there was a girl called Cinderella. She lived with her stepsisters and stepmother. They treated her badly. She had to do all the house work….
• Grammar: The Past Perfect Tense
  Examples
  They had studied for six hours.
  Amrizal had sleept for ten hours.

          sumber : English In Focus (for grade IX)