The crocodile agreed and turned around. He swam back to the bank of the river. As soon as they reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off
the crocodile’s back. Then he climbed up to the top of a tree. “Where is your heart?” asked the crocodile. “You are foolish,” said
the monkey to the crocodile. “Now I am free and I have my heart. Taken
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Question: What is the main idea of the 1
st
paragraph? a.
There were a monkey and a crocodile who had a best friend relationship b.
There was a monkey who asked some facilitate from a crocodile to across the river
c. There was a kingdom which lived by the animals
d. There was a fool crocodile tricked by the monkey
Answer: b. There were a monkey who asked some facilitate from a crocodile to cross the rive
Reason: Because it explains the idea of the 1st paragraph and it is clearly stated;
One day there was a monkey. He wanted to cross a river. There he
saw a crocodile so he asked the crocodile to take him across the other side of the river. The crocodile agreed and told the monkey to jump on its back. Then
the crocodile swam down the river with the monkey on his top.
b. Finding the Specific Information
Reading for specific information involves understanding what information or what kind of information the students look for, locating it and then reading the
relevant part carefully to get a meaning and detailed understanding Mann and Taylore, 2014:46. The students can identify the specific information by focusing
only on key words, phrases and ideas that is stated from the text and ignoring the unknown vocabulary. Scanning should enable the students to find the specific
information. Specific information of the text in this research focused on the supporting
details of the paragraphs in the text. Further, McWhorter 1989:113 defines that supporting details in paragraph are needed to support the main idea of paragraph. A
paragraph has two types of sentences: a topic sentence, which contains the main idea, and one or more details sentences which support, prove, provide more information,
explain, or give examples. In addition, there are many types of supporting details that the writer can use to explain or support a main idea. The most common of supporting
details are: 1.
Examples, the writer makes ideas and concepts real and understandable; 2.
Facts or statistics, the writer may provide evidence that the main idea is correct;
3. Reasons, the writer supports the idea by giving reasons why the main idea
is considered as true; 4.
Descriptions, the writer may develop the paragraph by describing an object;
5. Steps or procedures, the paragraph is written to explain how to do
something, the paragraph and details are often a list of steps or procedures to be followed
McWhorter, 1989:116
To make it clear, the example is provided below:
The Legend of Toba Lake
Once upon time, there was a handsome man. His name was Batara Guru Sahala. He liked fishing. One day, he caught a fish. He was surprised to
find out that the fish could talk. The fish begged him to set it free. Batara Guru could not bear it. He made the fish free. As soon as it
was free, the fish changed into a very beautiful woman. She attracted Batara Guru so much. He felt in love with that fish-woman. The woman wanted to
marry with him and said that Batara Guru had to keep the secret which she had been a fish. Batara Guru agreed and promised that he would never tell
anybody about it.
They were married happily. They had two daughters. One day Batara Guru got very angry with his daughter. He could not control his mad. He
shouted angrily and got the word of fish to his daughters. The daughters were crying. They found their mother and talked to her about it..
The mother was very annoyed. Batara Guru broke his promise. The mother was shouting angrily. Then the earth began to shake. Volcanoes
started to erupt. The earth formed a very big hole. People believed that the big hole became a lake. Then this lake is known as Toba Lake.
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1. Why Batara Guru’s daughter cried loudly?
a. Because they did a mistake
b. Because they were sad
c. Because their father suddenly got angry to them
d. Because they wanted to eat a fish
Answer: C. Because their father suddenly got angry to them Reason: Because the answer is directly stated from the third paragraph in the
third line as well that batara Guru shouted angrily to them.
2.5 Type of Text
