The items number 20 – 24 above match with the level of Literacy for They match with the Competence Standard and Basic Competence of KTSP They match with the indicator in the syllabus :

AN ANALYSIS... Hastuti Handayani Mater’s Program in Linguistics, Diponegoro University ©2009, UNDIP Institutional Repository 23. Paragraph 5 tells us about ……… A. Rebuilding houses B. The screaming people C. Considerable property D. The victims of the earthquake 24. “ The bed started to tremble and I noticed the electric light,…..” What does the world underlined mean ? A. Hung B. Saw C. Sway D. Turned on Discussions

a. The items number 20 – 24 above match with the level of Literacy for

Junior High School in the Content Standard. It is about reading text. The text above is a Report, because it has the characteristics of a Report : 1 The Communicative Purpose Giving information about something as reality, as the result of systematically observation or analysis. The description can encompass a nature phenomena, environment, 2 Generic Structure : c General statement that explain reported Subject, Explanation, and the classification d Description 3 Linguistics Features : a general nouns : I, my wife, children AN ANALYSIS... Hastuti Handayani Mater’s Program in Linguistics, Diponegoro University ©2009, UNDIP Institutional Repository b relating verbs to explain the feature for example Then I realized what was happening. c action verbs in explaining attitude, for example : I put on my dressing-gown hurriedly and rushed out into the garden. d paragraph with topic sentence to arrange some information.

b. They match with the Competence Standard and Basic Competence of KTSP

Standard of Competencies for 9 th class is Understanding meaning in functional written text as well as simple and short essay In the forms of narrative, procedure and report to be able to interact in daily context, with its Basic Competence is : Responding meaning and rhetorical steps in simple short essay accurately, fluently, and acceptably to be able to interact in daily context in the forms of written narrative, procedure and report

c. They match with the indicator in the syllabus :

The item number 20 : Determining the communicative purpose of the text The item number 21 : Determining the factual information of the text. The item number 22 : Determining the factual information of the text The item number 23 : Determining the main idea of the text The item number 24 : Finding the meaning of a word of the text d. They match with the technique of assessment in the syllabus : They are given in written form AN ANALYSIS... Hastuti Handayani Mater’s Program in Linguistics, Diponegoro University ©2009, UNDIP Institutional Repository

e. They contain the meaning that should be tested : Ideational meaning