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B. one’s sister
C. one’s mother
D. one’s daughter
Discussions
a. The item number 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 match with the level of Literacy for
Junior High School in the Content Standard. It is about reading text. The
text above a Descriptive, because it has the characteristics of Descriptive text :
1 Communicative purpose Describing the feature of Vanessa Mae
2 Generic structure : a
Introducing Vanessa Mae will be described b
Description : Describing Vanessa Mae. This description only gives
information about Vanessa Mae which is different from other violinists
3 Linguistics Features: a
Certain nouns : Violin, violinist b
Simple present tense. c
Variety of describing adjectives : she is a world - famous violinist d
Relating verbs to give information about the subject : She‟s got cousins
b. They match with the Competence Standard and Basic Competence of KTSP
AN ANALYSIS... Hastuti Handayani Mater’s Program in Linguistics, Diponegoro University
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According to Competencies Standard of Reading of KTSP for the 7
th
grade : Understanding meaning in short functional written text as well as
simple and short essay in the forms of descriptive and procedure to be
able to interact in daily context, with its Basic Competencies : 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 descriptive and procedure The table 2.3. c. They match with the indicator in the syllabus :
The item number 10 : Finding the main idea of the text The item number 11 : Finding the implicit meaning of the text
The item number 12 : Determining the factual information of the text The item number 13 : 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
e. They contain the meaning that should be tested :
The item number 10, 12, 13 contain ideational meaning because they are about the content of the text.
The item number 11 contains logical meaning because there is logical relation between ideas
f. They match with the Items Writing Rules of the Test Making Technique Based on the Content Standard which is mentioned on the
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The conclusion is : The items number 10-13 match with the Competence Standard and the Basic Competencies of Reading in Syllabus for
Junior High School in Semarang, and also match with The Content Standard of KTSP
The text is for questions 14 to 17
Once upon a time, there was a king and his queen who lived in the Kingdom of Belinyu. They didn’t have any child. Until one night, the
queen had a dream of a turtle. It said that the queen would have a baby, and she had to give a Komala necklace to her baby. The queen woke up and she
was holding a Komala necklace in her hand. She told her dream to the king, and he was very happy.
Shortly, the queen’s dream became reality, she delivered a beautiful baby girl. The king named her Komala. She grew up as a pretty girl,
however, she had a bad attitude because her parents always spoiled her too much.
One day, Komala heard her parents were talking about the turtle in her
mother’s dream. She thought that the turtle was very interesting animal, so she wanted it as her pet.
Accompanied with the King’s guard, Komala searched the turtle, and finally she found it in a beach. She shouted to it, “Penyu busuk wait for me
“ in several times, but the turtle kept swimming. Komala ran after it into the sea, she tried to catch it. Until then she finally drowned and disappeared,
and all of her guards could not save her. Now people call the beach, penyusuk.
14. What does the story tell us ? A.
A bad attitude girl B.
A Kingdom in Belinyu C.
The legend of Penyu Busuk D.
The legend of Penyusuk Beach
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15. What is the main idea of the last paragraph ? A.
The King permitted Komala to find the turtle B.
The celebration of Komala’s birthday C.
Komala drown into the sea D.
The turtle disappeared 16. Komala had a bad attitude because………..
A. she was a princess
B. her father was a King
C. she was a beautiful girl
D. her parents spoiled her too much
17. Until then she finally drown……..last paragraph The synonym of the word “drowned” is…..
A. disappeared
B. floated
C. swam
D. sank
Discussions a.
The items number 14 – 17 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 Narrative, because it has the characteristics of a Narrative : 1 The purpose of Communicative Text:
a To entertain readers with fantasy story.
b The Narative features are : has conflict element problem and
it’s solution. 2 Generic Structure:
a Introducing background : figure, time and place.
b Developing conflict
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c Solution of conflict
d Coda: Change on the figure, good lesson from the story
3 Linguistics Features a
Certain nouns as personal pronoun in the story: king, queen b
noun phrase,: a beautiful baby girl c
time connectives and conjunctions : then, so, finally d
adverbs and adverbial phrases to show the event location: In Kingdom
e action verbs in past tense : said, heard, shouted
f saying verbs : shouted, told and thinking verbs : thought, felt.
b. They match with the Competence Standard and Basic Competence of KTSP
