Contoh Soal Describing People's Life
Contoh Soal Describing People's Life - Well, we also might know other famous figures like Ir. Soekarno, Abdurahman Wahid, Kurt Cobain, Oprah Winfrey, and other. Do we really know their journey to achieve their achievement?
There are several ways to know the journey of well-known persons. We can get their information when someone tells us about them. But, one of the most complete stories about a famous person’s life journey is provided by a biography. Have you heard about that? Well, in this section, we will learn about biography.
Biography is a text where we can get a rich information of a famous person. Biography can be in form of a piece of text or a book. Biography is different from auto biography. Do you know the difference between biography and autobiography. Well, both of the texts contain information of someone’s life journey. They differ in author. An autobiography is written by the individual who becomes the figure in the text. Meanwhile, biography is written by others. In this section, we will focus on biography texts.
A biography text contains the events and experiences of a figure in achieving their dreams and ideas. It attempts to become inspiration and a life learning for the readers. To convey the life journey of a figure, a biography text should be written well. As biography text belongs to a recount text, a well-written biography text usually consists of three following structures.
- Orientation
Orientation contains general overview of the figure. - Sequence of Events
This part tells the focused events and experiences of the figure in a chronological order. - Reorientation
Reorientation concludes the content of the text.
Moreover, a biography text usually uses distinctive language features that distinguish the text from other types of text. The followings are the language features of the text. - Using adjectives such as diligent, smart, etc.
- Using action verbs such as run, read, etc.
- Mostly using past tense, especially in telling the sequence of events.
Do you still remember the structure of past tense? The general structure of past tense can be seen in the table below.
SOAL 1
Chairil Anwar was a popular Indonesian poet. His poems are well-known across the length period of time. ‘Si Binatang Jalang’ is one of his most popular poems he ever wrote, especially for the Indonesian youth. His poems are appreciated in today’s medias, including in the textbooks distributed in Indonesian schools. Hence, Chairil Anwar was recognized by many people.
From the paragraph above, we can conclude that...
SOAL 2
Chairil Anwar was born on 26 July 1922 in Medan as the only child of Toeloes and Saleha. He studied in Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs (MULO), a school equal to Junior High School level. However, he dropped his study before graduated. In the age of nineteen, Chairil Anwar moved to Jakarta. Jakarta was where he obtained sufficient access and exposure to literature. There, as a teenager, Chairil Anwar began to write poems. Nevertheless, his name was firstly noticed when his poem was published in Nisan Magazine. Until his demise, 28 April 1949, there are not less than seventy poems he wrote. His poems mostly took death as the theme.
The correct statement according to the passage above is...
SOAL 3
“Chairil Anwar is one of the most well-known Indonesian poets. In his short age, he produced many excellent works. Hence, he became the inspiration for others. Until now, the date of his demise is remembered as the Chairil Anwar day.”
From the passage above, define moral value that we can learn.
SOAL 4
Raden Soejadi is an unfamiliar name for some of us. But, if you heard about Pak Raden, our mind will automatically associate that name with a person who had a unique moustache and wore blankon and beskap, the traditional clothes of Java. Yes, Raden Soejadi was the creator of Si Unyil, a creative man that dedicated his life for art and children. He wrote stories, created figures, painted sketch, and other creative activities. However, he was mostly famous for one of his creations, Si Unyil. The figure that brings daily life stories that is dense with moral value.
By reading the passage above, we can predict that the text will be about...
SOAL 5
- In 1961-1965, Raden Soejadi studied animation in France.
- After finishing his study, he was then teaching ilustration in Institut Teknologi Bandung and Institut Kesenian Jakarta.
- For his drawing hobby, Raden Soejadi learnt Fine Art in Institute Teknologi Bandung in 1952.
- Raden Soejadi was born in Jember, 28 November 1932.
- In his childhood, he loved to draw by using chalks and charcoal.
The sentences above are for reiteration part of Raden Soejadi biography. However, the sentences are not arranged in a sequential order. The correct arrangement for the sentences above is....
SOAL 6
Read the following paragraph.
Raden Soejadi was born in Jember, 28 November 1932. [1] In his childhood, he loved to draw by using chalks and charcoal. [2] For his drawing hobby, Raden Soejadi learnt Fine Art in Institute Teknologi Bandung in 1952. [3] In 1961-1965, Raden Soejadi studied animation in France. [4] After finishing his study, he was then teaching ilustration in Institut Teknologi Bandung and Institut Kesenian Jakarta. [5]
Define the best position to put the following sentence:
During studying fine art, he wrote story books along with the illustration.
SOAL 7
Si Unyil was firstly created in 1980. Raden Soejadi also created other figurs namely Pa Ogah, Bu Bariah, and Pak Raden. These figures were shown in TVRI as the puppet show. Raden Soejadi became the art director of the puppetshow. He was also the voice actor for Pak Raden. It was the point when he was known as Pak Raden. This show was well-appreciated by the viewers. For his dedication and his work in painting, storytelling, and other creative activities, Raden Soejadi gained many awards. One of the awards he got was Ganesha Widya Jasa Utama Awards. Unfortunately, Raden Soejadi did not get any royalty for Si Unyil as he did not have the copyright for his creation. The copyright of Si Unyil owned by Perusahaan Umum Produksi Film Negara (PPFN).
According to the text, Raden Soejadi was firstly recognized as Pa Raden when...
SOAL 8
For his dedication and his work in painting, storytelling, and other creative activities, Raden Soejadi gained many awards. One of the awards he got was Ganesha Widya Jasa Utama Awards.
The statement above indicates that...
SOAL 9
Unfortunately, Raden Soejadi did not get any royalty for Si Unyil as he did not have the copyright for his creation. The copyright of Si Unyil owned by Perusahaan Umum Produksi Film Negara (PPFN).
The correct statement according to the passage is...
SOAL 10
“Raden Soejadi was the person who had a pure love for the world of art and children. He was struggling for his life and his right although it might not arrive at the expected result. However, his sincere and dedication made him well-know, well-appreciated, respected, and loved by the society.”
Define moral value that we can get from the text.