Once, there were two horses. Both of them were pul...

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Once, there were two horses. Both of them were pulling a cart. The first horse pulled the cart well, but the second horse kept stopping.

The load of the second horse was moved onto the first horse. No wonder, the first horse got tired soon. Seeing that, the second horse walked with ease and sa id to the first horse, "Work hard and sweat! The more you try, the more humans make you work.''

When the two horses got into the stable, their master came and sa id, "Why would I feed two horses if only one horse works? I shall do better to eat and kill the other.''

"I shall at least be on his side.'' said the first horse.

Then, the second horse was killed for he did not work well.

5. What is the purpose of the text above?

A. To give information about a particular thing
B. To inform the reader about past activities.
C. To describe something in detail

T. Azzahra · Accepted Answer

Halo Asya A, kakak bantu jawab ya.

Jawaban untuk soal ini adalah "to entertain and give moral lessons to the readers."

Soal ini menanyakan tujuan dari teks.

Pada paragraf pertama terdapat kalimat "Once, there were two horses" yang artinya "Suatu ketika, ada dua kuda."

Kemudian kalimat pada teks ini menggunakan "was", "were" dan V2 seperti "pulled, moved, walked."

Maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa teks ini merupakan Narrative Text, yang tujuannya adalah untuk menghibur  dan memberikan pesan moral kepada pembaca.

Berdasarkan penjelasan tersebut, tidak ada pilihan jawaban yang tepat untuk pertanyaan ini.

Seharusnya jawabannya adalah "to entertain and give moral lessons to the readers" yang artinya "untuk menghibur dan memberikan pelajaran moral kepada para pembaca."

Jadi, jawaban yang tepat adalah "to entertain and give moral lessons to the readers."

Semoga membantu ya.

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