Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio. When E...

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Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio. When Edison was seven years old, he moved with his family to Port Huron, Michigan. Edison started shool late because of an illness. Three months later, Edison was removed from school, because he could not pay attention to his teacher. His mother, who was a teacher in Canada, taught Edison at home.

At age sixteen, Edison made his first invention, which was called an "automatic repeater." It used punched tape to send telegraph signals quickly between unmanned stations, more quickly than a telegraph operator could do.

In 1868, Edison moved East and began to work for the Western Union Company in Boston, Massachusetts as a telegraph operator. He worked twelve hours a day, six days a week, and continued to "moonlight" on his own projects.

In 1876 Edison used the money from his inventions to start his own laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. In 1877-78, he invented there the carbon microphone, which made the sound for Alexander Graham Bell's new telephone invention louder. In 1877, Edison invented the phonograph, the first machine that could record and play sound. The phonograph made him internationally famous. In 1879, Edison made a light bulb that lasted longer. Another invention, the electric power distribution network, lasted even longer.

The topic of the text is ...
a. the history of a light bulb
b. how a light bulb was found
c. the life of Thomas Alva Edison
d. the invention of Thomas Alva Edison
e. the first machine built by Thomas Alva Edison

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Jawaban: c. the life of Thomas Alva Edison. (kehidupan Thomas Alva Edison.)

Mari simak pembahasan soal berikut ini, ya.

Soal meminta kamu mencari tahu topik pembahasan teks. Cara mendapatkan topik pembahasan teks yakni dengan menemukan pikiran utama pada masing-masing paragraf.

Untuk diketahui, pikiran utama merupakan intisari dari pemikiran atau gagasan penulis yang dituangkan ke dalam teks.

Pikiran utama paragraf pertama yakni "Thomas Alva Edison's childhood" karena terdapat klausa "When Edison was seven years old" yang berarti "Ketika Edison berusia 7 tahun".

Pikiran utama paragraf kedua yakni "Thomas Alva Edison's life at 16" karena terdapat frasa "At age sixteen" yang berarti "Pada umur 16 tahun".

Pikiran utama paragraf ketiga yakni "Thomas Alva Edison's life in 1868" karena terdapat keterangan teks "In 1868, Edison moved East and began to work for the Western Union Company in Boston, Massachusetts as a telegraph operator" yang berarti "Pada tahun 1868, Edison pindah ke Timur dan mulai bekerja untuk Western Union Company di Boston, Massachusetts sebagai operator telegraf."

Pikiran utama paragraf keempat yakni "Thomas ALva Edison's life in 1876 - 1879" karena terdapat keterangan waktu "In 1876, In 1877-78, In 1877, dan In 1879.

Dari semua pikiran utama yang telah dijabarkan di atas, kita mengetahui bahwa teks membahas tentang kehidupan Thomas Alva Edison.

Dengan demikian, jawaban yang benar adalah: c. the life of Thomas Alva Edison. (kehidupan Thomas Alva Edison.)

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