We don’t live in an age of miracles, but sometimes...

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We don’t live in an age of miracles, but sometimes they happen. This was a special New Year’s Eve Miracle.

Elizabeth Barret lives near a shopping center, and sometimes she and her sister, Barbara, play near the stores. They like playing there. There are lots of people there, and she and Barbara like to look at the things in the windows.
 
But the lives of children are not sweet. They are full of fears. Children attack and chase other children. Why? Who knows? But it’s true. And it’s true in Smithtown too.

Elizabeth is eleven years old and isn’t friends with bad children. She doesn’t fight. Her mother says so. And one New Year’s Eve, Elizabeth and her sister, Barbara, are playing near the stores, but they have to stop. “Elizabeth,” says Barbara. “Let’s go home. Do you see those girls over there? They go to my school. They are bad.”

But it was too late. The bad girl chased Elizabeth and Barbara. They started to run. “Hurry, Elizabeth. Let’s run across the railroad tracks. Hurry up.” The trains on the Long Island Railroad are always late. It is a fact of life on Long Island. But the 1:05 out of Ronkokoma was on time the New Year’s Eve.
 
Vincent Lobianco was at the railroad station, 150 feet away from Elizabeth and Barbara. “Don’t cross the tracks. Go back!” Mr. Lobianco is a religious man. “Please, God, no. Don’t let it happen.” he shouted. But it did. Engine #4321 was on top of Elizabeth in two second. Mr. Lobianco ran towards the girl, and at the same time, shouted to a taxi driver at the station. “Call ambulance. Call an ambulance. There is a little girl on the track.”

What part of the text is the first paragraph?
a. identification
b. thesis
c. issue
d. abstract
e. orientation

Z. Aziz · Accepted Answer

Hai Binar, kakak bantu jawab ya.

Jawaban dari soal ini adalah: 
e. orientation (orientasi/pengenalan)

Dalam soal ini, kamu diminta untuk menjawab pertanyaan terkait struktur teks.

Pertanyaannya yakni, "What part of the text is the first paragraph?" yang artinya, "Termasuk bagian apa dari teks yakni  paragraf pertama?".

Paragraf 1 dalam teks yakni: 
"We don’t live in an age of miracles, but sometimes they happen. This was a special New Year’s Eve Miracle." (Kita tidak hidup di zaman keajaiban, tetapi terkadang itu terjadi. Ini adalah Keajaiban Malam Tahun Baru yang spesial.)

Teks tersebut termasuk Narrative text. Narrative text adalah teks yang bertujuan untuk menghibur pembaca. Narrative text memiliki struktur sebagai berikut: 
-Orientation (orientasi/pengenalan) 
-Complication (konflik) 
-Resolution (pemecahan masalah)
-Reorientation (kesimpulan)

Paragraf 1 dalam teks tersebut merupakan orientasi atau perkenalan dari alur cerita terkait rangkaian peristiwa di malam tahun baru yang dialami tokoh yakni Elizabeth Barret.

Oleh karena itu, jawaban yang benar adalah "e. orientation".

Semoga membantu ya.

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