Tentukan unsur kebahasaan ( characteristic/language feature ) dari teks tersebut.

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Jawaban soal ini adalah: The text uses past tense. The text uses time markers (adverbs of time and time conjunctions). The text uses more verbal sentences than nominal sentences. The text uses direct speech. Soal ini diselesaikan dengan menganalisis unsur kebahasaan pada teks naratif yang berjudul "The Lion and The Mouse" sebagai berikut: 1. Setiap kalimat dalam teks (kecuali bagian dialog) menggunakan Past Tense . Contohnya: "He was awakened" "AMighty Lion was sleeping" "The lion then grabbed the frightened mouse and opened his mouth to swallow him directly. 2. ​​​​​Alur ceritapada teks diceritakan secara kronologis, adverb of time yang digunakan adalah"s ometimes later", dan time conjuctions yang digunakan adalah "w hen", "soon", dan " a s soon as". 3. Isi teks lebih banyak berisi cerita tentang aksi dari karakter-karakternya, bukan deksripsi dari karakternya. Hal ini terlihat dengan penggunaan action verbs dalam kalimat, seperti: grabbed opened begged ran 4. Terdapat direct speech atau dialog-dialog oleh karakter di dalam teksnya. Contoh: "Please, King." begged The Mouse,"Spare me this time and of course I will never forget your kindness". Someday I may be able to repay you". "There!" said the Mouse proudly," You laughed at me when I promised to repay your kindness, but now you know that even a tiny Mouse can help a mighty Lion." Berdasarkan analisis di atas, language features dari teks "The Lion and The Mouse" adalah: The text uses past tense. The text uses time markers (adverbs of time and time conjunctions). The text uses more verbal sentences than nominal sentences. The text uses direct speech.