WRITING DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH

These are some examples of descriptive paragraph.

TOPIC: SPRING MORNING

Topic Sentence: Another beautiful spring morning in Edensor

         Edensor village is a beautiful place located on the top of the hill. During the spring time, Edensor is always colorful, because the blossoms of roses, daffodils, and daisies are blooming beautifully. Outside the house, I can hear the morning sound starts to rejoice. The birds are chirping loudly, the cows are mooing in the field and the villagers are greeting each other along the way. The sky is perfectly blue in the morning, and up there, the clouds are puffy and white. I always go for a walk along the narrow stony road to feel the spring breeze blows around me. Then, as I try to inhale the fresh air deeply in my lung, I can smell the fragrant scent of the flowers mix together with the pleasant smell of the grass. It’s just another beautiful spring morning in Edensor.

Topic Sentence: I had a beautiful cosmic adventure on the top of the roof.

            The night was so calm and silent. There was no sound around. I moved up slowly onto the roof and felt the breeze touched my skin very gently. I shivered a little, but I ignored the cold. The night was so perfect, the sky was bright and the moon was showing off her radiance. I lay myself on the roof and inhaled that cold air deeply. The stars above me were blinking and creating beautiful constellations. I could see Betelgeuse, Bellatrix, Sirius and Orion filled the night sky as if they collaborated to create beautiful paintings. It almost felt like I was gazing at God’s masterpiece in a universal gallery. Just by staring at them, I felt like I was having a journey beyond that infinity sky. I traveled to Magellan, flew through Andromeda and fell back to Milky Way. I had a beautiful cosmic adventure on the top of the roof that night.

TRIP TO MUSEUM

Last week, we visited House of Sampoerna, a cigarette museum located on Taman Sampoerna. The site on which this museum sits was built in 1893 and it used to function as a Dutch orphanage. The complex consists of one main building in the center, two smaller buildings stand on the right side and another building is located on the left. At first, the central building functioned as an auditorium. 

In 1932, Liem Seeng Tee, a businessman who owned a cigarette company bought it for his private residence and he turned the central building into a performing arts center, named Sampoerna Theatre. Sampoerna Theatre was the only performing arts center in Java that had a rotating stage and special effect floor. It was the most distinctive theatre in Surabaya at that time because it often played circus show, drama and theatrical performance from Hong Kong and China. In fact, Charlie Chaplin, the famous pantomimist from US, visited this place in 1932. 

Now, the site has been entirely changed. The theatre location has been used as a factory area, the central main building has become a cigarette museum, and two buildings on the right changed their functions into a café and a security office, while the other building on the left is still used as a private residence. 

Liem Seeng Tee and his wife, Siem Tjiang Nio pic on a wardrobe

Critical Letter

by :

Heru Wibowo

Dear  Winardi

For the last few days, we have noticed that you have been misbehaving with your female colleagues. We have got complaints from a few of them regarding details of  behavior  issues.

Keeping in view this behavior and the subsequent complaints, we regret to inform you that we are suspending you for a week start from today. During this period you have to come to office but you will not be given any assignments to work on.

Violation of this order will result in bad consequences.

Please feel free to contact the undersigned for any clarifications.

Best regards,

Heru Wibowo

EXAMPLES OF REQUEST LETTER

BY:

HERU WIBOWO

REQUEST LETTER  /  SURAT PERMINTAAN

Dear Mike,

On Sunday,  I have meeting schedule with my principal in  Malang .

Would you like to accompany me to Malang   ?

And   I will be very carefully to drive a car.   I wonder if you’d  not mind lending

Your Scanner Machine  .

Please call me soon    …….  Thank ‘ s

                                                                                       HERU WIBOWO

RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST LETTER /  JAWABAN SURAT PERMINTAAN

Dear  Heru  ,

I would love to accompany you on Sunday .

Don ‘t forget you can take it at 08.00  o’ clock .  I‘d like to lend you

And make sure to return it well.

                                                                                       M I K E

Writing a Paragraph Using Order of Importance

By : Indah Rahmawati

 

In writing, people often use listing signals or signal words to indicate the various items/things in the paragraph.

Examples:

Listing Signals / Signal Words First                             second                         moreover First of all                    third                            most importantly For one thing               also                              for example One reason that           in addition                   finally The next + noun          another + noun            the most important + noun

 

EQUAL ORDER

If we feel that all the points we are using as support are equally important, so we list the points one by one using listing signals.

Read the model paragraph:

There are several things you can do to protect yourself when it gets very hot outside. First of all you should avoid strenuous activity or wait until the sun goes down. In addition, it is a good idea to wear light-colored clothing. And it is also important to eat less food and drink more liquids. Finally, try to stay in air-conditioned buildings or go to the beach or the mountains.

ASCENDING ORDER

In Ascending order, we list the minor points first, saving the most important for the last, so the paragraph would have a kind of ‘dramatic structure’. It builds up to or ascends to a climax.

Read the model paragraph:

There are many box office movies made by movie industries in Hollywood every year. But only great motion pictures are nominated to win the prestigious awards such as Emmy Award, Golden Globe even Academy Award. Among those award winning movies, there are three genres of movies I like. The first genre is musical. It was represented by a beautiful classical movie The Sound of Music which was produced in 1964 and it was based on a real story about The Von Trapp family. The next genre is action which is a good recommendation for those who like to pump up their adrenaline. Action movies like Saving Private Ryan and The Pacific could be the best choices for spending the weekend. And last but definitely not least, my most favorite movie genre is drama and the best movie goes to Tootsie, a 1980s movie which was played by a famous actor Dustin Hoffman.

DESCENDING ORDER

In descending order, we list the most important first then we go on to speak of the other points. So, descending order is the inverse of ascending order. (don’t forget to use the listing signals)

Read the model paragraph:

         Religions have become the most essential thing of human rights. However, there are five major religions that spread around the globe since ancient to modern times. First, the religion with the most numerous believers is Christianity. It has 954,766,700 believers which are globally spread from east to west. The base of Christianity is the teachings of Jesus Christ which was called The New Testament. The second religion with 538,213,900 believers is Islam. It was spread from Morocco, Middle East countries to Asian countries like Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan. The base of Islamic belief is the teachings of Prophet Muhammad and Holy Quran. Another religion with 524,273,050 believers is Hinduism. It was introduced in India about 3000 years ago based on The Vedas, the holy book of Hindu followers. The next is Buddhism which was introduced by Sidharta Gautama through his teachings in The Eightfold Way. It is held by 249,877,300 and spread in the east to Europe and United States. The last religion with its 14,353,790 believers is Judaism. It is spread widely and it was descended from Israel’s tradition.

ADJECTIVE CLAUSE / RELATIVE CLAUSE

OLEH:

INDAH RAHMAWATI

• Clause : A group of words containing a subject and a verb

• Adjective Clause : a dependent clause that modifies/describes a noun.

• Adj. Clause Pronouns : an Adj. Clause uses pronouns to connect the dependent clause to the independent clause (also called relative pronouns) ex. Who, which, whom, where, that.

	Person	Thing	Place	Time
Subject	Who/that	Which / that
Object	Who(m) /that	Which / that	where	When
Possessive	Whose	whose

Adj. Clause Pronouns Used as Subject

-         I thanked the woman (1st clause) -         She helped me (2nd clause)

I thanked the woman who helped me -         I thanked the womanà independent clause -         Who helped me à adj. clause Note: Anda tidak bisa menghilangkan subject pronoun (who/that) tapi anda bisa menghilangkan object pronoun (dibahas selanjutnya)

Adj. Clause Pronouns Used as Object

The man was Mr. Jones (1st clause) I saw him (2nd clause) The man whom I saw was Mr. Jones The man that I saw was Mr. Jones The man I saw was Mr. Jones (object pronoun bisa dihilangkan tetapi memp. arti sama)

She is the woman (1st clause) I told you about her (2nd clause) She is the woman about whom I told you (formal) She is the woman who/that I told you about (spoken) She is the woman I told you about (spoken) *) ‘about’ is preposition, in formal english, it is placed before the adj. pronoun (preposisi seperti in, about, to dalam Inggris formal diletakkan sebelum adj. pronoun)

TYPES OF ADJ. CLAUSE / RELATIVE CLAUSE

1. A "defining" or identifying clause, which tells us which person or thing we are talking about.

• The dog which bit me the other day is a Dalmatian
• My sister who lives in Malaysia called me last night

2. A "non-defining" or non-essential clause, which gives us more information about the person or thing we are talking about. This kind of clause could often be information included in brackets (...)

•  My friend John has just written a best-selling novel. (He went to the same school as me)

• My friend John, who went to the same school as me, has just written a best-selling novel

Note:
1. use commas if the adj. clause is non defining (gives additional information to the noun) à nonessential/nonidentifying

2. do not use commas if the adj. clause is defining (necessary to identify the noun)à essential/identifying

Examples:

• The professor who teaches Chemistry is my lecturer (defining)

• Professor Wilson, who teaches Chemistry, is my lecturer (non defining)
• The country which has 5 large islands is located in South East Asia (defining)
• Hawaii, which consists of 8 principal islands, is a favorite vacation spot (non defining)

1. Using WHOSE (to show possession)

- I know the man

- His bicycle was stolen à I know the man whose bicycle was stolen

2. Using WHERE

- The building is very old

- He lives there

• The building where he lives is very old
• The building in which he lives is very old (formal)
• The building which /that he lives in is very old (informal)
• The building he lives in is very old

3. Using WHEN

- I’ll never forget the day

- I met you then

• I’ll never forget the day when/that I met you

•  I’ll never forget the day on which I met you (formal)

• I’ll never forget the day I met you

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