Portofolio Of Monolog Text

Submitted as one of the requirements

For the subject of English
Taught by Mastuki, S.S

written
by : debie dwi natalingga
senior high school of singojuruh
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1. Narrative text
 a. Social function: To amuse, entertain and to deal with actual or vicarious, experience in
different ways: Narrative deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning
point of some kind, which in turn find a resolution.
b. Types of Narratives: There are many types of narrative. They can be imaginary, factual or
a combination of both. The mat include fairy tales, mysteries, science, fiction, romance,
horror stories, adventure stories, fables, myth and legends, historical narrative, ballads,
clice of life’, and personal experiences.
c. Generic structure:
 Orientation: Introduce the participant and setting of the narrative
 Evaluation: A flash back to evaluate the serious/difficult condition
 Complication: A crisis or problem arises
 Resolution: The crisis or problem is solved, for better or worse
 Re-orientation: Optional
d. Significant features:
 Focus on specific and usually individualized participant
 Use of material processes
 Use of temporal conjunctions and temporal circumstance
 Use of Past tense

e. Example :
SNOW WHITE
A long time ago, a child was born to a queen and king and she was called Snow white. When
the queen died, the king remarried. This new queen was wicked and hated Snow white: The queen
gave orders that Snow white was to be treated as a servant.
“Snow white grew to be a very beautiful girl, One day a prince who was riding by saw her at
work and immediately fell in love with her.
The queen was beautiful too, and every day she asked her Magic mirror, “Who is the fairest in
the land?” and the mirror answered,” You are the fairest one of all”.
One day the mirror answered that Snow White was the fairest in the land. In a rage the queen
gave orders to one of her huntsmen to take Snow White into the woods and kill her.
But the huntsman had a kind heart and couldn’t carry out the order. So he told Snow White to
run away. She fled into he woods where the seven Dwarfs lived. Their house was small and
strange.
Snow White entered the little house and found it very untidy. She started to clean it up.
Upstairs she found seven title beds. Felling very tired she stretched out on one of the beds, and
soon fell asleep.
When the Dwarfs came home they were surprised to find Snow White and after some
arguments, they decided to let her stay. She promised cook and look after them.
The queen discovered where Snow White was living and disguising herself as a witch. She
took a poisoned apple and set out for the Dwarfs cottage. She gave Snow white the poisoned apple.
Snow white ate it and as soon as she bit into the apple, she sank into unconsciousness.
Thinking she was dead. The Dwarfs built a glass coffin and put her in it. For days she lay in the
forest in her glass coffin. One day, the prince who was riding through the forest looking for Snow
white found her. He leaned over and kissed her. She opened her eyes and sat up with a smile.
Every one was happy. The prince took Snow white to his palace where they were married and
lived happily ever after.
(source: panduan belajar kelas XI)

2. Description text
 a. Social function: To describe a particular person, animal, place or thing
b. Generic structure:
 Identification: Identifies phenomena to be describe
 Description: Describe parts, qualities, and characteristics
c. Significant features:
 Focus on specific participants
 Use of attributive and identifying processes
 Frequent use of adjectives and classifies in nominal groups
 Use of simple present tense
d. Example think:
Tornado
Tornado is violently rotating column of air extending from within a thunder cloud down to
ground level.
The strongest tornadoes may sweep houses from their foundations, destroy brick buildings,
toss cars and scholl buses through the air, and even lift railroad cars from from their tracks.
Tornadoes vary in diameter from tens of metres to nesrly 2 km (1 mile), with an average diametre
of about 50 m (160 ft).
(source: Ganeca/progress for senior high school/grade X)

Example person :
Vannesa-mae
Vanessa-mae is a famous musician
She is 16 years old, but she is a world famous viaimist. Went she plays classical violin
concertes on her electric violin, the world listens
Vannesa-mae is thai-chinese. Her mother is Chinese and here natural father is thai. She from
Singapore but she lives in London now
(Source: notes debie in class X)
Example animal :
My bomby
Bomby is my play full black cat.
This cat is always play full. It likes playing with anything it sometimes plays with me. It likes
playing with a ball very much. It is very clever. Sometimes it is very naughty.
My bomby is small but fast. Bomby has along tail its eyes are round. It looks cute. It is always
near me.
(Source: notes debie in class X)

Example place :
My darussholah
Darussolah is my high school.
The darussolah is new senior high school in singojuruh. This school has some facilities,
distance computer room, library room, science room and twelve class.
My darussholah is not large, but ambience very-very cool and gratify.
(Source: notes debie in class X)

3. News item
a. Social function: To inform reader, listeners or viewer about events of the day which are
considered news worthy or important
b. Generic structure:
 News worthy event: Recounts the event in summary form
 Background event: Elaborate what happened, to whom in what circumstances
 Sources: Comments by participants in, witness, to and authorities expert on the event
c. Language features:
1. Short, telegraphic information about story captured in head line
2. Use of material processes in source stage such as(said, told, etc)
3. Focus on circumstance
d. Example :
 Separatist protest Mars susilo’s visit to NZ
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono began his two day visit on Wednesday to New Zealand
aimed at boosting trade and regional security, amid two separatist protest against Indonesia that
marred his arrivel
During their talks, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Prime Mister Helen Clark agreed to improve
bilateral cooperation in economic issue, trade and combating transnational crimes
“The meeting with the president was very constructive, with a number of outcomes. We would
like to focus our relationship more on economic and trade issue as well as on transnational
crimes,” Clark said at joint news conference with susilo.
In the economic sector, Clark said New Zealand and Indonesia agreed to seriously follow up
the existing joint Trade and Economic Commission to formulate effective and practical ways to
boost trade activities.
Although geographically Indonesia is located near New Zealand, trade and economic activities
between the country were fairly insignificant, with Indonesia ranked only 16th in lat year’s list of
New Zealand’s largest partners even smaller than Malaysia, which ranked 12th.
Indonesia Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirajuda said the commission was scheduled to
meet in November to lay the ground for more serious trade and economic talks.
(source: Ganeca/progress for senior high school/grade X)
4. Recount text
a. Social function: To retell events for the purpose of informing or inter training
b. Generic structure:
 Orientation: Provides the setting and introduce the participants
 Events: Tell what happened
 Re-orientation: Optional. Closure of events
c. Language feature:
1. Focus on specific participant
2. Focus on temporal sequence
3. Use of material processes
4. Use of past tense
d. Example :
DIAMOND LOMBOK VILLAGE
Welcome to our village!
The hospitality of a traditional Lombok Village.
The attraction of a modern beach resort.

Seven hectares of a lush tropical gardens along an endless stretch of beautiful beach. With all the
attraction of a modern resort – and the ambiance of traditional villages, DIAMOND LOMBOK
VILLAGE welcome you to share the joy of this beautiful is lands.

Accommodation including: 2 restaurants with a local and international delicacies – sea – slide
dining – 2 bars and lounges – swimming pool – tennis court – diving school – traditional
aromatherapy message – tourist info center.
(source: Ganeca/progress for senior high school/grade X)

5. Procedure text
 a. Social function: To describe How something is accomplished through a sequence of
actions or steps
b. Generic structure:
1. Goal
2. Materials
3. Series of steps oriented to achieving the goal
c. Language features:
1. Focus on generalized human agents
2. Often imperative
3. Temporal conjunction
4. Numbering to indicate sequence
5. Use mainly of material processes
6. Use of simple present tense
d. example:
How to make newspaper
newspaper is one of mass media. To make newspaper there must be events, journalist, editors,
managers, paper, machines, and so on.

Here is the process of making newspaper:

1. There are some important and attractive events
2. The journalist find those events
3. The journalist write articles about the events they get
4. The journalist send the articles to the editors
5. The editors edit the articles
6. The manager determines which articles are accepted or rejected
7. The edited articles are printed on a piece of paper called newspaper
8. Then, the newspaper are ready to be delivered to all parts of the country
(source: Ganeca/progress for senior high school/grade X)

6. Report text
 a. Social function: To describe the way are with reference to a range of natural, manmade
and social phenomena in our
b. Generic structure:
1. General classification: Describes the phenomenon in general
2. Description: Describes the phenomenon in detail in terms of(part, qualities, habits or
behaviors)
c. Language features:
1. Focus on generic participants
2. Use of relational processes to state what is and that which it is
3. No temporal sequence
4. Use of simple present tense
d. example:
Tingkeban
Tingkeban is traditional ceremony held for woman pregnancy has reached seven months. In
West Java, and especially in the town of garut and its surrounding area, Tingkeban is traditionally
observed by most families for the shake of baby’s welfare. Relatives, friends, and neighbors are
invited to witness this festivity, which demand a lot of preparation.
The number seven plays an important role in the Tingkeban ceremony. An important part of
the preparation for Tingkeban is the collection of a variety of items- seven kinds of each item serving a
specific purpose.
Seven different kinds of root, such as sweet potatoes, and cassava, seven kinds of fruits to
enable the solution to problem in the child’s future, seven diverse fragrant flowers, seven kinds of
lights snacks, seven kinds of fruits make rujak, seven piece of batik cloth, seven varieties of earthen
mortars, and seven oil lamps of different shapes to brighten the child’s life so that it is free from
complication.
The guest are then invited to enjoy the special food prepared by the host family. Meanwhile,
the mother to-be goes through the bathing ceremony. Clad in a batik cloth, she is ladled with sweet
scented water from a tub in which the eel is put. Relatives take turn bathing the mother to-be, changing
her batik clothes as many as seven times.
After the bathing ceremony, the mother to-be sells rujak outside the house, and the consumers,
who are the relatives and neighbors. Pay with chips of rounded clay tiles. The purposes is for the child
to earn a lot of money, with the blessing of good. The rujak fiesta marks the end of the Tingkeban
ceremony. Everybody has a good time ! may all good wishes be fulfilled.
(source: panduan belajar kelas XI)

7. Analytical exposition
 a. Social function: To persuade the readers or listeners that something is the case
b. Generic structure:
1. Thesis:
a. Position: Introduces topic and indicates writers position
b. Preview: Outlines the main arguments to be presented
2. Arguments:
a. Point: Restates main arguments outlined in preview
b. Elaboration: Developes and support each point/argument

c. Re-iteration: Restate writers position

d. Language features:

1. Emotive words such as: alarmed, worried

2. Words that quality statements, such as: usual, probably
3. Words that link arguments such as: firstly, however, on the other hand, therefore
4. Compound and complex sentences
5. Usually in present tense
e. example :

Nuclear power
There are three separate source of hazard in the process of supplying energy by nuclear power.
The radioactive mateAal must travel from its place of manufacture to the power station.
Although thw ower station themselves are solidly, built, the container used for the transport of the
materials are not. There are normally only two methods of transport available, namely road or rail.
Unfortunately, both of these involve close contact with the general public, since the routes are sure to
pass near, or even through, heavily populated areas.
Next, there is the prblem of waste. All nuclear power station produce wastes that in the most
cases will remain radioactive for thousand of years. It is imposible to make these wastes
nonradioactive, and so they must be stored in one of the inconvenient ways that scientists have
invented. For example, they may be buried under the ground, or dropped into abandoned mines, or
sunk the sea. However, these methods do not solve tthe problem, since an earthquake could easily
crack the containers open.
Finally, there is the problem of accidental exposure due to a leak or an explosion at the power
station. As with the other two hazards, this is not very likely, so thet it does not provide a serious
objection to the nuclear program. Nevertheles, it can happen.
Separately, these three types of risk are not great cause for concern. On the whole through, the
probability os disaster is still high.
(source: panduan belajar kelas XI)

8. Hortatory exposition
 a. Social function: To persuade the readers or listeners that something should or should not
be the case
b. Generic structure:
1. Thesis: Announcement of issue concern
2. Arguments: Reasons for concern leading to recommendation
3. Re-commendation: statement of what ought or ought not happen

c . Language features:

1. Emotive word such as: alarmed, worried

2. Words that quality statements, such as: usual, probably
3. Words that link arguments such as: firstly, however, there fore
4. Compound and complex sentence
5. Subjective using pronouns: I and We
6. Usually present tense

d. example :
Crime in cities
Crime is a serious problem in big cities and it is getting worse every year. This is what police
departments around the country said in their reports last week. The subway are more dangerous. The
streets are more dangerous. You may not even be safe in your own home. Why is the problem so
serious now? This is not an easy question to answer. There may not be a single answer. Many
problems seem to make cities so dangerous.
One of the problems is money. To fight crime a city needs police officers, cars and guns. These
cost a lot of money. But right now cities do not have much extra money. So, there are not enough
police officers, cars and gins for the cities.
Another problem is drugs. Crime studies show that many criminals use and sell drugs. After they
start taking drugs, they want to have more. However, drugs are very expensive. So, these people may
sell drugs to other people to make money or they may steal money to get more drugs.
It is not going to be easy to change these crime problems. We must first change many of the laws
about drugs. We must change the way cities spend their money. Until then, the crime problem will not
go away and we will live our live in fear.
(source: panduan belajar kelas XI)

9. Spoof text
 1. Social function: To retell an event with a humorous twist
2. Generic structure:
1. Orientation: Which set the scene
2. Event: Which tell what happened
3. Twist: Which provides the fun line
3. Language feature:
1. Focus on individual participant
2. Use of material processes, such as: kick, walk, open
3. Circumstance of time and place, such as: once, the next day, in a park
4. Use of past tense
4. example :
Child
Children often have far more senses than their elders. This simple truth was demonstrated
rather dramatically during a civil defence exercise in small town in Canada.
Air-raid warnings were sounded and thousand of people went into special air-raid shelters.
Doctors and nurses remained above ground while police patrolled the streets in case anyone tried
to leave the shelters too soon.
The police stayed underground for twenty minutes and waited for the siren to sound again. Oh
leaving the air-raid shelters, they saw that doctors and nurses were busy. Theoritical make-up and
artificial blood had been used to make the injures look real.
A lot of people were lying “dead” in the streets. A child of six was brought in by two adults.
The child was supposed to be dead. With theoretical make-up on his face, he looked as if he had
died of shock. Some people were so moved by the sight that they began to cry.
However, the child suddenly sat up and a doctor asked him to comment on his death. The child
looked around for a moment and said, “I think they’re all crazy”.
(source: panduan belajar kelas XI)

10.Discussion text
 a. Social function: To present (at least) two points of view about an issue
b. Generic structure:
1. Issue: a). Statement, b). Preview
2. Arguments for and against or statement of differing points of view: a). point, b).
Ellaboration
3. Coaclusion or recommendation
c. Significant features:
1. Focus on generic human and generic non human participants
2. Use of: a) material processes , b) Relational processes, c) Mental processes
3. Use of Comparative, contrastive and consequential conjunctions
4. Reasoning expressed as verbs and nouns(abstractions)
e. example :
The controversy of harnessing solar energy
We often hear about solar cars,solar heating, and solar batteries. But will solar energy ever be a
major source of energy for society?
Solar energy is cheaper than other fossil fuels because we can get an abundant source from the
sun. In sunny desert areas, 50% of the sun’s radiation that reaches the ground could be used to
procedure electricity for businesses and industry and to provide heat, light, and hot water for
homes. Experimental solar ponds can also produce hot water to drive generators.
Unfortunetly, we can’t yet power our homes entirely on sunlight. Solar energy can only be
used effectively in bright light. Its greatets potential therefore is in hot countries that have clear
skies for most of the year. But, unfortunately most houses are not inthe sunniest parts of hthe
world. Moreover, in order to harness power solar cells are very cheap to run, but relativelly
expensive to buy and many people can’t afford them.
Needless to say, solar energy is usefull and non-polluton source of energy. Unfortunately,
solar cells, the main device to harness the sun’s energy are still very expensive.
(source: Erlangga/look ahead an English course XII)

11.Explanation text
 a. Social function: To explain the processes involved in the formation or workings of natural
or socio cultural phenomena
b. Generic structure:
 A general statement to position the reader
 A sequenced explanation of why or how something occurs
c. Significant feature:
 Focus on generic, non human participants
 Use mainly of material and relational processes
 Use mainly of temporal and causal circumstances and conjunctions
 Some use of passive voice to get Theme right
d. Example :
Sound recordings and reproduction
Sound recordings and reproduction are two separate processes used to record, store and play
back sounds. Sound recordings use microphones to pick up sound waves in the air. The pressure
changes associated with the waves are converted into electrical signals, which can be coded and
stored for future access. Sound reproduction, or playback, uses additional devices to retrieve the
stored information and convert back into electrical signals. The signals are then sent to a
loudspeaker, which converts them back into sound.
To record sound, a microphone changes the acoustic energy of sound waves in the air into
electrical signals. Inside a microphone is a thin, flat, metallic surface, called a diaphragm, that is
suspended in a magnetic field. When a sound wave reaches the microphone, the air pressure
changes around the diaphragm, causing the diaphragm to move. This movement within a magnetic
field creates an electrical signal. The signal is then transferred to a storage medium, such as a
cassette tape, a compact disc (CD), or a phonograph record.
To reproduction sound, a playing device-such as a CD player, cassette deck, or phonograph
accesses the stored data. The playing device reads the data and converse the information back into
electric energy. The electrical signal is sent to a loudspeaker, which has a diaphragm housed in a
magnetic field in much the same way as a microphone’s diaphragm is housed. The electrical signal
creates a disturbance in the magnetic field. These resultant variations in the magnetic field cause
the diaphragm to move. As the diaphragm moves, it pushes out and pulls in, creating changes in air
pressure to recreate the sound that was originally recorded.
Sound recordings and reproduction form the foundation of many industries, including
entertainment, communication, and multimedia businesses. Recording and reproduction of sound
allow people to play their favorite music, whether it was recorded yesterday or many years ago.
Radio networks rely on sound recording and reproduction for storing news and other types of
programming. Television and motion pictures combine images with music, speech, and Sound
effects to provide the viewer with as enriched experience. Computer programs, multimedia
software, and video games also use sound to make programs more engaging.
(source: Erlangga/look ahead an English course XII)

12. Review text

a. Social function: To critique an art work, event for a public audience. Such works of art
include movies, TV show, books, plays, operas, recordings, exhibitions, concerts, and
ballets
b. Generic structure:
 Orientation
 Interpretive Recount
 Evaluation
 Evaluative Summation
c. Significant feature:
 Focus on particular participants
 Direct expression of attitudinal ephitets in nominal groups: Qualities attributes and
Affective mental processes
 Use of elaborating and extending clause and group complexes to package the
information
 Use of metaphorical language (e.g., The wit was there, dexterously ping ponged to
and fro…)
d. Example :
Original soundtrack of Brownies
Bisa saja was chosen sa the first single of the album and theme song of Brownies because the
lyrics reflect the story in the movie. Budjana of GIGI demonstrates his skills in playing an acoustic
guitar in Cinta terakhir. Three other brand new songs, Dilema, Jangan bilang pacarku, and Semua
orang berhak mendapat rasa bahagia, give supporting nuances to tthe flow of the movie. GIGI
composed them by imagining how the scenes would look like based on the sreenpaly.
When hanung bramantyo (the director) and Dewa budjana of GIGI chatted, Budjana expressed
his interest in making a sountrack album. Then, he recommended a few GIGI songs, which the
producer accepted because of the chemistry they created with the movie.
Since GIGI could provide a variety of colors to add all kinds of musical nuances to enrich the
movie, the producer deemed it unnecessary to find other musicians to complete the original
sountrack of Brownies.
Armand maulana (vocalist), I gede dewa budjana (guitarist), Thomas ramadhan (bass player),
and Gusti erhany (drums-stand-in player for Budhi haryono) put alotof effort into this album. As a
result, they’ve created a perfect blend of a movie and songs that makes Brownies tastier.
It’s always fun to have a piece of piece of brownies in your mouth but having it on your stereo
is more entertaining. No movie is perfect without a musical score and Ost. Of Brownies has proved
it excellently.