NAME = NUR KHOLIFATUN NISA’

NIM = 31802000019
SUBJECT = ESSAY-BASED WRITING

ACTIVITY 1
ACTIVITY 1 | Studying an Example Essay Discuss the questions that come
before the example essay with a partner. Then read the essay. Work with a
partner to answer the questions after the essay. This is a classification essay
about household chores. The essay lists typical chores and explains what the
writer thinks about them.

1. How much time do you spend cleaning your house or apartment each
week? Hmm, about 1 hour 30 minutes to clean the whole house.
Sweeping and mopping the floor takes 30 minutes, while the remaining
1 hour is spent organizing the room, cleaning the glass from dust,
washing dishes and others.

2. What is your least favorite household chore? Why? I don't really like
washing dishes. That's because my hands tend to be sensitive to dish
soap. After washing the dishes my hands would become itchy and red.
It hurts.
3. According to the author of this essay, what are the three least popular
household chores? Ironing clothes, washing the dishes and cleaning the
bathroom.

4. In a few words, describe the hook of this essay. This essay explains
about household chores that are not popular or disliked by many people.
But in this essay, it is likened to Cinderella who does all the household
chores because of the demands of her evil stepmother and older sisters.

5. Do you think this hook is effective? Yes!

 - Does it grab your attention? Yeahh

- Why or why not? Because in this essay, the tiring housework is

likened to Cinderella’s suffering when she had to do all that
because of her evil stepmother and older sisters.

6. How many paragraphs does this essay have? 5 Paragraph

- Which paragraph is the introduction? First paragraph

- Which paragraph is the conclusion? Fifth Paragraph

- Which paragraphs make up the body? Second, third and fourth

Paragraph.

7. In a few words, what is the general topic of this essay? The general
topic of this essay is about 3 household chores that the majority of
people dislike the most. Namely: ironing clothes, washing dishes and
cleaning toilets.

8. Can you find a sentence in Paragraph 1 that tells readers what expect
in Paragraphs 2, 3, and 4? Write that sentence here. In my opinion =
In today's increasingly busy society, however, most people admit that
they have definite dislikes for certain household chores. The top three of
these unpopular tasks often include ironing clothes, washing dishes, and
cleaning the bathroom.

9. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2? Ironing clothes is one of the

household chores that many people hate because it takes a lot of time
and effort.

10. Write the topic sentences of Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4.

- Paragraph 3: The second household chore that many people hate

is washing the dishes, because it requires a lot of effort and
patience to repeat the same process over and over again.
 - Paragraph 4: And the third household chore that many people
hate the most is cleaning the bathroom, that’s because it takes
extra effort not to get disgusted by the smell of the toilet and
dwell on dirty things.

11. In Paragraph 2, the writer shows that people do not like to iron
clothes. Write two of the supporting sentences here.

- Each piece of clothing must be handled individually, so ironing a

basket of laundry can take hours!

- Ironing a piece of clothing meticulously, which lentails smoothing

out the fabric, following the seams, and getting the creases just
right, So, ironing is not a favorite chore is that itirequires extreme
attention to detail from beginning to end.

12. In Paragraph 4, the writer suggests that cleaning the bathroom is not a
fast chore. Write the sentence in which the writer makes this point.

Cleaning the bathroom need a many time, because this task involves
tackling three main areas: the bathtub, sink, and toilet. Because the
bathroom is full of germs, a quick wiping of the surfaces is often not
enough.

13. Look at the last paragraph. Find the sentence that restates the thesis.
Write that sentence here.

Maintaining a house means doing a wide variety of unpleasant chores.

Cinderella knew this, and so does the rest of the world.
ACTIVITY 2
ACTIVITY 2 | Studying an Example Essay Discuss the questions that come
before the example essay with a partner. Then read the essay. Work with a
partner to answer the questions after the essay. In this narrative essay, the
writer tells a story of a humorous language problem he experienced in Japan.

1. What are some words that cause problems for you in English? Why are
they difficult?

Actually there are some words that I personally think are sometimes
mispronounced. Like the word 'know'. I often forget that the word
must be pronounced without the letter 'k' but I always forget...Haha

2. Describe a situation in which you could not express yourself effectively

in English. What did you do?

Maybe by trying to practice my pronunciation more often. And that

tends to make progress for me.

3. In a few sentences, tell what happened in this story. Use your own
words.

There was an English teacher who worked in a small area in Japan, one
day he wanted to buy flour in a grocery store to make bread. However,
he does not have the language vocabulary to express his desires. He
didn’t know what flour was in Japanese. So, he tried to find pictures of
bread on the packaging.

But he didn’t find it. Then he saw his student, immediately he asked him
what is the Japanese vocabulary for flour. However, this time he was
wrong again because flour in Japanese means chrysanthemum flower.
And in the end he came home with an empty hand.

Since then, the writer studied Japanese and vocabulary seriously. This
makes us realize how important it is to learn a language so that we can
overcome communication barriers.
4. A good hook in an essay sometimes involves the reader in the
information in the body of the essay. Write the hook for this essay.

In this essay, the reader clearly has a connection with what the author
wants to convey. Because the author wants readers or other people to
add insight into our language vocabulary so that one day, if we are in the
worst condition. At least we can still express what we need.

5. How does this hook try to involve the reader? Do you think that this
hook is successful? Why or why not?

As I said earlier in answer no. 4 that this essay was very successful in
making me understand how important it is to increase our knowledge of
language vocabulary and general knowledge about unique things in
other countries. So that we know how to communicate well.
In this essay, the reader clearly has a connection with what the author
wants to convey. Because the author wants readers or other people to
add insight into our language vocabulary so that one day, if we are in the
worst condition. At least we can still express what we need.

6. This essay tells a story. It is an organized sequence of events. This kind

of essay is called a narrative essay. (You will learn more about narrative
essays in Unit 2.) Read the list of the main events in the essay below
and number the items from 1 to 12 to indicate the order in which the
events took place.

_8_The clerk took the writer to the produce section.

_6_The writer asked the student for a Japanese translation.
_9_The clerk pointed to the flowers.
_1_The writer arrived in Japan.
_2_The writer wanted to make some bread.
_7_The writer spoke to an elderly clerk.
_10_The writer realized that the student had not understood the
question correctly.
_11_The writer went home without the flour.
_4_The writer looked all over the store for the flour.
_5_The writer saw one of his students.
_12_The writer studied Japanese.
_3_The writer went to the store.

Done. Thank you~