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Describing Place

The document describes Mount Bromo, an active volcano in East Java, Indonesia. It is 2,399 meters above sea level and located across four districts. Mount Bromo has a caldera covering 10 square kilometers and a crater measuring around 800 by 600 meters. It is a major tourist attraction in East Java due to its status as an active volcano.

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Describing Place

The document describes Mount Bromo, an active volcano in East Java, Indonesia. It is 2,399 meters above sea level and located across four districts. Mount Bromo has a caldera covering 10 square kilometers and a crater measuring around 800 by 600 meters. It is a major tourist attraction in East Java due to its status as an active volcano.

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DESCRIBING PLACE

A good description of ‘place’ helps to explain what makes it so different from other ‘places’
aand give a good guide as to where it is located.
 Social Function
To describe a particular place

 Structure of text
 Identification
 Description
Talk about : What is the place?
Where is it?
How does it look like?

 Language features
 Using Simple Present Tense
 Using Past Tense (to tell the history of place)

 Adjective Describing Place
 Ancient
 Beautiful
 Boring
 Bustling
 Charming
 Crowded
 Exiting
 Famous
 Fantastic
 Popular
 Touristy
Example :

MOUNT BROMO

Mount Bromo (from Sanskrit: Brahma, one of the Main Gods in Hinduism) or in
Tengger is spelled as "Brama", is an active volcano in East Java, Indonesia. This mountain
has a height of 2399 meters above sea level and is in four districts, namely Probolinggo,
Pasuruan, Lumajang, and Malang. Mount Bromo is famous as a major tourist attraction in
East Java. As a tourist attraction, Bromo becomes attractive because of its status as an active
volcano. Mount Bromo is included in the area of Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park.
The body shape of Mount Bromo is linked between the valley and the canyon with the
caldera or the sea of sand covering about 10 square kilometers.

Mount Bromo has a crater with a diameter of ± 800 meters (north-south) and ± 600
meters (east-west). While the danger area in the form of a circle with radius 4 km from the
center of the crater of Bromo.

Taken from : https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunung_Bromo

QUESTIONS :

1. What is the origin of the word Mount Bromo?


2. What is Bromo mountain?
3. How high is the mountain from the sea level?
4. Mount Bromo is located in four districts. Mention them!
5. Describe the body shape of Mount Bromo!
6. Does the mount have a danger area? Explain it!
7. Why is Mount Bromo famous as a major tourist attraction in East Java?
8. As a tourist attraction, Bromo becomes attractive because of its status as an active
volcano. The word attractive has the closest meaning with ............
9. What is the conclusion of the text above?
10. The word Mount Bromo is derived from Sanskrit word : Brahma, one of the Main
Gods in Hinduism. Does it have a connection with god Brahma from India?

Exercise
Read the text (MOUNT BROMO) and answer the question.

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