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Biography

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  BIOGRAPHY OF KI HAJAR DEWANTARA Ki Hadjar Dewantoro, Dewantoro also spelled Dewantara, original name Raden Mas (Lord) Suwardi Surjaningrat, (born May 2, 1889, Yogyakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies [now Indonesia]—died April 26, 1959, Yogyakarta), founder of the Taman Siswa (literally “Garden of Students”) school system, an influential and widespread network of schools that encouraged modernization but also promoted indigenous Indonesian culture. Dewantoro was born into a noble family of Yogyakarta and attended a Dutch-sponsored medical school but failed to complete the course. Active in the nationalist cause, he belonged to a faction favouring direct action and the use of Western methods to destroy the power of the Dutch. He was also a member of the Bandung chapter of Sarekat Islām (“Islamic Association”) and a founder of the Socialist Indische Partij (“Indies Party”). An article he wrote during this period, “If I Were a Netherlander,” published in the Indische Partij’s De Express, led

Vanity, What is thy price?

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  This story is telling us that we must tell others about the truth. Because telling the truth is so important.  Honesty is crucial to a healthy relationship with ourselves and others. It can help us resolve longstanding issues, find forgiveness, and deepen our relationships with the people who surround us. Why do we lie? It’s clear that without being honest with ourselves we’ll never be honest with others. What are the obstacles to achieving this kind of clarity and how do we overcome them? And once we gain clarity, how do we communicate truthfully in a productive and positive manner?

Stop Bullying

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BULLYING Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems. In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include: - An Imbalance of Power: Kids who bully use their power—such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity—to control or harm others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even if they involve the same people. - Repetition: Bullying behaviors happen more than once or have the potential to happen more than once. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose. Types of Bullying There are three types of bullying: 1. Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things. Ve

Narrative Text

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 Narrative Text Definition: - Narrative text is an imaginative story to entertain people. - Narrative text is a spoken or written account of connected events, a story. - Narrative text is narrated part of a literary work, as distinct from dialogue. - Narrative text is the practice or art or narration Generic Structure of Narrative Text: 1 . Orientation: It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the story are introduced. (person, time, and place) 2 . Complication: where the problems in the story developed. 3 . Resolution: where the problems in the story is solved. Sometimes (generic structure) narrative text can be contained: Orientation, Complication, Evaluation, Resolution, and Reorientation. Even though “Evaluation” and “Reorientation” it is optional; can be added or not. Evaluation contains of controlling and evaluating a love adventure or conflict Reorientation contains the conclusion of the end story Language Features: - Using part action verb: Climbed, Turned, Bro

Enchanted Fish

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Once upon a time, there was a fisherman who lived in a small hut near the seaside with his wife. One day, he went fishing. He sat on his boat with his road. Suddenly his float was dragged into the water and he managed to catch a big fish, he was very happy because of that fish will feed them for days. Suddenly the fish said to him that it was an enchanted fish, the fish actually was a prince. And he wanted the fisherman to put him again to the water and he did that. When the fisherman went home, he told everything to his wife. His wife looks disappointed because he didn’t ask anything. And then, she told him to return and asked the fish if they wanted a snug little cottage. But he wasn’t sure about that but he still went to the seashore and sat in his boat. He started to call the fish. The fish immediately came swimming to him. The fisherman asked what his wife want, so the fish gave it. And then he went go home and looked the beautiful cottage. His wife was very happy. One day, his w

Figure Of Speech

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Figure Of Speech Definition of Figure of Speech A figure of speech is a word or phrase that is used in a non-literal way to create an effect. This effect may be rhetorical as in the deliberate arrangement of words to achieve something poetic, or imagery as in the use of language to suggest a visual picture or make an idea more vivid. Overall, figures of speech function as literary devices because of their expressive use of language. Words are used in other ways than their literal meanings or typical manner of application. For example, Margaret Atwood utilizes figures of speech in her poem “you fit into me” as a means of achieving poetic meaning and creating a vivid picture for the reader. you fit into me like a hook into an eye a fish hook an open eye The simile in the first two lines sets forth a comparison between the way “you” fits into the poet like a hook and eye closure for perhaps a garment. This is an example of rhetorical effect in that the wording carefully achieves the idea