Bacaan
The Second Row (a short story)
Sari (fictional) had the strongest voice in the school choir, and everyone knew it, including Sari. During rehearsals she sang a little louder than the others, and she liked the way the conductor, Mr. Hendra (fictional), sometimes smiled when her voice rose above the rest.
Two weeks before the regional competition, he moved her from the front row to the second.
"Your voice isn't the problem," he said when she asked why. "Your ears are."
Sari spent the rest of the rehearsal sulking. She sang every note correctly but without feeling, and she did not look at him once.
That evening, she played the recording her friend Nia had made of the rehearsal on her phone. At first she listened only for herself. Then, on the third time through, she noticed something else. In the quiet passage near the end, the altos were singing softly together, almost like one voice, and her own voice cut through them like a car horn.
She listened to the passage twice more before she put the phone away.
At the next rehearsal, Sari stood in the second row and sang the quiet passage so softly that she could hear Nia breathing beside her. When the piece ended, Mr. Hendra said nothing to her. Before the choir left, he wrote something on the seating chart. Sari did not even try to read it.
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Pilih satu jawabanWhat did Mr. Hendra most likely mean when he said, "Your voice isn't the problem. Your ears are"?
Lihat kunci & pembahasan
Kunci: C
Kenapa benar
Mr. Hendra memakai kata ears secara kiasan: suara Sari bagus, tetapi ia kurang mendengarkan penyanyi lain. Ini terbukti ketika Sari mendengarkan rekaman: suaranya sendiri "cut through them like a car horn" di bagian yang seharusnya pelan dan menyatu. Maksudnya, Sari perlu mendengarkan kelompoknya, bukan hanya dirinya.
Langkah
Pahami bahwa ears di sini kiasan: kemampuan mendengarkan, bukan organ telinga.
Cari bukti di bagian akhir cerita: "At first she listened only for herself", lalu ia menyadari suaranya terlalu menonjol di antara para alto.
Cocokkan dengan pilihan yang menjelaskan makna kiasan itu.
Tips: ucapan tokoh yang terdengar aneh bila diartikan harfiah biasanya dijelaskan oleh kejadian sesudahnya dalam cerita.
Kenapa opsi lain salah
- A.
Ini tafsiran harfiah. Cerita tidak menyinggung gangguan pendengaran. Sari justru bisa mendengar napas Nia di sampingnya.
- B.
Cerita menyebut Sari menyanyikan setiap not dengan benar (every note correctly). Masalahnya bukan nada yang salah.
- D.
Sari baru merajuk setelah dipindahkan, jadi rajukannya tidak mungkin menjadi alasan pemindahan.
- E.
Tidak ada petunjuk bahwa Nia akan menggantikan Sari. Nia hanya teman yang merekam latihan.
Konsep
Inferensi makna kiasan dalam ucapan tokoh dengan bukti dari rangkaian peristiwa dalam cerita.
Jebakan umum
Mengartikan ucapan kiasan secara harfiah.
Tertukar urutan peristiwa sebab dan akibat dalam cerita.
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