CONTOH MAJOR AND MINOR

  -  Major Details:     + These details are the separate, primary points that support the main idea by explaining it and developing it.

                        + These details are more general than minor details but less general than the main idea.

  -  Minor Details:     + These details provide expanded information about each separate major detail.

                        + Not every major detail is followed by a minor detail.

Exercise

Walter Elias Disney (december 5, 1901 –  december 15, 1996) was an American animated film producer and animator. He was also the creato of an American-based theme park called disneyland, and the founder of the highly profitable corporation, now know as The Walt Disney Company.

            Disney Was Born in Chicago to Elias Disney and Flora Call. He was named after his father and after his father’s close friend Walter parr, the minister at St.Paul Congregational Chrunch. In 1906, his family moved to a farm near marceline, Missouri . the family sold the farm in 1909 and lived in a rented house until 1910, when they moved to kansas city. Disney was nine years old at the time.

            According to the Kansas city, Missouri, Public School District record, Disney began attending the Bentn Gramar school in 1911, and continued his formal education there until he greduated on june 8, 1917. During this time , Disney also enrolled in classes at the kansas city art institute. In the fall of 1917, Disney rejoined his family. He left school at he age sixteen and became a volunteer ambulance driver in World War I, after he changed his birth certificate to show his year of birth as 1900 in order  to be able to enlist in the service. He served as a membr of the american red cross ambulance force in france till 1919

Question:

1.      When did disney begin studying at grammar?

2.      What did disney do to become ambulance driver?

      The Sedgwick Country Zoo welcomed two surprises this weekend. Two Amur Tiger cub were born last Saturday.

      The zoo says the cubs appears to be a male and female, and mother and cubs are all doing well at this time, you’ll remember, two female Amur Tigers at the Sedgwick Country Zoo were artificially inseminated last year. One club was born as a result of that procedur, but the cub did not survive.

       The zoo says the cubs born last weekend were conceived naturally. It could be later this fall before guests are able to see the cubs, through the zoo says that has not yet been determined.

       The zoo says it will provide updates through their website and social media platfroms.

     Question :

     1. How many cubs were born last Saturday?

     2. How is the condition of thr mother and the                 cubs?

     3. How does the zoo give update or information             to the public?

   Komodo Dragon

    Komodo dragon is a member of the monitor family, Varanidae, it is the world’s largest living lizard. It grows to be 10 feet ( 3 meter ) long and weighs uo to 126 kg and belongs to the most ancient group of lizard  still alive.

    It is found mainly inthr island of komodo and on other small island, Rinca, Padar and Flores. The natives call the dragon, ora, or buaya darat (land crocodile).

    The komodo dragon has long heavy tail, short, strong legs, and rough skin. It is covered with small dull, colored scales. It can sprint at up 18 km per hour, but only for short distances. When it opens its wide red mouth, its shows rows of teeth like the edge of saw.

    Komodo dragons are good swimmers and may swim the long distances from one island to another. Like other lizard, they swim by udulating their tails, and their legs held against their body.

            The komodo dragon is totally carnivorous. It hunts other animals during the day. It hunts deer, wild pigs, water buffaloes, and horses. While samller komodos have to be content with eggs other lizards, snakes, and rodent. Komodo dragons are cannibals. The adult will prey on he young ones as well as the old and sick dragons.

The lizard digs a cave with is strong claws in the cave night.

       Question :

            1. What is characteristic of komodo dragon ?

            2. Komodo dragon are cannibals because ?

             

                

                      

                  Picasso was one of the most outstanding and important artist of the 1900’s. He is best known for this paintings. Almost every stylein modern art is representedin picasso’s works.

      Picasso was born in 1881 in malaga, spain as the son of an art teacher. He studied painting from his father and his college level course of study at the academy of arts in madrid.

                  From about 1895 to 1901, he painted realistic  works in the traditional style. Then the entered what was called the blue period during this time, he only used shades of blue in his paintings to show the proverty he saw in barcelona.

                  After  1908, he entered into the style of cubism. Among his well-know cubist paintings are “three musicians” and “man with guitar”

      Picasso died in moughins, france in 1973. He was really great artist

           Question 

              1. Why did picasso become so popular? because?

             

2. where Picasso died ?

3. how many major in the text ?

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