Author's Attitude - Character Attitude - Tone - Opinion

Authors attitude

    Author's attitude adalah sikap sang penulis terhadap permasalahan yang dibahas pada suatu text, sikap tersebut bisa saja seperti khawatir (concerned), kritis (critical), dan lain sebagainya. Materi ini termasuk penting karena sering keluar dalam ujian-ujian bahasa Inggris, salah satunya adalah UTBK.

   Model soal yang membahas author's attitude biasanya seperti ini:

"The author's attitude towards _ is ?"
"What is the tone of the text most likely to be?"
"Which of these statements accurately represent the author's view of _?"

Lalu, bagaimana cara menjawabnya?

Hal pertama yang harus dilakukan adalah membaca teksnya secara menyeluruh dan bayangkan diri kamu sebagai sang penulis, kamu dapat menghemat waktu dengan melihat kata-kata kunci pada teks, biasanya kata-kata kunci tersebut berada pada opini sang penulis.

Character's attitude

    Character's attitude adalah sikap yang ditunjukkan oleh tokoh atau karakter dalam sebuah teks, kurang lebih seperti author's attitude, tetapi membahas bagaimana sikap sang karakter yang diceritakan dalam menanggapi suatu masalah atau perihal.

Berikut adalah contoh yang mungkin dapat digunakan sebagai acuan belajar:

Angry - Mad, angry, rage (jika sang penulis membuat opini yang meyatakan kemarahan, angry adalah salah satu sikap yang memungkinkan)

Doubtful - Doubt, hestitate, not sure, not convinced (jika opini penulis menyatakan keraguan)

Disagree (jika penulis menyatakan ketidaksetujuan dengan perihal atau masalah yang dibicarakan dalam teks)

Critical (jika penulis bersifat kritis dengan mendeskripsikan masalah dengan rinci)

Positive (jika penulis setuju dan bersikap positif)

Disappointed - unfortunately (jika penulis kecewa)

Surprised - surprisingly, shockingly, astonishing, mind-blowing (jika penulis terkejut karena suatu hal)

Contoh soal :

Marie Curie was one of the most accomplished scientists in history. Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered radium, an element widely used for treating cancer, and studied uranium and other radioactive substances. Pierre and Marie’s amicable collaboration later helped to unlock the secrets of the atom.

Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, where her father was a professor of physics. At an early age, she displayed a brilliant mind and a blithe personality. Her great exuberance for learning prompted her to continue with her studies after high school. She became disgruntled, however, when she learned that the university in Warsaw was closed to women. Determined to receive a higher education, she defiantly left Poland and in 1891 entered the Sorbonne, a French university, where she earned her master’s degree and doctorate in physics.

Marie was fortunate to have studied at the Sorbonne with some of the greatest scientists of her day, one of whom was Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre were married in 1895 and spent many productive years working together in the physics laboratory. A short time after they discovered radium, Pierre was killed by a horse-drawn wagon in 1906. Marie was stunned by this horrible misfortune and endured heartbreaking anguish. Despondently she recalled their close relationship and the joy that they had shared in scientific research. The fact that she had two young daughters to raise by herself greatly increased her distress.

Curie’s feeling of desolation finally began to fade when she was asked to succeed her husband as a physics professor at the Sorbonne. She was the first woman to be given a professorship at the world-famous university. In 1911 she received the Nobel Prize in chemistry for isolating radium. Although Marie Curie eventually suffered a fatal illness from her long exposure to radium, she never became disillusioned about her work. Regardless of the consequences, she had dedicated herself to science and to revealing the mysteries of the physical world.

In leaving Poland to enter Sorbonne, Marie showed what kind of attitude?

A. distressed

B. behaved
C. showed intelligence
D. Challenged authority

soal diambil dari sainsin.id

Pertanyaan : saat meninggalkan Polandia dan memasuki Sorbonne, sikap apa yang ditunjukkan oleh Marie?
perhatikan bahwa yang ditanyakan adalah sikap tokoh Marie Curie dari dalam teks. Diketahui juga bahwa yang ditanyakan adalah sikap Marie saat meninggalkan polandia

Jawab :

Setelah membaca, ada kalimat kunci pada paragraf kedua : she defiantly left Poland and in 1891 entered the Sorbonnedefiantly artinya menentang (secara menentang). Oleh karena itu jawaban yang tepat adalah D, challenged authority artinya adalah menantang sebuah pihak (artinya kurang lebih sama). A bukanlah jawaban yang tepat karena dia tidak stres ataupun menderita, B dan C bukan jawaban yang tepat karena tidak ada kemiripan sama sekali dengan sikap Marie.