Cara Kilat Menyelesaikan Soal Main Idea #2 || Tips & Trick UTBK 2021

Hi Guys.. Pada postingan sebelumnya Mister sudah share Cara Kilat Menyelesaikan Soal Main Idea #1 yang notabene kita dapat menyelesaikannya tanpa text. 

Nah.. pada kesempatan kali ini Mister akan share Cara Kilat yang kedua untuk menyelesaikan soal Main Idea. Cara kilat ini merupakan cara yang kedua jika cara yang pertama belum bisa ditemukan jawabannya karena memang untuk menjawabnya dibutuhkan text. Langsung saja Mister sebut cara kilat ini dengan Rumus Segitiga.

Sudut segitiga paling atas kita sebut dengan Main Idea, sedangkan dua sudut bawah kita sebut dengan Supporting Idea. Dengan kata lain, Main Idea dari paragraf/kalimat ini ada di atas/awal paragraf maupun kalimat.

Perhatikan text berikut:

Only two months after graduating, Maria was faced with a new and different kind of challenge. She was invited to be a delegation to the International Women’s Congress, she had a great success once again. She gave two speeches-about education for women and about the condition of working women in Italy. Both speeches were received with great enthusiasm. Newspaper reporters from all over Europe interviewed her and praised her in their articles. They described the young doctor from Italy as both intelligent and charming. They were amazed, too, that she had used no notes for her long speeches.

When she returned from Berlin, Maria settled down to serious work in Rome. She continued to work in several hospitals, including a woman’s hospital and a children’s hospital. She also had some private patients. Some of these patients wrote letters of thanks that Maria’s mother kept for many years. From these letters, it is clear that Maria was no ordinary doctor. She often stayed for hours with her patients, particularly those who couldn’t afford nursing help. One time, for example, Maria arrived at the home of the young mother of very sick baby twins. She saw at once that the mother was desperately tired, so Maria sent her to bed. Then she bathed the babies, prepared their food, and stayed with them all day.

The text tells us about ….
A. a great success doctor
B. the patient-nurse
C. a desperate mother
D. a charming woman
E. the ordinary doctor

Soal diatas menanyakan tentang teks tersebut menceritakan tentang apa. Untuk menyelesaikan soal diatas, kita tidak perlu membaca keseluruhan text karena akan membutuhkan banyak waktu. Cobalah untuk fokus pada paragraf pertama dan pada awal-awal kalimat pada paragraf tersebut.

Pada awal-awal kalimat diatas kita akan menemukan kalimat "Only two months after graduating, Maria was faced with a new and different kind of challenge. She was invited to be a delegation to the International Women’s Congress, she had a great success once again." 

Perhatikan kalimat yang Mister bold, dari sana jelas sekali bahwa pilihan jawaban yang tepat adalah A (a great success doctor) dan hal ini senada dengan kalimat yang Mister bold. Adapun jawaban B, C, D too spesific, sedangkan E Incorrect.

Gimana?? mudah dan bisa dipahami kan???

Well, Mister akan berikan contoh lain to make you more understand about this.

Dear, Mr. Michaels, 

You are requested by the company to pay for an additional fee of $20 so that we can fill your order. This is due to the new company policy which requires each of our clients to pay for an additional fee. This policy is implemented in order to make sure that you receive the best from our company. You are definitely going to experience the difference this additional fee can make once you have already received your processed and filled your order.

In addition to the fee, you are also requested to fill out this information sheet before we can fill your order. This is for the new system that the company has just recently operated on.

This can further help our company to improve our products and services. We can also accommodate you better with the information you can provide in case you encounter any problems. We assure you that the information you give us is private and solely used for these purposes.

We hope that you understand our new company policy and system. These measures are done to better serve you. we greatly salute you for your cooperation. 

The letter is mainly about …. 

A.  A new system to manage the company’s problem. 

B.  The demand of extra charge for the best service. 

C.  A bonus which will be given to the customers. 

D.  The improvement of the company service. 

E.  The new policy to serve the clients.

Soal diatas menanyakan tentang surat tersebut menceritakan tentang apa. Untuk menyelesaikan soal diatas, lagi-lagi..kita tidak perlu buang-buang waktu untuk membaca keseluruhan text, cukup fokus pada paragraf pertama dan pada awal-awal kalimat pada paragraf tersebut.

Pada awal paragraf kita akan menemukan kalimat "You are requested by the company to pay for an additional fee of $20 so that we can fill your order" yang dalam Bahasa Indonesia artinya adalah "Kamu diminta oleh perusahaan untuk membayar biaya tambahan $20 agar kami dapat memenuhi pesananmu". Jika kita perhatikan pilihan jawaban A-E maka pilihan jawaban yang paling tepat adalah B (The demand of extra charge for the best service) Artinya, pelanggan dimintai biaya tambahan oleh perusahaan. Additional fee mempunyai istilah sama dengan extra charge. Jawaban lainnya too specific hanya pada paragraf tertentu saja.

Semoga bermanfaat, tunggu tips & trick UTBK selanjutnya yaa..😇

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