Selain narrative text, ada berbagai macam jenis text.Dalam hal ini penulis
hanya meng-khususkan pembahasan mengenai mempelajari narrative text.Hal itu
dilakukan agar pembahasan lebih mendalam.
2. Apakah ada pebedaan yang mencolok antara narrative text dengan text lainya?
1.4 Tujuan Penulisan
Data yang dipakai dalam penulisan karya ilmiah ini dengan metode study
pustaka yaitu mencari data-data yang berkaitan dengan narrative text melalui buku
buku yang membahas tentang narrative text. Dan menjadikan sebagai data
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1.6 sistematika penulisan
Pembahasan penulisan narrative text dalam karya tulis ini disusun dengan
text, struktur narrative text, ciri kebahsaan narrative text. Bab 3 bank soal.Bab 4
penutup.
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BAB II NARRATIVE TEXT
1). Sebuah cerita baik terucap maupun tertulis tentang peristiwa-peristiwa yang
berhubungan.
2). Bagian yang diceritakan dalam sebuah karya sastra, berbeda dengan dialog.
Jika disimpulkan maka sebuah narrative text adalah text yang berisi sebuah
cerita baik tertulis maupun tidak tertulis dan terdapat rangkaian peristiwa yang
paragraf dalam sebuah tulisan yang rangkaian peristiwa dari waktu ke waktu
(https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narasi)
Example : Once upon a time, there was a wolf lived in the forest
3. Resolution: Masalah selesai baik secara happy ending maupun sad ending.
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Example: finally, the giant sinked into the river.
Tujuan dasar dari text narasi adalah untuk menghibur dan menarik minat
pembaca dengan menyajikan cerita atau peristiwa yang memiliki masalah yang
menimbulkan konflik dan pada akhir cerita ada resolusinya atau akhir yang bahagia
narrative-text-dan-contohnya/)
Fokus pada satu tokoh atau pelaku dan biasanya individual sehingga biasanya
Paling sering menggunakan past tense baik itu simple past tense, past continuous,
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young girl named Cinderella. He
lived with his step mother and two sisters. They were arrogant and bad tempered.
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They treated Cinderella very badly. Her step mother made Cinderella do the hardest
job in the house, such as scrubbing the floor, cleaning the pot and pan and preparing
food for the family. Her step sisters, on the other hand, did not work on the house.
One day, a king invited all girls in his kingdom to attend a ball in his palace.
They were excited about this and spent so much time choosing the dresses they
would wear. Cinderella could not stop crying after they left.
She looked up and saw a fairy standing beside her. Then Cinderella told her
why she was crying. Well the fairy said, “you’ve been such a cheerful, hardworking,
uncomplaining girl that I will see that you go to the ball.” The fairy turned a
pumpkin into a coach and mice into a smooth two coach man and footman then
tapped Cinderella’s dress with her wand, and it became a beautiful ball gown.
Then he gave her a pair of pretty glass shoes. Now, Cinderella, she said,
“you have to leave the ball before midnight”. Then he drove away a wonderful
coach. Cinderella had a marvelous time either. She danced again and again with the
prince. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve, she ran toward the door as fast
as he could do. In her hurry, one of her glass shoes left behind.
A few days later, the prince declared that he would marry the girl whose feet
fitted the glass shoe. Cinderella’s stepsisters tried on it but it was too small for them,
no matter how hard they squeezed their toes into it. In the end, the king’s page let
Cinderella try the shoe. She stretched his legs and slipped the shoe on the page. It
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fitted perfectly. Finally, she was ushered into a magnificent palace and height. The
prince were glad to see her again. They married and lived happily ever after.
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BAB III SOAL DAN PEMBAHASAN
3.1 Soal
Once upon a time there was a girl name Cindrella. She lived with her bad
step-mother and two step-sisters. She had to do all the household chores.
One day the king invited all the ladies in the kingdom to go to a ball (pesta
dansa) in the palace. He wanted to find the Crown Prince a wife.
The step sisters went to the ball that night with their mother. Cindrella was
left alone. She cried because she actually wanted to go to the ball, too.
Just then a fairy godmother came. With her magic wand, she gave Cindrella
a coach (kereta), two horses and footmen. She also gave Cindrella a lovely dress to
wear the ball and a pair of glass slippers. She told Cindrella to come home before
midnight.
At the ball, Cindrella danced all night with the Prince. The Prince fell in
love with her. At midnight, Cindrella ran home. Unfortunately, one of her slippers
slipped off at the door. She did not have time to put it back on. The Prince was sad
as he could not find Cindrella again that night.
The next day, the Prince and his men brought along the glass slipper. They
went all over the Kingdom to search for the owner.
After searching for along time, finally, they came to Cindrella’s house. The
slipper fit her. The prince was very happy to find Cindrella again. They got married
and lived ever after.
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2. What was there at the palace one day?
a. A game
b. A birthday party
c. Glass slippers
d A ball
e. Crown part
5. “She also gave Cindrella a lovely dress….” (Paragraph 4). The underlined word
has the same meaning with …..
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a. boring
b. Polite
c. Pretty
d. Honest
e. Loyal
A fox fell into a well and couldn’t get out. By and by a thirsty goat
came along. Seeing the fox in the well it asked if the water was good. “Good,” said
the fox, “It’s the best water I’ve tasted in all my life. Come down and try it
yourself.”
The goat was thirsty so he got into the well. When he had drunk
enough, he looked around but there was no way to get out. Then the fox said, “I
have a good idea. You stand on your hind legs and put your forelegs against the
side of the well. Then I’ll climb on your back, from there. I’ll step on your horns,
and I can get out. And when I’m out, I’ll help you out of the well.”
The goat did as he was asked and the fox got on his back and climbed
out of the well. Then he coolly walked away. The goat called out loudly after him
and reminded him of his promise to help him out. The fox merely turn to him and
said, “if you only had thought carefully about getting out, you wouldn’t have
jumped into the well.”
The goat felt very sad. He called out loudly. An old man walking nearby
heard him and put a plank into the well. The goat out and thanked the old man.
a. a fox
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c. the goat and an old man
d. a goat
c. How both the goat and the fox got out of the well
c. The goat called out loudly after the fox got out.
e. The goat stood on his hint legs and put his forelegs against the side of the well.
9. “Come down and try it yourself.” (Paragraph 1). The underlined word refers to
……..
a. a well
b. a fox
c. Life
d. water
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e. a goat
Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled in Teberu Lombok, who had
a beautiful daughter called Puteri Mandalika. Because of her beauty, princes and
kings from other kingdom around Teberu wished that she would be their wife. Six
of them came to Teberu and ask for her hand of marriage. They were Prince
Bumbang, Prince Aryo Johor, Prince Singa Trasak, Prince Daria Loka, Prince
Gunung Piring and Prince Bungsu. Each prince wanted to win the hearth of Puteri
Mandalika.
Her father, the king of Teberu, was very confused and did not know what to
do. If he chose one prince instead of another then it would create jealousy and there
could be war against his kingdom. All the princes were handsome and powerful and
so the king allowed his daughter to make her own choice. But Puteri Mandalika was
confused too and she also knew the dangerous risk that her kingdom and people
would get, if she chose either one of the princes.
After several days of serious thinking, Puteri Mandalika met her parents and
asked her permission to announce her decision in front of all the princes and the
people of Teberu the next day in the beach. Early next morning, everybody gathered
on the beach. There was a gentle breeze with small waves breaking softly across
the shore. Everybody was looking at Puteri Mandalika, waiting for her
announcement.
Meanwhile, the six princes prayed in their heart that he would be the chosen
one. Then in a loud and clear voice, Puteri Mandalika Said, ”Oh my beloved mother
and father, all the princes and especially the people of Teberu Kingdom. Today I
would like to announce that I will not give myself to any one of the princes, but
rather to all people of Teberu and my own kingdom.” Then Puteri Mandalika threw
herself into the sea from the top of a hill and disappeared. Everybody desperately
search for her but she could not be found and people believed she was transformed
into flowing sea worms called “nyale”. .
a. orientation
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b. complication
c. resolution
d. identification
e. conclusion
11. Why was it hard for the princess to choose one of the princes?
12. “Six of them came to Teberu and ask for her hand of marriage.” (Paragraph 1)
a. intend
b. admit
c. promise
d. accompany
e. propose
a. Putri Mandalika sacrificed herself to the sea for the sake of her people.
d. The war happened against the kingdom due to the princess’ decision.
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e. The people of Teberu kingdom hated the princess.
Once when a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down
upon him; this soon awoke the lion, who placed his huge paw upon him, and open
his big jaws to swallow him. “Pardon, O king,” cried the little mouse, “Forgive me
this time, I shall never forget it; perhaps I may be able to do you a good turn some
of these days.”
The lion was so tickled at the idea of the mouse being able to help him.
Then, he lifted up his paw and let him go.
Sometime after, the lion was caught in a trap. Some hunters, who wanted to
carry him alive to the King, tied him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon
to carry him in. Just then, the little mouse happened to pass by and see the sad plight
in which the lion was. The little mouse went up to him and soon gnawed away the
ropes that bounded the king of the beasts. Soon after the little mouse had finished
gnawing away the ropes, he asked the lion to run away.
c.To inform the readers about the events of the day which are considered
newsworthy
d. To explain something
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a. Don’t look at someone because of his clothes
d. The little mouse could prove that he could help the lion
e. From the first, the lion believed in what the little mouse said
e. He tied the lion to the tree so that the hunters could carry him
Snow White
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Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with
her aunt and uncle because her parents were dead.
One day she heard her uncle and aunt talking about leaving Snow White in
the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough
money to take Snow White.
Snow White didn’t want her uncle and aunt to do that so she decided that it
would be best if she ran away. The next morning she ran away into the woods. She
was very tired and hungry. Then she saw a little cottage. She knocked but no one
answered so she went inside and fell asleep.
Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. There they
found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs.
The dwarfs said, “If you want, you may live here with us.”
Finally, Snow White and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.
a. In the afternoon
b. In the morning
c. In the evening
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19. Where did Snow White live after she ran away to the woods?
20. According to the text, before she ran away into the woods, why did Snow White
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Story of Rabbit and Bear
Once upon a time, there lived as neighbours, a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit
is a good shot. In contrary, the bear is always clumsy and could not use the arrow
to good advantage.
One day, the bear called over the rabbit and asked the rabbit to take his bow
and arrows and came with bear to the other side of the hill. The rabbit was feared
to arouse the bear's anger so he could not refuse it. He consented and went with the
bear and shot enough buffalo to satisfy the hungry family. Indeed he shot and killed
so many that there was lots of meat left after the bear and his family had loaded
The bear was very gluttonous and did not want the rabbit to get any of the
meat. The rabbit could not even taste the blood from the butchering as the bear
would throw earth on the blood and dry it up. The poor rabbit would have to go
The bear was the father of five children. The youngest child was very kind
to the rabbit. He was very hearty eater. The mother bear always gave him an extra
large piece of meat but the youngest child did not eat it. He would take it outside
with him and pretended to play ball with the meat. He kicked toward the rabbit's
house and when he got close to the door he would give the meat with such a great
kick. The meat would fly into the rabbit's house. In this way, the poor rabbit would
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22. What do you think about the bear?
a. He was greedy.
24. “He consented and went with the bear and shot enough buffalo to satisfy the
hungry family.”
a. Fulfil
b. Eat
c. Give
d. Fill
e. Care
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25. What can we learn from the story?
a. Don’t be arrogant.
c. Don’t be lazy.
d. Be a generous man.
e. Be happy family.
It was January 29/30, 1950, that day was the saddest day of Indonesia
because one of Indonesia’s best sons was death. Even that day the sky also seemed
sad by droving his tears to earth. Who is he? Why is said to be the best son?
Sudirman was born in a village in central Java on January 24, 1916. He was
taken as a foster child by his mother’s brother, a retired district officer who resides
(formerly HIS = Holland Indies School). When he was in HIS, little Sudirman was
became beloved students of Mr. Tri Supeno so that he nationality education from
a. Sudirman’s death
b. Sudirman’s born
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c. Sudirman’s life
d. Sudirman’s Education
e. Sudirman’s Family
a. HIS
b. MULO
d. Cilacap
e. SIH
a. Mr. Supeno
b. Mr. Trisno
c. Mr. Tirta
d. Mr. Breda
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e. No one
One day there was a little girl named little red riding hood. She was asked
by her mother to deliver cake to her grandmother. When she was heading for his
grandmother’s house, little riding hood met a wolf. “Where are you going, a little
girl?” The wolf asked. “I’m willing to give this cake to my grandmother” replied
The wolf had an evil plan that he wanted to eat them both. Then he ran
he knocked on her door. When Grandma opened the door, the wolf caught her and
locked her in a closet. The bad wolf then wore Grandma’s clothes and laid in bed,
When little riding hood arrived, the wolf in disguise told her to come in.
little riding hood did not realize that it was the wolf. Then the wolf ate a little riding
hood and her grandmother. After eating them, the wolf fell asleep beside the river.
Suddenly, a woodcutter came; he saw a large wolf’s belly and knew what had been
done by the wolf. Then he saved them by releasing them out from the belly of the
wolf and filled the wolf’s stomach with a big stone. Then he threw the wolf into the
river.
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c. Grandma asked wolf to take little riding hood
d. A bad wolf who wants to eat little riding hood and grandma
31. Why did little riding hood do not realize the wolf who in disguise as her
grandma?
32. Who did save little riding hood and her grandma from the wolf?
a. The woodcutter
b. The stranger
c. The grandfather
A man in Puerto Rico had a wonderful parrot. There was no another parrot
like it.
It was very, very smart. This parrot would say any word-except one. He would not
say the name of the town where he was born. The name of the town was Catano.
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The man tried to teach the parrot to say Catano. But the bird would not say the
word. At first the man was very nice, but then he got angry. “You are a stupid bird!
Why can’t you say the word? Sat Catano, or I will kill you!” but the parrot would
not say it. Then the man got to so angry that the shouted over and over, “Say Catano,
One day after trying for many hours to make the bird say Catano, the man
got very angry. He picked up the bird and threw him into the chicken house. “You
are more stupid than the chickens. Soon I will eat them, and I will eat you, too.”
In the chicken house there are four old chickens. They were for Sunday’s dinner.
The man put the parrot in the chicken house and left.
The next day the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door
He saw three dead chickens on the floor. The parrot was screaming at the fourth
a. London
b. Puerto Rico
c. Jakarta
d. Buenos Aires
e. Solo
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a. Catano
b. Tacano
c. Canato
d. Nacato
e. Volcano
35. How often did the owner teach the bird how to say the word?
a. Always
b. Everyday
c. Many times
d. Every second
e. Every night
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Once upon a time, there was a little poor boy came into a little village. He
was very hungry and weak. He knocked at every door and asked for some food, but
nobody cared about him. Nobody wanted to help the little boy.
Finally, a generous woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a meal.
When the boy wanted to leave, this old woman gave him a “lesung”, a big wooden
mortar for pounding rice. She reminded him, “please remember, if there is a flood
Use this “lesung” as a boat”. The “lesung” was happy and thanked the old
woman.The little boy continued his journey. While he was passing through the
village, he saw many people gathering on the field. The boy came closer and saw a
stick stuck in the ground. People challenged each other to pull out that stick.
Everybody tried, but nobody succeeded. “Can I try?” asked the little boy. The crowd
laughed mockingly. The boy wanted to try his luck so he stepped forward and pulled
Suddenly, from the hole left by stick, water spouted out. It did not stop until
it flooded the village. And no one was saved from the water except the little boy
and the generous old woman who gave him shelter and meal. As she told him, he
used the “lesung” as a boat and picked up the old woman. The whole village became
a huge lake. It is now known as Rawa Pening Lake in Salatiga, Central Java,
Indonesia.
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a. The Legend of Rawa Pening
a. In Semarang
b. In Salatiga
c. In Jakarta
d. In Rembang
e. In Lasem
a. by boat
b. by car
c. with dimples
d. by plane
e. with bike
a. little child
b. all citizens
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c. old woman
e. Gentlemen
41. What happens after the stick pulled out of the ground?
A long time ago, there lived on the island of Bali a giant-like creature named
Kbo Iwo. The people of Bali used to say that Kbo Iwo was everything, a destroyer
as well as a creator. He was satisfied with the meal, but this meant for the Balinese
Difficulties arose when for the first time the barns were almost empty and
the new harvest was still a long way off. This made Kbo Iwo wild with great anger.
In his hunger, he destroyed all the houses and even all the temples. It made the
So, they came together to plan steps to oppose this powerful giant by using
his stupidity. They asked Kbo Iwo to build them a very deep well, and rebuild all
the houses and temples he had destroyed. After they fed Kbo Iwo, he began to dig
a deep hole.
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One day he had eaten too much, he fell asleep in the hole. The oldest man
in the village gave a sign, and the villagers began to throw the limestone they had
collected before into the hole. The limestone made the water inside the hole boiling
. Kbo Iwo was buried alive. Then the water in the well rose higher and higher until
at last it overflowed and formed Lake Batur. The mound of earth dug from the well
c. Kbo Iwo was angry because his food was stolen by Balinese people
d. Kbo Iwo destroyed all the house but not the temple
43. Why did Kbo Iwo feel angry to the Balinese people?
b. Because Balinese people took his food so his barns was empty
44. According to the story, if Kbo Iwa is never existed in Bali island, what do you
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a. There will be no Bali island
45. So, they came together to plan steps to oppose this powerful
a. Support
b. Defeat
c. Turn Against
d. Beat
e. Change
Long, long ago, when the gods and goddesses used to mingle in the affairs of
mortals, there was a small kingdom on the slope of Mount Wayang in West Java.
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The King, named Sang Prabu, was a wise man. He had an only daughter, called
Princess Teja Nirmala, who was famous for her beauty but she was not married.
One day Sang Prabu made up his mind to settle the matter by a show of strength.
After that, Prince of Blambangan, named Raden Begawan had won the
competition. Unfortunately, the wicked fairy, Princess Segara fell in love with
Raden Begawan and used magic power to render him unconscious and he forgot
his wedding. When Sang Prabu was searching, Raden Begawan saw him and soon
realized that he had been enchanted by the wicked fairy. The fairy could not accept
this, so she killed Raden Begawan. When Princess Teja Nirmala heard this, she was
47. Which one of the following statements is false about Sang Prabu?
48. Why the wicked fairy did used her magic to make Raden Begawan unconscious?
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e. She didn’t want the prince of Blambangan feel love with her
49. What do you think will happen if gods or goddesses cannot mingle in the affairs
50. So a nice fairy took her to the Kahyangan. (Paragraph 2) The word her in the
c. Princess Nirmala
d. Prince Teja
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3.2 Pembahasan
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22. A, beruang mengambil seluruh daging perburuan dan tidak memberi
kelinci sedikitpun
23. E, anak terecil dari beruang memberikan sedikit daging untuk dimakan
kelinci
24. A, sinonim satisfy adalah fulfil(terpenuhi/puas)
25. A, pesan moral dalam cerita diatas adalah,jangan jadi orang arogan
26. C, judul aling tepat adalah sudirman’s life karena mengisahkan kehidupan
sudirman
27. A, sudirman pernah bersekolah di HIS
28. E, sudirman meninggal pada tanggal 29 bukan tanggal 27 1950
29. C, yang mengajari sudirman tentang nasionalisme adalah pak Tirta
30. D, tidak ada yang benar dalam pilihan diatas karena isi dari teks diatas
adalah red hood ingin membawakan kue untuk neneknya
31. E, red hood tidak menyangka serigala menyamar menjadi neneknya karena
menggunakan baju nenek red hood
32. A, yang menyelamatkan red hood dan neneknya adalah tukang penembang
kayu
33. B, cerita diatas berada di Puerto rico
34. A, catano
35. C, kakaktua sering mengatakan kata catano
36. B, pada akhirnya burung kakaktua bias mengatakan catano
37. A, teks diatas menceritakan tentang rawa pening
38. B, rawa pening berada di salatiga
39. A, nenek tua selamat karena lesung yang berubah menjadi perahu
40. C, yang selamat dari banjir adalah nenek tua
41. E, air tiba tiba muncul dari tanah
42. E, porsi makan Kbo iwo sama dengan porsi makan 1000 orang
43. C, Kno iwo marah karena penduduk bali tidak memberi makan padanya
44. D, kita tidak akan melihat keindahan waduk batur jika Kbo wotidak
pernah ada di bali
45. A, antonym dari kata oppose adalah support(mendukung)
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46. D, gunung batur adalah gundukan tanah yang dibuat dari galian Kbo iwo
47. C, pernyataan yang salah adalah sang prabu tidak dibawa oleh peri
kekayangan melainkan peri membawa putri teja nirmala ke kayangan
48. D, peri jahat tidak ingin Raden Prabu menikah dengan putri Teja Tirmala
49. E, peri jahat tidak akan membunuh raden bengawan
50. C, kata “her” ditujukan untuk putri nirmala
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BAB IV PENUTUP
4.1 Simpulan
yang berhubungan.
2). Bagian yang diceritakan dalam sebuah karya sastra, berbeda dengan
dialog.
4.2 Saran
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DAFTAR PUSTAKA
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