Answer the following questions briefly1. What is Taj Mahal actually?

2. What impression do you get when you read the word majestically?

3. Why did the king construct Taj Mahal?

4. What does the phrase the crown of the palace' imply?

5. Read the third line of paragraph two. What impression did you get after reading the description?

6. How are the materials and architectural design of Taj Mahal?

7. What do all the materials and the architecture indicate?

8. Where was the queen actually buried?

9. When do you think is the best time to see Taj Mahal? Why do think so?

10. What do you think about the inclusion of Taj Mahal as one of

the Seven Wonders of the World?

11. What is the writer's purpose in writing the essay?

12. How does the writer organize his idea?

13. What reaction from readers does the writer expect?

14. Read text 1 again. Find out the similarities between text 1 (Tanjung Puting National Park) and text 2 (Taj Mahal).



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