English Task

By: Widyasari Retnaningtyas 12ipa3/18

Narrative texts:
To amuse, to entertain and to deal with actual or vicarious experience in different
ways. Narrative deal with problematic events which turning point of somekind
which in turn finds a resolution
Generic Structure:
Orientation: introduce the participants and sets scene
Complication : the problem or the conflict on the story
Resolution : The conflict is for better or for worse
Reorientation : Optional (we can include if we want)
This kind of text focus on specific and usually individualized participants , use of
relational process and mental processes, and use of Past tense
Example:
A Legend of Candy Cane
A candy maker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would be a witness,
so he made the Christmas Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols for the
birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ.
He began with a stick of pure white, hard candy. White to symbolize the Virgin
Birth and the sinless nature of Jesus, and hard to symbolize the Solid Rock, the
foundation of the church, and firmness of the promises of God.
The candy maker made the candy in the form of a "J" to represent the
precious name of Jesus, who came to earth as our Savior. It also represents the
staff of the "Good Shepherd" with which He reaches down into the ditches of the
world to lift out the fallen lambs who, like all sheep, have gone astray.
Thinking that the candy was somewhat plain, the candy maker stained it
with red stripes. He used the tree small stripes to show the stripes of the
scourging Jesus received by which we are healed. The large red stripe was for the
blood shed by Jesus on the Cross so that we could have the promise of eternal life,
if only we put our faith and trust in Him. Unfortunately, the candy became known
as a Candy Cane - a meaningless decoration seen at Christmas time. But the
meaning is still there for those who "have eyes to see and ears to hear".

Descriptive Text
To describe a particular person, place or thing
Generic structure:
Identification : Identities phenomenon to be described
Description : describe parts, quality, characteristic

This kind of text focus on specific participants, use of attributive and identifying
processes, and use of Simple Present tense
Example:
Rock Music
Rock music is a part of popular music today. It is played and listened in
almost every countries in the world. Rock and roll was the name given to the
music that developed in the early 1950s. Its believed that the term of rock and
roll was first used by a disk jockey, Alan Freed.
In 1995, records of a younger singer from Tennessee, Elvis Presley, were
heard across the US. After the appeared on nation wide television, Elvis Presleys
singing and his performing style came to mean rock and roll all over the world,
then came Billy Halley and The Comets. Rock mainly became the music of the
young. They understood its beat and sound, and so its lyrics. Rock music identical
with black clothes or hair and hard voice, and mostly the singer are man not a
girl. They sing with jumps in the podium and they scream out their voice. Yes, its
a very hard music.
The 1970s were the time of big developments in the rock industry. Rock
became a very big business, earned more money annually than any other form of
entertainment including the film industry. In our countries, Indonesia the rocks
singer was the Slank, Seurieus, The Rock, and many others.
Spoof
To retell an event with a humorous twist
Generic Structure :
Orientation : introduce the participant on the story
Events
Twist : the final of the story which is unpredictable
This kin of text use a certain noun, use of Past tense, use of individual
participants, and use of action verbs.
Example:
The Zoo Job Story
One day a clown was visiting the zoo and attempted to earn some money by
making a street performance. He acted and mimed perfectly some animal acts. As
soon as he started to drive a crowd, a zoo keeper grabbed him and dragged him
into his office. The zoo keeper explained to the clown that the zoo's most popular
gorilla had died suddenly and the keeper was fear that attendance at the zoo
would fall off. So he offered the clown a job to dress up as the gorilla until the zoo
could get another one. The clown accepted this great opportunity.
So the next morning the clown put on the gorilla suit and entered the cage before
the crowd came. He felt that it was a great job. He could sleep all he wanted,
played and made fun of people and he drove bigger crowds than he ever did as a
clown. He pretended the gorilla successfully.
However, eventually the crowds were tired of him for just swinging on tires. He
began to notice that the people were paying more attention to the lion in the next
cage. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he decided to make a
spectacular performance. He climbed to the top of his cage, crawled across a
partition, and dangled from the top to the lion's cage. Of course, this made the
lion furious, but thecrowd people loved it.
At the end of the day the zoo keeper came and gave him a raise for being such a
good attraction. Well, this went on for some time, he kept taunting the lion, the
audience crowd grew a larger, and his salary kept going up. Then one terrible day
happened. When he was dangling over the furious lion, he slipped and fell into
the lion cage. The clown was really in big terrible situation. He was terrified.
Sooner the lion gathered itself and prepared to pounce. The clown was so scared.
He could do nothing and he began to run round and round the cage with the lion
close and closer behind. Finally, the lion could catch him. The clown started
screaming and yelling, "Help me, help me!", but the lion was quick and pounces.
The clown soon found himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and
suddenly he heard a voice from the lions mouth;"Shut up you idiot! Do you want
to get us both fired?".

Report Text
To describe the way things are with reference to a range of natural , man made
an social phenomenal in our environment
Generic Structure :
General Clasification : tells what the phenomenon under discussion is
Description : tells what the pheonomenon under the discussion is like in terms of
parts, qualities, habits of behavior (if living)
This kind of text focus on generic participants and use of simple Present tense.



Example :
Goannas
Australia is home to 25 of the worlds 30 monitor lizard species. In
Australia, monitor lizards are called goannas.
Goannas have flattish bodies, long tails and strong jaws. They are the only
lizards with forked tongues, like a snake. Their necks are long and may
have loose folds of skin beneath them. Their legs are long and strong, with
sharp claws on their feet. Many goannas have stripes, spots and other
markings that help to camouflage them. The largest species can grow to
more than two metres in length.
All goannas are daytime hunters. They run, climb and swim well. Goannas
hunt small mammals, birds and other reptiles. They also eat dead animals.
Smaller goannas eat insects, spiders and worms.
Male goannas fight with each other in the breeding season. Females lay
between two and twelve eggs.

Discussion Text
To present at least two point of view about an issue
Generic Structure
Issue : Statement and Preview
Argument for an against or statement of differing points of view
Conclusion or recommendation
This kind of text focus on generic human and non human participants , use of
material processes, relational processes and the mental processes, use
comparative,contrastive and consequential conjuctions. Reasoning expressed as
verbs and noun (abstraction)
Example :
Nuclear Power
Nuclear power is generated by using uranium which is a metal mined in various part of
the world. The first large scale of nuclear power station was opened at Calder Hall in
Cumbria. England in 1956. Some military ships and submarines have nuclear power plant for
engine. Nuclear power produces around 11% of the worlds energy needed, and produces
huge amounts of energy. It cause no pollution as we would get when burning fossil fuels. The
advantages of nuclear plant are as follow :
It costs about the same coal, so it is not expansive to make
It does not produce smoke or carbon dioxide, so it does not contribute to the
greenhouse effect.
It produces huge amounts of energy from small amount of uranium
It produces small amount of waste
It is reliable
On the other hand, nuclear power is very, very dangerous. It must be sealed up and buried
for many years to allow the radioactivity to die away. Furthermore, although it is reliable, a
lot of money has to be spent on safety because if it does go wrong, a nuclear accident can be
a major accident.
People are increasingly concerned about this matter. In the 1990s nuclear power was the
fastest growing source of power in many parts of the world.
Nuclear power is generated by using uranium which is a metal mined in various part of
the world. The first large scale of nuclear power station was opened at Calder Hall in
Cumbria. England in 1956. Some military ships and submarines have nuclear power plant for
engine. Nuclear power produces around 11% of the worlds energy needed, and produces
huge amounts of energy. It cause no pollution as we would get when burning fossil fuels. The
advantages of nuclear plant are as follow :
It costs about the same coal, so it is not expansive to make
It does not produce smoke or carbon dioxide, so it does not contribute to the
greenhouse effect.
It produces huge amounts of energy from small amount of uranium
It produces small amount of waste
It is reliable
On the other hand, nuclear power is very, very dangerous. It must be sealed up and buried
for many years to allow the radioactivity to die away. Furthermore, although it is reliable, a
lot of money has to be spent on safety because if it does go wrong, a nuclear accident can be
a major accident.
People are increasingly concerned about this matter. In the 1990s nuclear power was the
fastest growing source of power in many parts of the world.