Report Text

Report text is a kind of text which has social function to describe the way things are, with the reference to a range of natural, man made and social phenomena in our environment.
Its generic structure are : General Classification : Tells what the phenomenon under discussion is. Description : Tells what the phenomenon under discussion is like in item of (1) part, (2) qualities, (3) habits or behaviors if living, uses, if non natural.

Report Text Lexicogmatical Feature

Focus on generic participants Use of relational process to state what is and that which it is Use of simple present tense (unless extinct) No temporal sequence

The Example
Your body needs energy produce minerals, vitamins and fibre. In order to get all of these, it is import onto have a varied and balanced diet, and to eat the right amount of food for our body burns food to the energy: the amount of energy provided by food is measured in units called calories. How many calories do you need? This depends on your weight and on what you do. When you asleep, your body uses nearly one calorie an hour for every kilogram of weight so a person who weights seventy kilos uses about 560 calories while sleeping for eight hours. More calories are needed for different activities from 100 calories an hour for reading or watching TV to 350 calories an hour for playing football. To calculate the number of calories needed per day for an everage person, first find out the person ideal weight. Then multiply the weight by 40 for a woman or 46 for a man. A 60 kilos woman may need about 2400 calories a day more if she does heavy physical work and less if she is very inactive.

The Questions From Sample Text

1. Our body needs energy produce minerals, vitamins, and fibre. In order to get all of those, we have to have a varied and balanced diet and eat the right amount of food for our body burns food to energy. 2. It is the units of the amount of energy provided by food measured. 3. This depends on your weight and 4. First we must find out the person ideal on what you do. When you asleep, your body uses nearly weight. Then multiply the weight by 40 for a woman or 46 for a man. one calorie an hour for every kilogram of weight. More calories are needed for different activities from 100 calories an hour for reading or watching TV 5. The title is to 350 calories an hour for Our Calories playing football. Need

1. What does our body need? And what have we to do to get all of those? 2. What do calories mean? 3. What does calories that we need depend on? And how do they influence? 4. What must we do to calculate the number of calories needed?

5. Give the suitable title for the text!

Descriptive Text Definition + Structure

Descriptive Text is a kind of text which has social function to describe a particular person, place or thing. Its generic structure are :
Identification : Identifies phenomenon to be described

Description : Describes parts, qualities, characteristics

Descriptive Text - Lexicogramatical

The significant lexicogramatical features of descriptive text are :

Focus on specific participants Use of attributive and identifying processes Frequent use of Ephitets and Classifier in nominal groups Use of simple present tense

The Example

Cendrawasih, The Bird of Paradis

In the dense forest of West Papua, there lives a group of birdes with brightly coloured feathers. The birds are commonly known as Cendrawasih. Their colours are so fantastic that people believe that they are from Paradise. People think that nothing else on earth has such glittering colours. In fact, only the males have these colourful feathers. The male birds display on the most colourful part of their feathers to attract females for mating. They try to attract as many females as possible before the end of the mating season. The males take no part in making a nest. Neither do they incubate the eggs nor rear the chicks. The female build a nest of leaves in a tree. It is about four to ten metres above the ground. They incubate two to four eggs for three weeks. By the time they leave the nest, the tail feathers of the male chick will have grown into a fantastic shape. The native of West Papua have used this birds feathers for their head decorations for many years. This has never endangered the birds population. However, the birds populations is now in real danger since people from other places have started to use the colourful feathers for commercial hat making.

The Questions from The Example Text

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Why do people believe the birds come from Paradise? Why does the male bird like to display his colourful feathers? Where does the female bird build her nest? How many days does the female Cendrawasih incubate her eggs? How do people endanger the population of the bird?

1. Since the birds colours are so fantastic and people think that nothing else on earth has such glittering colours. 2. To attract females for mating. 3. She builds her nest of leaves in a tree which is about four to ten metres above the ground. 4. For three weeks. 5. By start to use the colourful feathers of the birds for commercial hat making.