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Procedure text

by : EMILIA TRIAS ANANDA,S.Pd

The English Teacher of Islamic Junior High School Raudhatul Jannah Payakumbuh

Definition of Procedure Text

• (1)Texts that explain how something works or how to use instruction / operation manuals e.g. how to use the video, the computer, the tape recorder, the photocopier, the fax.

• (2) Texts that instruct how to do a particular activity e.g. recipes, rules for games, science experiments, road safety rules.

• (3) Texts that deal with human behavior, e.g how to live happily, how to succeed

Purpose of Procedure Text

• To explain/tell (the reader) how to make/operate/do something through a sequence of actions or steps.

• To explain steps/instruction to make/operate/do something

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Generic Structure of Procedure Text

• Goal: showing the purpose

• Material: Telling the needed materials. (It can be optional)

• Step 1 up to finish. Describing the steps to achieve the purpose

Language Feature of Procedure

• Using temporal conjunction

•  Using action verb

•  Using imperative sentence

•  Using Simple Present Tense

  
  

  
  

Example of procedure text