Report Text

Report Text

"Report is a text which present information about something, as it is. It is as a result of systematic observation and analyses."

Social Function

Its social purpose is presenting information about something. They generally describe an entire class of things, whether natural or made: mammals, the planets, rocks, plants, countries of region, culture, transportation, and so on. 

Generic Structure Report Text.

• General Clasification; Pernyataan umum yang menerangkan subjek laporan, keterangan, dan klasifikasinya. 

• Description: tells what the phenomenon under discussion ; in terms of parts, qualities, habits or behaviors; Pada bagian ini biasanya memberikan gambaran fenomena-fenomena yang terjadi; baik bagian-bagiannya, sifat-sifatnya, kebiasaannya, ataupun tingkah lakunya. Intinya adalah penjabaran dari klasifikasi yang disajikan dengan ilmiah.

Language Features in Report Text

• Use of general nouns, eg hunting dogs, rather than particular nouns, eg our dog;

• Use of relating verbs to describe features, eg Molecules are tiny particle

• Some use of action verbs when describing behaviour, eg Emus cannot fly

• Use of timeless present tense to indicate usualness, eg Tropical cyclones always begin over the sea;

Language Features in Report Text

• use of technical terms, eg Isobars are lines drawn on a weather map;

• Use of paragraphs with topic sentences to organise bundles of information; repeated naming of the topic as the beginning focus of the clause.

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