Diagnostic Assessment of Report Text

Have you ever read about report text?

• Yes, I have

• No, I haven't

What do you know about report text?

What are the things that can be explained with report text?

Have you ever reported an object/event?

• Yes, I have

• No, I haven't

The difference between report text and descriptive text is...

• report and description talks about general objects

• report talks about general objects and description talks about specific ones

• 
  report talks about specific objects and decription talks about general ones

• report and description talks about specific objects

The social function of report text is ...

• to persuade the readers to do something

• to retell the past event

• to tell how to make something

• to convey information of observation through systematic analysis

If you know, the generic structure of report text are ...

• general classification, description

• general classification, explanation

• identification, description

• identification, explanation

Report text gives the reader about the facts, so it uses ....

• past tense

• past continuous tense

• present tense

• past perfect tense

An electronic calculator is a small, portable electronic device used to perform both arithmetic operations and complex mathematical operations.

The first solid electronic calculator was created in the 1960s, building on the extensive history of tools such as the abacus (developed around 2000 BC), and the mechanical calculator (developed in the 17^th century AD). It was developed in parallel with the analog computers of the day.

In addition to general purpose of calculators, there are those designed for specific markets, for example, there are scientific calculators which include trigonometric and statistical calculations. Some calculators even have the ability to do computer algebra. Graphing calculators can be used to graph functions defined on the real line, or higher dimensional Euclidean space.

What is the meaning of “extensive” in the second paragraph?

• big

• capacious

• outer

• loyal

An electronic calculator is a small, portable electronic device used to perform both arithmetic operations and complex mathematical operations.

The first solid electronic calculator was created in the 1960s, building on the extensive history of tools such as the abacus (developed around 2000 BC), and the mechanical calculator (developed in the 17^th century AD). It was developed in parallel with the analog computers of the day.

In addition to general purpose of calculators, there are those designed for specific markets, for example, there are scientific calculators which include trigonometric and statistical calculations. Some calculators even have the ability to do computer algebra. Graphing calculators can be used to graph functions defined on the real line, or higher dimensional Euclidean space.

What is the main idea of paragraph 3?

• There are many kinds of calculators based on the purpose

• Electronic calculators are vary

• There is computer algebra

• The first solid electronic calculator was created in the 1960s