Report Text
Definition
• A text which describes things in general
• It’s a little bit different from descriptive text, which describe things
specifically
• To tell the facts of the things described, the writer usually simple
present tense
Difference descriptive text and
report text
Purpose
• The purpose of a report text is to present information about
something generally. It generally describes the way things are with
reference to arrange of natural, manmade and social phenomenon in
our environment, such as: mammals, the planets, rocks, plants,
countries of region, cultures, transportations, and so on .
Generic structure
• Title
• General classification : Introduction of the topic of the whole text
(example: animals, public places, plants, etc)
• Description: Describing of the things which will be discussed in detail,
in terms of: parts (and their function), qualities, habits and behavior.
Linguistic features
• Focus on generic participant:
A report text always introduces group or general aspect and focus on
general nouns, such as ‘Cat’, ‘Giraffe’, ‘House’, etc
• Use relating and action verbs
For example:
- Relating verb : Reptiles are scalyanimal,etc.
- Action verb : Birds fly in the sky, etc.
Linguistic features
• Use simple present tense
For example: Platypus lives in streams, male platypus does not need
any burrow, etc The language used in a report text is a scientific
language, for example: water contains oxygen and hydrogen, etc
REPORT TEXT 1
TITLE House
A house is a type of building that has functions as a
place to live. Usually and typically, a house is made for one
General family, but this does not rule out the possibility that
classification sometimes more than one family are living inside the same
roof. A house consists of many rooms with walls, roof, floor,
ventilation, pipes, and so many more.
Typically, the living room and the family room of a
house is separated but sometimes people decide that they
Description want these two rooms combined, so that the layout of the
house can be more efficient. A bedroom, bathroom, and a
kitchen are the three rooms that a house should have,
because these three rooms are very important.
REPORT TEXT 2
TITLE Mobile Phone
Mobile phones or what we called as a smartphone
General today is a wireless telecommunication system. It can be
classification connected to every communication platform and internet
system.
The small size and handy shape from the phone
allow people to communicate in a long distance. People
Description can take this smartphone everywhere for many uses.
Technological innovation in Mobile phone let everyone
taste the advancement of telecommunication system with
an internet based. Today, the smartphone can be able to
be used for entertainment, working, and payment systems
with all of the internet-based systems.
THANK YOU
