Report is a text which presents information about something as it
is. The purpose of report is to describe the way things are, with reference to
a range of natural, man-made thing, animal or plant, and social phenomena in
our environment.
General
Structures :
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General
classification
It introduces
the topic of the report. In other words, it states classification of general
aspect of thing, animal, plant, which will be discussed in general.
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Description/Identification
It includes parts, qualities, habits
or behaviors (if living things), and uses (if non-natural things).
Grammatical
Features :
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Use simple
present tense.
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Use behavioral
verbs, for examples : breathe, feed on.
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Use relating
verbs, for examples : is, are, has.
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Focus on general
participants, for example : Birds (not a particular bird)
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Use technical
terms. Nouns which are often used in report text are characteristics, features,
types, uses, function, etc.
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The language of
report text is usually neutral. There is no expression of opinion and reference
to the readers. Therefore, do not use “I” or “You”.
Example
of report text :
Whales
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Tittle
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Whales
are sea-living mammals
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General
Classification
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They
therefore breathe air with their lungs but cannot survive on land. Some
species are very large indeed and the blue whale, which can exceed 30 m in
length, is the largest animal to have lived on earth. Superficially, the
whale looks rather like a fish, but there are important differences in its
external structure; its tail consists of a pair of broad, flat horizontal
paddles (the tail of a fish is vertical) and it has a single nostril on top
of its large, broad head. The skin is smooth and shiny and beneath it lies a
layer of fat (blubber). This is up to 30 m in thickness and serves to converse
heat and body fluids.
Taken from : A Brief Introduction to Genre
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Description
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1. Soal-soalevaluasi
Read the following text carefully
then answer the question !
An elephant
An elephant is the largest and strongest
animals. It is a strange looking animal with its thick legs, huge sides and
backs, large hanging ears, a small tall, little eyes, long white tusks and
above all it has a long noise, the trunk.
The trunk is the elephant’s peculiar
feature, and it has various uses. The elephant draws up water by its trunk and
can squirt it all over its body like a shower bath. It can also lift leaves and
puts them into its mouth. In fact the trunk serves the elephant as a long arm and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and
yet it can move very quickly.
The elephant is a very intelligent animal.
Its intelligence combined with its great strength makes it a very useful
servant to man and it can be trained to serve in various ways such as carry
heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight.
1. The text tells us about….
(A). the Elephant’s peculiar feature
(B). useful servant
(C). strange looking animal
(D). an elephant
(E). elephant looks very clumsy.
2. The third paragraph is mainly about the fact that....
(A) elephants are strong
(B) elephants can lift logs
(C) elephants are servants
(D) elephant are very useful
(E) elephant must be trained
3. The most distinguishing
characteristic of an elephant is.....
(A). its clumsiness
(B). its thick legs
(C). its large body
(D). its long nose
(E). its large ears
4. Which of the following is NOT part of the elephant described in the first paragraph ?
(A) It looks strange
(B) It is heavy
(C) It is wild
(D) It has a trunk
(E) It has a small tail
5. The elephant draws up water by its trunk
and can squirt it all over its body like a shower bath
(paragraph 2)
The underlined word refers
to….
(A). a shower bath
(B). elephant’s
body
(C). a shower
(D). water
(E). elephant’s
trunk
6. It is stated in the text that the elephant uses the trunk to do the following, EXCEPT (A) to eat
(B) to push
(C) to drink
(D) to carry things
(E) to squirt water over the body.
7. “The trunk is the elephant’s peculiar feature....(Paragraph2) The underline word close in meaning to ....
(A) large
(B) strange
(C) tough
(D) smooth
(E) king
8. The text above is in the form of…
(D). Report
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