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Generic Structure of Report Text

This document outlines the generic structure and purpose of a report text. It discusses how report texts generally classify and describe a topic in terms of its parts, qualities, behaviors or habits. The social purpose of a report is to present information about something as a whole, such as mammals, planets or transportation. Report texts use general nouns and relating verbs to describe features, some action verbs when discussing behavior, and technical terms with timeless present tense and paragraphs to organize information.

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Generic Structure of Report Text

This document outlines the generic structure and purpose of a report text. It discusses how report texts generally classify and describe a topic in terms of its parts, qualities, behaviors or habits. The social purpose of a report is to present information about something as a whole, such as mammals, planets or transportation. Report texts use general nouns and relating verbs to describe features, some action verbs when discussing behavior, and technical terms with timeless present tense and paragraphs to organize information.

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Generic Structure of Report text

# General Clasification ; Stating classification of general aspect of thing; animal, public place, plant, etc
which will be discussed in general (Menyatakan klasifikasi aspek umum hal; hewan, tempat umum,
tanaman, dll yang akan dibahas secara umum).

# 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.)

Purpose of Report text

– 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.
– To presents information about something, as it is

The Characteristics / Language Feature of 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 particles;
– 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;
– 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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