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Communicative Purpose of A Text

The document discusses the communicative purposes of different text genres: 1) Descriptive texts describe people, animals or objects without opinions. 2) Report texts describe phenomena in the environment. 3) Procedure texts describe how to accomplish something through a sequence of steps. 4) Narrative texts entertain or teach lessons by retelling events. 5) Recount texts inform or entertain by retelling events in temporal sequence.

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Communicative Purpose of A Text

The document discusses the communicative purposes of different text genres: 1) Descriptive texts describe people, animals or objects without opinions. 2) Report texts describe phenomena in the environment. 3) Procedure texts describe how to accomplish something through a sequence of steps. 4) Narrative texts entertain or teach lessons by retelling events. 5) Recount texts inform or entertain by retelling events in temporal sequence.

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COMMUNICATIVE PURPOSE OF A TEXT

(Tujuan Komunikatif Teks)

Text/Teks: Descriptive Report Procedure Narrative Recount

Communicative Purpose of Texts


NO
1.

Genre
Descriptive

Purpose/Function
To describe certain person, animal or thing (a living or non-living) by describing its feature without including personal opinion

Generic Structure
Identification Description Parts (and their functions) Qualities/natures habits/behaviors General Classification Description : Parts (and their functions) Qualities/natures habits/behaviors

2.

Report

To describe the way things are, with reference to a whole range of phenomena, natural, synthetic and social in our environment

3.

Procedure

To describe how something is accomplished through a sequence of actions or steps.


To entertain the readers or to provide entertainment and to make the audience think about an issue, teach them a lesson, or excite their emotions. To retell events for the purposes of informing or entertaining. Events are usually arranged in a temporal sequence, eg. A personal letter

Goal Series of steps (oriented to achieving the goal)


Orientation Complication Resolution Orientation Events Reorientation

4.

Narrative

5.

Recount

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