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The document provides information about procedure texts and how to write them. It defines a procedure text as a set of steps to complete a task in the right order. It notes procedure texts are common in daily life activities. The communicative purpose is to provide instructions through a sequence of actions. A procedure text has three parts: the aim or goal, required materials, and ordered steps. It provides an example of a procedure text for making brownies that lists the ingredients and 10 steps to follow.

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Procedure Text

The document provides information about procedure texts and how to write them. It defines a procedure text as a set of steps to complete a task in the right order. It notes procedure texts are common in daily life activities. The communicative purpose is to provide instructions through a sequence of actions. A procedure text has three parts: the aim or goal, required materials, and ordered steps. It provides an example of a procedure text for making brownies that lists the ingredients and 10 steps to follow.

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Yehezkiel Giovanni Reinaldo

XII IA 9/39

Procedure
Procedure text is the set of steps which should be completed in the right sequence
to get the goal. In our daily life, we often have to perform some steps to make or get
something done. For example, early in the morning, you help your mother prepare
cups of tea for all members of your family. In making cups of tea, you have to follow
certain procedure in order to get a nice drink. Most of our daily activities are related
with procedures. That is why, you should understand what a procedure text is, how to
make and use it.
Communicative purpose of Procedure Text
Communicative purpose of Procedure Text is giving instructions on how to do
things through actions or steps are sequential.
Generic Structure of Procedure Text
Generic Structure of Procedure Text consists of 3 parts:
1. Aim/ Goal
In the first part of the generic structure of procedure text contains information about
the purpose of the creation or operator of something.
2. Materials
In the second part, Materials consist of the materials used in making something. But
not all parts of Procedure Text includes materials, sometimes a procedure text does
not have a part materials.
There are three types of procedural text that do not use the materials, namely:
Procedural text that identifies something works or how to do the instruction manual.
Examples: How to use the video game, the computer, the tape recorder, the fax, etc.
Procedural text instructs how to do certain activities with unregulated. Examples: road
safety rules, video game rules, etc.
Procedural text related to nature or human behavior. Examples: How to live happily,
How to succeed.
3. Steps
On the steps, contains the steps or sequences that must be done so that the goals
outlined in began Aim / Goal to be achieved. Steps or sequences must be order from
the first to the last.

Example of Procedure Text:


How to Make Brownies
Ingredients
150gram of butter.
150gram of dark chocolate.
300 gram of flour
4 eggs.
600 gram of regular sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
Steps
1. Melt the chocolate with the butter.
2. Stir the eggs with the sugar and the vanilla extract.
3. Preheat the oven at low temperature
4. Combine the mixes you made.
5. Add the flour and stir with a wooden spoon.
6. Grease a brownie tin.
7. Add a little flour to cover the tin.
8. Add the brownie dough.
9. Bake for 10-30 minutes.
10. To check the brownies, put a knife in the mix. The knife must be moist!
11. Eat them 15 minutes after you took them out of the oven.
Questions:
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What is the purpose of the text?


What is the first thing to do when making brownies?
What should you do before combining the mixes?
According to the text, how many steps are there to make brownies?
According to the text, what is the antonym of dry and the synonym of oil?

Answers:
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The purpose of the text is to accomplish how to make brownies.


The first thing to do when making brownies is melt the chocolate with the butter.
Before combining the mixes you should preheat the oven at low temperature.
There are 10 steps to make brownies according to the text.
5. According to the text, the antonym of dry is moist and the synonym of oil is
grease.

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