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Report Text: Report Text Adalah Teks Yang Mendeskripsikan Sesuatu Atau Benda-Benda Secara

The document discusses the key aspects of a Report Text. It defines a Report Text as a type of text that describes objects or phenomena in a scientific manner. It lists three main parts of the generic structure of a Report Text: 1) general classification, which introduces the topic, 2) description, which scientifically describes the topic's parts, nature, and behavior, and 3) examples, which illustrate the topic described. Report Texts are also characterized by using simple present tense and general nouns. An example of a Report Text on elephants is then provided.

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Report Text: Report Text Adalah Teks Yang Mendeskripsikan Sesuatu Atau Benda-Benda Secara

The document discusses the key aspects of a Report Text. It defines a Report Text as a type of text that describes objects or phenomena in a scientific manner. It lists three main parts of the generic structure of a Report Text: 1) general classification, which introduces the topic, 2) description, which scientifically describes the topic's parts, nature, and behavior, and 3) examples, which illustrate the topic described. Report Texts are also characterized by using simple present tense and general nouns. An example of a Report Text on elephants is then provided.

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Report Text

Report Text adalah teks yang mendeskripsikan sesuatu atau benda-benda secara
umum, contohnya berbagai benda atau fenomena alam, buatan dan sosial yang ada
atau terjadi di lingkungan kita. Teks report mengupas suatu hasil pengamatan,
penelaahan, penelitian, observasi, atau study tentang benda atau binatang, orang
atau tempat.

1 ) Definition of Report Text

Report Text is a type of text in English that describes the details of an object. Details
in this text are scientific details which include the description of objects, both physical
and non-physical, from scientific facts about the object.

Report Text hampir sama dengan Descriptive Text yang membedakan adalah objek
yang diceritakan berbentuk jamak, sedangkan objek yang diceritakan
pada Descriptive Text berbentuk tunggal.

Generic Structure Report Text adalah :


1. General classification (Klasifikasi umum) : pengantar tentang sesuatu atau
fenomena yang akan dibahas.
2. Description (Deskripsi) : menerangkan sesuatu atau fenomena yang dibahas,
meliputi bagian-bagian, kualitas dan perilaku.

Ciri-ciri Report Text adalah :


1. Menggunakan pola kalimat Simple Present Tense
2. Menggunakan kata benda umum (general nouns)
3. Menggunakan kata kerja yang saling berhubungan (relating verbs)
4. Terdiri dari sebuah objek ditambah objek tentang alam lainnya.
2 ) Characteristics of Report Text

 Contains scientific facts


 The title text looks more general
 Using the Simple Present Tense
 General Classification

3 ) Generic Structure of Report Text

 General Classification

This section contains general statements that describe the object description of this
Report Text.

 Description

This section usually describes the phenomenon or situation that occurs, both its
parts, nature, habits, or behavior. In essence, this section describes the classification
presented scientifically. However, to remember, Report Text is not a news text, but
scientific factual text.
The example of Report Text :

ELEPHANT

Elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking


animal which it has thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail,
little eyes, long white tusks and above all, elephant has a long nose, the trunk. An
elephant is commonly seen in a zoo, it is hard to find in its natural habitat.

The trunk is the elephant's peculiar feature. This trunk has various usages.
The elephant draws up water by its trunk and can squirt the water all over its body
like a shower bath. The elephant's trunk also lifts leaves and put them into its mouth.
In fact, the trunk serves the elephant as long arm and hand. An elephant looks very
clumsy and heavy and yet an elephant can move very quickly.

The elephant is very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great
strength makes an elephant a very useful servant to man. Elephant can be trained to
serve in various ways such as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight. An
elephant is really a smart animal.

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