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Report Text: Team 1

The document provides information about report texts. It defines a report text as a text that presents information or describes something in general based on systematic observation and analysis. The purpose of a report text is to present information about something by describing an entire class of things or phenomena in general terms. The generic structure includes general classification statements and descriptions that provide an overview. Report texts use general nouns, relating verbs, technical terms, and paragraphs with topic sentences. Examples of report texts include textbooks, encyclopedias, magazines, and factual reading books. An example report text describes elephants and analyzes its structure and language features.

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Report Text: Team 1

The document provides information about report texts. It defines a report text as a text that presents information or describes something in general based on systematic observation and analysis. The purpose of a report text is to present information about something by describing an entire class of things or phenomena in general terms. The generic structure includes general classification statements and descriptions that provide an overview. Report texts use general nouns, relating verbs, technical terms, and paragraphs with topic sentences. Examples of report texts include textbooks, encyclopedias, magazines, and factual reading books. An example report text describes elephants and analyzes its structure and language features.

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REPORT TEXT

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Irfan Husein Melid Istiqamah
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Ramzatul khaira Gevin Valdanty


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Definition of Report Text

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“ Report Text is a text which
present information or describe
about something in general.
Usually, it is a result of systematic
observation and analyses.”
Social Function

To describe the way things are,


with reference to a range of
natural, man-made and social
phenomena in our environment
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The purpose of report
text
The purpose of report text is to present
information about something. It usually
describes an entire class of things or describes
things in general way, whether natural or man-
made like mammals, the planets, rocks, plants,
countries of region, culture, transportation, and
so on.
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The Generic structure of
report text
1. General Clasification = Statements that describe the common subject of the
report, common, description and classification.

2. Description = Tells what the phenomenon under discussion; in terms


of parts, qualities, habits or behaviors; this section gives us
an overview of commonly occurring phenomenon, either of its
parts, its properties, habit, or behavior. The points is, presenting
elaboration of scientific classification.

There are also some information on the generic structure, which includes :
1. General information, is the part that mentions the general information of the
theme of writing.
2. Bundles of specific information, give us the elaboration of general information.
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The language feature of
report text
• Use of general nouns, Ex. Hunting Pandas, rather than particular nouns,
Ex. My panda.

• Use of relating verbs to describe features, Ex. “ pandas are cute animal”.

• Some use of action verbs when describing behavior, Ex.“ Pandas cannot
run”.

• Use of timeless present tense to indicate usualness, Ex.“ Tropical cyclones


always begin over the sea ”.

• Use of technical terms, Ex. Isobars are lines drawn on a weather map.

• Use of paragraphs with topic sentences to arganise bundles of information,


repeated naming of the topic as the beginning focus of the clause.
The kind of the Report Text

• Textbooks
• Encyclopedias
• Magazine
• Scientific Magazine
• Historical
• Factual Reading Books
• Etc.
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The Example and analysis
of report text
ELEPHANT

An elephant is the largest and strongers 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 has hard found in it 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 squirts the water all over its body like
a shower bath. The elephant’s trunk also lift leaves and put them into its mouth. In
fact, the trunk server 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 is great
strenght 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.
Analysis Of The Text

1. Ananlysis of the text in overall


a. Main Idea of The Text
An 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 has hard
found an it natural habitat.
b. Topic Sentence
An elephant is the largest and strongers off all animals
c. Supporting Idea
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 lift leaves and put them into its mouth. In fact, the trunk servees the elephant as long arm
and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and yet an elephant can move very quickly.
d. Concluding Idea
The elephant is very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strenght 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.
2. Characteristic of the text

a. Function
To describe an elephant in general
b. General Structure
- General classification : the defenition of an elephant
- Description :
~How an elephant looks like
~The various usages of elephant trunk
~Explained that elephant is very intelligent animals.
3. Main Idea of each paragraph
1) An elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals.
2) The various usages of an elephant trunk, the trunk serves the serves the elephant as long
arm and hand.
3) An elephant is really a smart animal, elephant can be trained to serve in various ways.
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