REPORT TEXT
A. DEFINITION OF REPORT
Report Text is one of the 13 types
of English texts (genres) that presents
information about things like nature, animals, plants, products of human
endeavor and social phenomena, as it is. The information presented in the
Report Text is the result of systematic observation and analysis. A report is
essentially a description that classifies and describes things in general and
specific terms.
B. PURPOUSE OF
REPORT.
1.
to
inform (Hardy dan Klarwein, 1990)
2.
to
provide information about natural and non-natural phenomena (Hammond, dkk.,
1992)
3.
to
document, organize and store factual information on a topic, classify and describe
the phenomena of our world - about a whole class of things (not about one specific thing) - about living
things like plants and animals, and non-living things like phones, bikes, or
oceans. (Derewianka, 1990)
4.
to
describe the way things are, with reference to a range of natural, man-made and
social phenomena in our environment (Gerot dan Wignell, 1994)
5.
to
describe the way things are, with reference to a whole range of phenomena,
natural, synthetic and social in our environment (Callaghan dan Rothery, 1988)
There are the elements of usefulness
of that can be extracted from the above statements.
· Provide factual information to
· Non-natural and natural phenomena
· Whole class of Things
· To classify
· To describe
· Provide factual information to
· Non-natural and natural phenomena
· Whole class of Things
· To classify
· To describe
C. GENERIC
STRUCTURE OF REPORT
1. General
classification:
Stating
classification of general aspect of thing; animal, public place, plant, etc which will be discussed in general.
2. Description:
Describing
the thing which will be discussed in detail; part per part , customs or deed
for living creature and usage for materials
There are also some generic
information about the report text structure, that is:
1. General
information:
the part that
mentions the general information of literary
themes.
2. Bundles
of Specific Information:
the elaboration of this
general information.
D. LANGUAGE
FEATURE OF REPORT
§ Using conditional logical connection; when, so, etc
§ Using simple present tense
§ 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
behavior, eg Emus can not 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.
E.
DIFFERENCES IN THE REPORT AND DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
1. Report:
- General Structure:
a. General Statement
b. description
2. Descrition:
- General Structure:
a. Identification
b. description
Ø
Part
of unity of thing:
Description
is a type of text that contains a description of something. To describe that
describes the means, then type this text tells something obvious, so regardless
of the object described, the reader
or
listener could almost see the object clearly. Almost similar to the text genre
REPORT. But of course there are differences. Report tells something general,
but Description text tells only one of
the specified object.
In short, the Report Text describing something
that usually refers to the phenomena of nature, animals, and scientific objects.
Report Text written
after getting careful observation. This scientific
tekhnikal makes a
clear difference of Descriptive
Text.
F.
EXAMPLE OF REPORT TEXT
Hello friends, thank you for the time given to me. Here I want
to tell you about the king of the jungle. Do you know the Lion? Well, I think
you have seen a Lion in the television or in the zoo. Well guys, Lion is a
carnivore, and it is a wild animal. You can find a Lion in the African jungle,
you also can find it in the savannah and forest.
A Lion looks like a cat but it is bigger than a cat. The male
Lion has mane, it is bigger than the female. Friends? Do you know that Lion is
a great hunter? They can run very fast like a horse. They have strong and sharp
claws to catch their prey. Its fangs are very strong. Emmm. . . Lion likes to
eat zebra, buffaloes, or deer. And guys, you must know that Lion is a good
listener because it can hear voice from until 100 until 150 meters.
Well friends, I think that’s all about the king of the jungle.
And it’s time for me to leave. I hope this short report will be useful for you.
Ok guys, thank you for your attention. See you bye, , bye. .
What Is Thunder and Lightning?
Lightning is a sudden, violent fl ash of electricity
between a cloud and the ground, or from cloud to cloud. A lightning fl ash, or
bolt, can be several miles long. It is so hot, with an average temperature of
34,000° Centigrade, that the air around it suddenly expands with a loud blast.
This is the thunder we hear.
Lightning occurs in hot, wet storms. Moist air is driven up to a great height. It forms a type of cloud called cumulonimbus. When the cloud rises high enough, the moisture freezes and ice crystals and snowfl akes are formed. These begin to fall, turning to rain on the way down. This rain meets more moist air rising, and it is the friction between them which produces static electricity. When a cloud is fully charged with this electricity, it discharges it as a lightning fl ash.
Lightning occurs in hot, wet storms. Moist air is driven up to a great height. It forms a type of cloud called cumulonimbus. When the cloud rises high enough, the moisture freezes and ice crystals and snowfl akes are formed. These begin to fall, turning to rain on the way down. This rain meets more moist air rising, and it is the friction between them which produces static electricity. When a cloud is fully charged with this electricity, it discharges it as a lightning fl ash.
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