Report Text (genre)

Report text

To describe the way things are, with reference to a range of natural, man-made and social phenomena in our environment.

Generic structure/ bentuk umum

General classification: tells what the phenomenon under discussion is.

Description tells what the phenomenon under discussion is like in terms of (1) parts, (2) qualities, (3) habits or behaviors, if living; uses, if non-natural.

example:

Whales 

General Classification

Whales are sea-living mammals                     fact  
Description: (behaviours, qualities, parts) 

They therefore breathe air but cannot survive on land. Some species are very large indeed and the blue whale, which can exceed 30m in length, is the largest animal to have lived on earth. Superficially, the whale looks rather like a fish, but there are important differences in its external structure: its tail consists of a pair of broad, flat, horizontal paddles (the tail of a fish is vertical) and it has a single nostril on top of its large, broad head. The skin is smooth and shiny and beneath it lies a layer of fat (blubber). This is up to 30 cm in thickness and serves to conserve heat and body fluids. 

Check the bold : focus on generic participant:  focus pada kata-kata spesifik dari objek

Chek the red: using a simple present tense. Kata-kata menggunakan simple present tense

significan lexicogrammatical feature:

• Focus on Generic Participants.
• Use of Relational Processes to state what is and that which it is.
• Use of simple present tense (unless extinct).
•  No temporal sequence.