REPORT TEXT

• The purpose of report texts is to describe the way things are such

as a man-made thing, animals, and plants.

• The text organization of report texts is as follows.

a. General Classification
(Introducing the topic of the report text such as the class or sub-class)
b. Identification
(Giving the shape/ form, parts, behavior, habitat, way of survival)
• The language features of report texts are as follows.
a. The use general nouns
(e.g.: lions, komodos, tornados, orchids, etc)

b. The use of relating verbs

(e.g.: is, are, has)

c. The use of present tenses

(e.g.: Lions are called the king of beasts.)

d. The use of behavioral verbs

(e.g.: Lions hunt smaller animals and feed on them.)

e. The use of technical terms

(e.g.: When the lion is young, the hair of his mane is yellow. When he
is old, the hair is sometimes black.)