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Report Text
A. Definition
Report text is a text that describe the way things based on observation and
sistematics analyses.
C. Generic Structure
1. General Clasification
2. Description
D. Language Features
1. General noun
2. Relating verb ( is am are )
3. Present tense
4. Behavioral verb
E. Example
Tornado
A tornado is a powerful, twisting wind storm. It is one of the most destructive of all
the storms that we have on the earth. It is also called a waterspout.
A tornado is a long sloud which comes down from te sky. It is shaped like a funnel
and consists of wind which whirls around and around extremely fast. In fact, the wind
can reach a speed of more than 900 km per hour.
Most tornado form a long front (boundary) between cool, dry air and warm, humid
air. Weather scientists are unable to know exactly when tornadoes will occur.
Fortunately, the tornado is not usually very big and it does not last.
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Tornado
A tornado1 is2 a powerful, twisting wind
storm. It is one of the most destructive of all the
General Clasification
storms that we have on the earth1. It is also called
a waterspout.
Description
Most tornado form a long6 front (boundary)
between cool, dry air and warm, humid air.
Weather scientists are2 unable to know exactly5
when tornadoes will occur. Fortunately, the
tornado is not usually very big6 and it does not
last.
Note:
1. General noun
2. Relating verb
3. Simple present tense
4. Behavioral verb
5. Adverb of manner
6. adjective
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It is the text that tellsthe readers the event of the day which are considerednews
worthy or important event
C. Generic Structure
D. Language Features
E. Example
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1. Newsworthy event
2. Backround event
Yelena vazrshavskya is the first journalist to speak to people who witnessed the
explosion of nuclear submarine at the naval base of shkotovo-22 near Vladivostock.
The accident, which occurred 13 months before the chernobyl disaster, spread
radioactive fall-out over the base and nearby town, but was covered up by officials of
the explosion in the reactor of the victor-class submarine during a refit had been a
thermal and not a nuclear explosion. And those involved in the clean-upoperation to
remove more than 600 tons of contaminated materialswere sworn to secrecy.
3. sources
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2. Anecdote Text
A. Definition
C. Generic Structure
1. Abstract
2. Orientation
3. Crisis
4. Incident
5. Coda
D. Language Features
E. Example
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Talk To Ghost
1. Abstract
2. Orientation
Mr.Carrol was nearly ninety, so it was often difficult for him to remember things,
but he still liked travelling very much, so he and his wife went to spain every year.
3. Crisis
One summer when they were there, they went to visit a friend, Mr. Donald. He had
two young dougthers Shinta and Alvira. One afternoon after lunch, Mr. Carrol was
talking to one of them in the garden. He asked if Sinta and her sister had ill when he and
his wife had been there last year.
4. Incident
Sinta said to Mr. Carrol that they had been very ill. Mr. Carrol said nothing for a
minute because he was thinking. Then at last he said that he remembered one of them
had died. He asked which one died, sinta or her sister. Sinta answered that it was her.
Mr. Carrol said that he was really sorry to hear that.
5. Coda
Mr. Carrol didn’t realize that he had just talked to a ghost. Poor man!
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Talk To Ghost
One summer
Temporal when they were there, they
Conjunctions
went to visit a friend, Mr. Donald. He had two
young dougthers Shinta and Alvira. One
Simpleafter
afternoon Pastlunch, Mr. Carrol was talking to
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3. Spoof Text
A. Definition
C. Generic Structure
D. Language Features
1. Action verbs
2. Chronological arranged
3. Adverb phrases of time and place
4. Simple past
E. Example
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Jack was a university student. He studied history. At the end of his first year, his
historylecture professor failed him in his examination and he was told to leave the
university.
2. Events
The next day, jack’s father went to see the professor. He urged the professor to let
jack continue his studies in the following year. “ He’s a good boy,”said jack’s father,
“and if you let him pass this time , i’m sure he’ll improve a lot next year and pass the
examinationat the end of the year well.”
Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon died, and he could not answer
it.”
3. Twist
“Please, sir, give him another chance,” said jack’s father, “you see, we don’t
subscribe any newspapers in our house, so none of us even knew that Napoleon was ill.”
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Simple Past
Jack was a university student. He studied
history. At the end of his first year, his history
lecture professor failed him in his examination Adverb Phrase of
and he was told to leave the university. Time
The next day, jack’s father went to see the Chronological Arranged
professor. He urged the professor to let jack
continue his studies in the following year. “ He’s
Saying Verb
a good boy,” said jack’s father, “and if you let
verb
him pass this time , I’m sure he’ll improve a lot
next year and pass the examination at the end of
the year well.”
Action Verb
“ no, no! That’s quite impossible!” replied the
professor.
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