FACTUAL REPORT

Objectives :
After the end of the course, the students are be able to:

1 Compare generic structure, social functions, and Language features of

report text.

2 create and present a report text.

What is Report Text?

Definition Function
Report text is a text that To present information about
describes something in general. something in general.

Generic Structure
1. General classification
2. Description
Language Features
1. Using general nouns
2. Using relating verbs
3. Using simple present tense
4. Using conditional logical connection
Generic Structure of Report Text

General
classification
1
Stating classification of general aspect of thing;
example animal, public place, etc which will be
discussed in general.

2 Description
Describing the thing which will be discussed in
detail; example characteristics, customs for
living creature
Language Features of Report Text

Using general nouns Using Simple Present Tense

01 example : animals, cats, rather

than particular nouns, example
03 example : An ant can lift 20
times its own body weight.
our cat Timeless present: often, usually,
always

Using relating verbs Using conditional logical

connection
02 is, are, has
Example: Thanksgiving Day is a
04 so, when, but,or etc

celebration
Report Text vs Descriptive Text

Report Descriptive

 Describe a thing in general  Describe a thing in detail.

 Based on result of observation analysis.  Based on writer opinions.
 The structure of Report Text is General  The structure of Description Text is
Identification followed by
Classification followed by Description.
Description.
 Example: Cats
 My cat
Report Text vs Descriptive Text
Descriptive
Muiza, my cat
Curled up like a gold and orange as
well as black and ginger Muiza bun.
With green eyes staring back at me. As
she gets up her red collar glows in the
light of the moon. Her tail stretching
out as far as it can go curled at the end
like a question mark twitching at the
end of her tail. Her ears moving side
to side in the glow of the stars.
Washing her silky body.
Report
Cat
Cats or as we usually called it as the domestic cat are four-
legged carnivorous mammal. Their Latin name is Felis
Catus or Felis Silvestris Catus. The domestication of cats
is believed to have started since ancient Egypt 9,500 years
ago. Since that, cats have become human’s companion.
Their eyes allow them to see in the dark and their ears
allow them to hear sound with a high frequency that
human could not hear. They are a good solitary hunters
who have a really good sense of smell. There are various
colors of cats in the world such as white, brown, grey,
black, stripes and even multi-color. They are a social
species and they can make various sound such as mewing,
purring, hissing and growling.
 Television, or TV, is one of humanity’s most important means
Example of communication. It brings pictures and sounds from around the
world into millions of homes.
People, with a television set in their houses, can sit and watch
the president makes a speech or visits a foreign country. They can see
a war being fought. Through television, viewers at home can see and
learn about people, places, and things in a away lands.
Additionally, television brings its viewers a steady stream of
programs that are designed to entertain. In fact, TV provides many
more entertainment programs than any other kind of information
media. The programs include action-packed dramas, light comedies,
soap operas, sports events, cartoons, quizzes, variety shows and
motion pictures.
Let’s Practice Television, or TV, is one of humanity’s most
important means of communication. It brings pictures
General Clasification and sounds from around the world into millions of The use general
nouns
homes.
People, with a television set in their houses, can sit
and watch the president makes a speech or visits a foreign The use of relating
country. They can see a war being fought. Through verbs
Description
television, viewers at home can see and learn about
people, places, and things in a away lands. The use Simple
Additionally, television brings its viewers a steady Present Tense

stream of programs that are designed to entertain. In

fact, TV provides many more entertainment programs
than any other kind of information media. The programs Using
include action-packed dramas, light comedies, soap conditional
logical
operas, sports events, cartoons, quizzes, variety shows and connection
motion pictures.