MATERI DARING 1

Factual report text or commonly called report text is text which presents some information about
thing, person, animal, scientific phenomena, or social condition. That information based on the
result of observation and analysis. The main purpose of factual report text is to give some
information to the reader.

The Generic structures of factual report text

1. General Classification

This part contains the idea or the topic that will be explained in the text.This part usually written as
the beggining of the text.

2. Description

This part contains the explanation of the information based on the topic. This part will be written
after the general classification.

The Characteristics / Language Feature :

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 particle.

Some use of action verbs when describing behaviour, eg Emus cannot fly.

Use of timeless present tense to indicate usualness, eg Tropical cyclones always begin over the sea.

You can use of technical terms, eg Isobars are lines drawn on a weather.

condition of the object. To make it clear, here are the differences :

Factual report text Descriptive text

Describe the common object Describe the specific object

Objective based on the fact Subjective based on the idea or opinion of the
Have a proof such as document, table, or chart writer
Scientific research text Writer’s own opinion
Writer’s observation and opinion