GENRE OF TEXT

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 NARATIVE  RECOUNT

 DESCRIPTIVE  EXPLANATION

 PROCEDURE  REPORT

1. Narrative Text
 Definition:
Narrative text is a text that tells a series of events in sequence and connected to each
other.
Purpose:
To entertain the reader
Generic structure:
- Orientation (pengenalan)
- Complication (konflik)
- Resolution (pemecahan masalah)
- Reorientation (kesimpulan)
Language Features :
1. Simple Past Tense.
Contoh: killed, walked
2. Adverb of time
Example: One time, once upon a time, one day
3. time conjunction.
Example: when, suddenly, as soon as
4. Using specific participant.
Example: malin kundang, Cinderella
5. Using action verb (kata kerja aksi)
Example: thought, said.

2. Descriptive Text
Definition:
Teks yang menjelaskan atau mendeskripsikan orang orang, binatang atau suatu benda
baik bentuknya, sifat-sifatnya, jumlahnya dan lain-lain.
Purpose:
to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing.
Generic structure:
- Identification (identifikasi)
pendahuluan, berupa gambaran umum tentang suatu topik.
- Description (deskripsi)
berisi ciri-ciri khusus yang dimiliki benda, tempat, atau orang yang dideskripsikan.
Misalnya sifat-sifat, tsmpilan fisik, dan hal lain yang dituliskan dengan spesifik.
Language Features:
1. Using attribute verb
Example :am, is, are
2. Using simple present tense
3. Focused on one subject / Thing
4. Noun : Menggunakan kata benda yang spesifik, seperti misalnya my cat, my
boyfriend, National Monument,
5. Using adjective (kata sifat)

3. Procedure Text
Definition:
 Procedure text adalah teks yang memberikan instruksi, menginformasikan, atau
membantu pembaca tentang bagaimana cara untuk membuat atau melakukan sesuatu.
Purpose:
To show how something is made/used/done through sequence of steps.
Generic structure:
- Goal
Goal merupakan struktur teks prosedur yang menjelaskan maksud atau tuajuan.
- Materials
Materials merupakan struktur teks prosedur yang menjelaskan alat dan bahan yang
dibutuhkan.
- Steps
Struktur teks prosedur berikutnya adalah steps, yang berisi langkah-langkah atau
instruksi dalam membuat atau melakukan sesuatu.
Language Features:
1. Using Simple Present Tense
2. Using Kalimat Perintah (Imperative Sentences)
Example: Add the sugar to the bowl !
3. Using Kata Penghubung (Connectives)
Example: Firstly, secondly, then, after that, dan finally.
4. Using Kata Keterangan waktu (Adverb of time)
Example: in 10 minutes
5. Using kata keterangan cara (Adverb of manner)
Example: slowly, well, evenly.

4. Explanation Text
Definition:
explanation text merupakan teks untuk memberikan sebuah penjelasan secara jelas.
Purpose:
to tell the reader about how something works or why something happened.
Generic structure:
- General statement (Pernyataan Umum)
Memberikan pengenalan terhadap topik seperti penjelasan seputar informasi-
informasi umum.
- Explanation (penjelasan)
Gunakan paragraf atau pernyataan yang menjelaskan bagaimana atau mengapa
sesuatu terjadi. Tuliskan koneksi seperti sebab dan akibat atau urutan temporal.
- Closing (penutup)
Berisi paragraf atau kalimat penutup yang kuat yang menyatukan pernyataan
umum dan penjelasan sebelumnya.
Language Features:
1. Using simple present tense
2. Using abstract noun (no visible noun)
3. Using Passive voice
4. Using Action verbs
5. Containing explanation of the process
5. Report Text
Definition:
 Report Text is a type of text in English that describes the details of an object.
Purpose:
To describe the way things are, with reference to arrange on natural, manmade, and
social phenomena in our environment.
Generic structure:
- General classification
membahas mengenai aspek umum terkait objek yang akan ditulis.
Example: tumbuhan, hewan, tempat, benda
- Description
mendeskripsikan lebih dalam mengenai detail dari hasil penelitian penulis secara
terperinci.
Language Features:
1. General nouns, menggunakan kata yang merujuk pada suatu hal secara umum.
2. Using simple present tenses
3. Relating verbs atau linking verbs, contohnya: is, am, are, look, seem, taste
4. Timeless present tense, Example: usually, often, always
5. Technical terms, using terms related to the topic or discussion of the report text.

6. Recount Text
Definition:
recount text is a text that retells events or events in the past.
Purpose:
To retell information about an incident to the reader, or entertain the reader.
Generic structure:
- Orientation
(information about the character or characters, location, time of occurrence)
- Series of Events
a series of events / events that they experienced (the core of the recount text).
- Reorientation
summary and conclusion of the whole story as well as tell its ending (sad / happy).
Language Features:
1. Using simple past tense
2. Using specific participant, Example : Airport, Borobudur Temple,
3. Using personal participant, Example: I, my group, my friends,
4. Using action verb, Example: Visited, walk
5. Using linking verb, Example: be, become, seem, appear, grow
6. Using chronological connection/sequence connective, Example: then, next, in the
end, in addition
7. Using conjunction, Example: and, or, until, although, while, but
8. Using adverbs, Example: extremely, carefully, slowly
9. Using time connectives and sequence connective
Example: before, after, then, first, second, third, finally, the next day.