Chapter 2

Inventions
Make Life
Easier
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Language features of a report text

Indefinite and definite articles

Pronouns
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information about
something as a way to
gain better
understanding about
living or non-living
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explained in a
factual report
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We can explain
about animals,
plants, things,
social phenomena,
and natural
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Using facts to explain something

Giving details about a

topic

No personal view
 A ceiling fan is a mechanical fan. It
Look at this is usually electrically powered and it is
example suspended from the ceiling of a room.
It also uses hub-mounted rotating
paddles to circulate air.
Ceiling fans rotate much more
slowly than an electric desk fan. They
cool people effectively by introducing
slow movement into the otherwise still,
hot air of a room, inducing evaporative
cooling. Unlike air conditioners, fans
only move air – they do not directly
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change its temperature. Some ceiling
fans have adjustable blade pitch
instead of reversible motor.
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 General
classification A ceiling fan is a mechanical fan. It
is usually electrically powered and it is
suspended from the ceiling of a room.
Description It also uses hub-mounted rotating
paddles to circulate air.
Ceiling fans rotate much more
slowly than an electric desk fan. They
cool people effectively by introducing
slow movement into the otherwise still,
Description hot air of a room, inducing evaporative
cooling. Unlike air conditioners, fans
only move air – they do not directly
change its temperature. Some ceiling
fans have adjustable blade pitch
instead of reversible motor.
 Language features of factual
report
- A ceiling fan is a
The use of articles “a/an” mechanical fan.
- It is suspended from the
ceiling of a room.

-It is suspended from the

ceiling of a room.
The use of articles -Nowadays, people don’t use
“the” it anymore because mobile
phones and the internet are
faster then the telegraph.
Language features of factual
report
- A ceiling fan is a
mechanical fan.
The use of simple -It is suspended from the
present tense ceiling of a room.
- It also uses hub-mounted
rotating paddles to
circulate air.
- Some ceiling fans have
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adjustable blade pitch

instead of reversible motor.
 Language features of factual
report
-A ceiling fan is a mechanical
fan. It is usually electrically
powered and it is suspended
The use of pronouns from the ceiling of a room.
-Ceiling fans rotate much
more slowly than an electric
desk fan. They cool people
effectively.
-Unlike air conditioners, fans
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only move air – they do not

directly change its
temperature.