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Report Text About Computers

Computer are machine that handle information automatically. They can perform
calculations and process data. Computers can work with numbers to solve problems
in afew seconds. Computers can remembers a great deal of information. That is why
computers are widely used in places, such as banks, offices, dan companies.

Computers work like calculators. But most calculators can do only one thing at a
time. We tell them to do by pressing various buttons. To do the same work, we can
give a series of instructions to a computer. We call this a computer program. If we set
up a program, the computer can provide a program, the computer can do all this work
automatically without further help or instruction.
A computer stores and handles numbers. The numbers may be mathematical
formulas or columns of figures. The numbers may also be codes that stand for letters
of the alphabet, words, or instructions to the computer.
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What is Report Text ??

 Report Text is a type of text in English that

describes the details of an object. Details in
this text are scientific details which include
the description of objects, both physical and
non-physical, from scientific facts about the
object.
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The Social Function of Report Text.

The function of report text is to describe the way

things are, with reference to arrange on natural,
manmade, and social phenomena in our
environment.
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The structure of Report Text

 General Classification

Computer are machine that handle information automatically. They

can perform calculations and process data. Computers can work
with numbers to solve problems in afew seconds. Computers can
remembers a great deal of information. That is why computers are
widely used in places, such as banks, offices, dan companies.
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The Structure of Report Text

 Description

 Computers work like calculators. But most calculators can do only one
thing at a time. We tell them to do by pressing various buttons. To do the
same work, we can give a series of instructions to a computer. We call
this a computer program. If we set up a program, the computer can
provide a program, the computer can do all this work automatically
without further help or instruction.

A computer stores and handles numbers. The numbers may be

mathematical formulas or columns of figures. The numbers may also be
codes that stand for letters of the alphabet, words, or instructions to the
computer.
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Language Future of Report Text

Using general nouns such as hunting dogs,

Not using a particular noun like our dog
Using a Relating Verb or Linking Verb: Sea
turtles are reptiles.
 Using Present tense to inform general truth.
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The difference between Report Text
and Description Text
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