The document describes different types of short and long texts. It provides examples of short functional texts like notices, signs, posters, postcards, announcements, brochures, memos, invitations, advertisements, recommendation letters, and greetings cards. It then discusses various types of long texts, including recount texts, narrative texts, descriptive texts, procedural texts, and report texts. Examples are provided for each text type along with their purpose and generic structure. The document also includes a sample conversation as an example of short text.

1. KINDS OF TEXT

2. SHORT
FUNCTIONAL
TEXT

3. 1 NOTICE
(written or printed) news or information;
warning
Example :

4. 2 SIGN
Mark or symbol used to represent something;
notice, board, etc that gives warning,
directions, advertises a business, etc
Example :

5. 3 POSTER
Large printed notice or picture
Example:

6. 4 POSTCARD
Card for sending messages by post without an
envelope
Example :

7. 5 ANNOUNCEMENT
Public statement
Example :

8. 6 BROCHURE / FLYER
Booklet containing information or
advertisements
Example :

9. 7 MEMO
Informal written communication
Example :

10. 8 INVITATION CARD
Request card to go or come somewhere
Example :

11. 9 ADVERTISEMENT
Notice in a newspaper, on television, etc of
something for sale
Example :

12. 10 RECOMMENDATION LETTER
Praise somebody/something as suitable for a
job/purpose in a written message
Example :

13. 11 GREETINGS CARD:CHINESE NEW
YEAR
First word used on writing to somebody on a
card
Example :

14. LONG TEXT

15. 1 RECOUNT TEXT
Recount text is a text that telling the reader
about one story, action or activity for
information or entertainment
Purpose : to tell the reader about the last
event or experience
Generic structure :
- Orientation (who, what, where, when)
- Sequence of events
- Re-orientation

16. Example :
I was hospitalized for a week because of
malaria last month. At first, I had headache,
aching muscles, stomachache, and weakness.
Then, I got fever, chills, loss of appetite and
vomiting. I thought that I got cold, but the
doctor said that I had malaria. I was afraid
because people suffered from malaria can
develop severe complications and die. The
doctor and the nurse tried to calm me down.
They said that malaria could be cured. The
doctor then gave me medicine. After a week in
the hospital, the doctor said that I could go
home.

17. 2 NARRATIVE TEXT
Narrative text is an imaginative story to
entertain people
Purpose : to entertain the readers
Generic structure :
- Orientation (what, who, where, when)
- Complication (problems)
- Resolution (problem solving)
- Moral value

18. Example :
The sun shone brightly and the west breeze blew. The
kite was flying this way and that way tied to her string.
Suddenly the string snapped. The kite was free. She
soared high in the air until she could see far, far away.
The kite followed some parrots who took her to see the
rainforests. The air was cool and the kite got wet.
The kite followed some crocodiles who took her to see the
rivers. The air was misty and the kite caught a fish.
The kite followed some wallabies who took her to see the
deserts. The air was hot and the kite got tired.
So the kite followed the sun who took her back home,
right to her string

19. 3 DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Descriptive text is a text which says what a
person or a thing is like.
Purpose : to describe someone/something
specifically
Generic structure :
- Identification
- Description

20. Example :
Yuta is one of the 150 International
students at the ELC of Brigham Young
University. He is from Japan. He grew up in
Japan, and he is 19 years old. There are six
people in his family, a father, a mother,
three sisters and himself. He is the youngest
in his family. He is also the only boy in his
family, but now he is in Provo, Utah,
studying English. Yuta likes the United
States very much and he thinks everything is
cheap. Yuta thinks his English classes are
excellent and the teachers are professionals.
Yuta thinks someone in his class is noisy so
he doesn't like that. In his free time he
spends too much time sleeping, so it seems
that he has a sleeping sickness

21. 4 PROCEDURAL TEXT
Procedure text is a text to describe how to
make or doing something.
Purpose : to tell the reader how to do
something in order.
Generic structure :
- Goal
- Materials
- Steps

22. Example :
How to cook Instant Noodle
Materials :
Instant noodle
Water
A bowl
Firstly, heat the water of 400 cc until
boiled and add the noodle after that.
Meanwhile the noodle is cooked, mixed
the chili powder, the oil and the
seasoning into a bowl. Pour the cooked
noodle into the bowl. Delicious noodle is
ready to eat.

23. 5 REPORT TEXT
Report is a text which present information
about something, as it is a result of
systematic observation and analyses.
Purpose : to tell/describe something in general
Generic structure :
- General identification/classification
- Description

24. Example :
PLATYPUS
Many people call platypus duckbill because this animal has
a bill like duckbill. Platypus is a native Tasmania and
southern and eastern Australia.
Platypus has a flat tail and webbed feet. Its body length
is 30 to 45 cm and covered with a thick, and woolly layer
of fur. Its bill is detecting prey and stirring up mud.
Platypus' eyes and head are small. It has no ears but has
ability to sense sound and light.
Platypus lives in streams, rivers, and lakes. Female
platypus usually dig burrows in the streams or river banks.
The burrows are blocked with soil to protect it from
intruders and flooding. In the other hand, male platypus
does not need any burrow to stay.

25. CONVERSATION

26. A: I like that shirt.
B: So do I.
A: How much is it?
B: I don’t know. The tag is missing.
A: Ask the clerk.
B: I will.
A: Oh, look. Here’s another shirt just
like it.
B: Does it have a price tag?
A: Yes, it does. It’s only $20.
B: That’s a great price.
A: I think I’ll buy both of them.
B: You’d better try them on first.

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