The document provides information about report text as a type of text. It explains that report text describes objects or phenomena in an objective, factual manner without opinions from the writer. It uses simple present tense and contains scientific details and a general title. The generic structure of report text includes a general classification section and a description section. Examples of report texts about elephants and beaches are also provided to illustrate report text.

1. REPORT TEXT
1. Report Text explains an object in detail. It describes phisical or non phisical
conditions in scientific research. Report Text must be objective (no opinion from
the writer).
2. Report Text informs the realfacts of objects to the readers. Unlike Descriptive
Text, Report Text has no opinion from the writers.
3. Characteristics of Report Text.
a. It contains scientific details.
b. It has general title.
c. Using Simple Present Tense.
4. Generic Structure of Report Text.
a. General Classification.
It contains general explanation about object.
b. Description.
It contains illustrations of events or objects, namely the phenomenon,
characters, habit or actions. (it is not News Report)
5. Examples of Report Texts.
a. Elephant
Elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking
animal which it has thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a
small tail, little eyes, long white tusks and above all, elephant has a long
nose, the trunk.
An elephant is commonly seen in a zoo, it has hard found in it natural
habitat.
The trunk is the elephant’s peculiar feature. This trunk has various usages.
The elephant draws up water by its trunk and can squirt the water all over its
body like a shower bath. The elephant’s trunk also lift leaves and put them
into its mouth. In fact, the trunk serves the elephant as long arm and hand.
An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and yet an elephant can move very
quickly.
The elephant is very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its
great strength makes an elephant a very useful servant to man.
Elephant can be trained to serve in various ways such as carry heavy loads,
hunt for tigers and even fight. An elephant is really a smart animal.
(Generic structure):
1. General classification:
An elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals.
2. Description:
a. It is a strange looking animal which it has thick legs, huge sides and
backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white tusks.
b. The trunk is the elephant’s peculiar feature.
c. The elephant is very intelligent animal.

2. Gajah
Gajah merupakan hewan terbesar serta terkuat dari seluruh jenis hewan. Ia
merupakan hewan yang unik dimana mempunyai kaki yang tebal, sisi serta
punggung yang besar, telinga yang menggantung besar, ekor kecil, mata kecil,
taring putih panjang dan yang paling penting gajah ini mempunyai hidung yang
panjang, atau belalai.
Gajah ini bisa kita lihat di dalam kebun binatang, serta akan sulit ditemukan pada
habitat aslinya.
Belalai ini merupakan ciri khas dari gajah. Belalai ini mempunyai beberapa fungsi.
Gajah mengambil air dari belalai nya serta bisa menyemprotkan air ke semua
permukaan tubuhnya seperti sedang mandi. Belalai gajah juga mengambil daun
serta memasukkan nya ke dalam mulutnya. Bahkan, belalai ini juga dapat digunakan
gajah sebagai lengan serta tangan yang panjang. Seekor gajah nampak sangat
berat, tetapi gajah ini bisa bergerak dengan sangat cepat.
Gajah merupakan hewan yang sangat cerdas. Kecerdasannya dipadukan dengan
kekuatannya yang besar sehingga membuatnya menjadi pelayan yang sangat
bermanfaat untuk manusia.
Gajah bisa dilatih untuk melayani dalam berbagai cara seperti membawa barang –
barang berat, berburu harimau, bahkan bertarung. Seekor gajah benar -benar
hewan yang sangat cerdas.
Struktur umum:
1. Klasifikasi umum: Gajah merupakan hewan terbesar serta terkuat dari semua
jenis hewan.
2. Keterangan:
 Gajah merupakan hewan yang nampak unik dimana mempunyai kaki tebal,
sisi serta punggung besar, telinga menggantung besar, ekor kecil, mata kecil,
dan taring putih yang panjang.
 Belalai merupakan ciri khas dari gajah.
 Gajah merupakan hewan yang amat sangat cerdas.
b. Beach
A beach is a landform along a body of water which usually consists of loose
particles such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, or cobblestones. The
particles comprising a beach are occasionally biological in origin, such as
mollusc shells or coralline algae.
Nowadays, some beaches have man-made infrastructure, such as lifeguard
posts, changing rooms, mushalla, and showers. They may also have
hospitality venues (such as resorts, hotels, and restaurants) nearby. Wild
beaches, also known as undeveloped beaches, are not developed in this
manner. Wild beaches can be valued for their original beauty and preserved
nature.
Beaches typically occur in areas where wave or current action deposits and
reworks sediments along the coast.
Pantai
Pantai adalah lahan di sepanjang badan air yang biasanya terdiri dari partikel lepas
seperti pasir, gravel, sirap, kerikil, atau batu-batuan. Partikel-partikel yang
menyusun pantai kadang-kadang juga berasal dari makhluk hidup, seperti cangkang
moluska atau coralline algae.
Saat ini, beberapa pantai telah memiliki infrastruktur buatan manusia, seperti pos
penjaga pantai, ruang ganti, mushalla, dan kamar mandi. Mereka juga memiliki

3. tempat singgah (seperti resor, hotel, dan restoran) di dekatnya. Pantai liar, juga
dikenal sebagai pantai yang belum dikembangkan, tidak dikembangkan dengan cara
ini. Pantai liar dapat bernilai karena keindahan aslinya dan alam yang terjaga.
Pantai biasanya muncul di daerah di mana gelombang atau ombak berkumpul dan
membentuk sedimen di sepanjang pesisir laut.
c. TECTONIC EARTHQUAKE, The Gigantic Disaster in Yogyakarta
On Saturday morning, May 27th
2006, at 5:53 am, a gigantic disaster, the
hard earthquake in 5.9 richter scale rushed the Particular Territory of
Yogyakarta. Its central was in 33 km under the bottom of Hindia Ocean for
about 37 km south of Yogyakarta.
It was unpredictable event that the terrible shake killed great amount of
people and destroyed residences. According to data from Social Board of
Yogyakarta, around 5,000 people in all ages died and more than 3,000
people got hurts.
Great amount of human corpses were spread distinctively. They were mostly
found under the building ruins and some others died in the cure. We
could also find the various destructions, such as buildings, means of
transportations and people’s residences.
The sense of humanity has truly called people all over the world. Government
of Indonesia allocated the renovation fund for 70 trillion rupiahs. In addition,
the abundant contributions both personals’ and private institutions’ have
been sent there. Those were not only money and foodstuffs but also the
volunteers. They came from the numerous internal areas and foreign
countries for their consciousness.
According to Historical Data of Disaster, Yogyakarta has ever been shaken by
earthquake many times, as the followings;
1. June 10th
1867. The victims were 372 houses collapsed and 5 people
died.
2. September 27th
1937. It was in 8.7 richter scale. More than 2,000 houses
collapsed and thousands of people died.
3. July 23rd
1943. It was in 8.6 richter scale. More than 2,800 houses
collapsed, 213 people died and 2,096 people got hurts.
4. March 13th
1981. It was in 8.7 richter scale and destructed the wall of
Ambarukmo Hotel.
5. May 27th
2006. It was in 5.9 richter scale. Around 5,000 people in all
ages died and more than 3,000 people got hurts. Thousands of houses
have got destructions.

4. 6. Drill (Latihan)
a. GOLD
Gold is a precious metal. Gold is used as ornaments or as money. Gold is
found in many places, but in a small supply. It is often found on the surface
of the earth. Since gold is a heavy substance, it is sometimes found loose on
the bottom of rivers. The gold is found together with sand and rocks, and
must be separated from them. It is simple to search for this type of gold.
It is not usually necessary to drill for gold, but when a layer of gold is
located deep below the surface of the earth, it is possible to drill a hole into
the ground. Engineers have developed modern process for removing gold
from rocks. Since gold is not very hard, it is sometimes melted and added to
other substances for making rings, coins, and art objects. It will be priced
forever because it is beautiful, rare, and useful.
1. The best title of the text above is …..
A. Gold D. Type of Gold
B. Previous Metal E. Rare Ornaments
C. Removing Gold from Rocks
2. The following are associated with gold, EXCEPT …..
A. useful D. precious
B. beautiful E. expensive
C. unnecessary
3. The text above is mainly intended to …. about gold.
A. discuss D. classify
B. describe E. elaborate
C. document
4. “It will be priced forever because….” (Paragraph 4)
The underlined word means ……
A. valuable D. worthless
B. interesting E. wonderful
C. eye catching
b. SEA HORSE
Many people imagine the sea-horse to be real horse living in the sea. This is
not true at all. The sea-horse is so called because it is a tiny creature with a
horse-liked head which lives in the sea. Sea-horse are found mostly in warm
seas. They have a long, flexible tail which is used for wrapping around weeds
for support. They swim I upright position, their movements being helped by a
rapidly oscillating fin on their back. The male sea-horse lays her eggs in this
pouch.
The most remarkable thing about the sea-horse is that part of the process of
reproduction is taken over by the male creature. One the female sea-horse
has laid her eggs in the male creature’s pouch, she leaves. The hatching of
the egg is done by the male fish. Mating begins with the male and the female
sea-horses doing courtship dance. The male and female creatures swim
around each other in circles. At the end of the dance, the male appears to
bow to its partner; but in actually, the male is banding to pump water from
his pouch. Next, the female fish lays eggs into the male’s pouch. They lay for

5. two hundred eggs. The pouch, then close up. The female sea-horse swims
away, leaving the male sea-horse to do hatching.
The eggs are hatched about a month later. The young sea-horses are ejected
from the male creature’s pouch by means of muscular contractions. The sea
– horse feeds on tiny fish the creatures sucking them into its month.
1. What is the purpose of the text?
A. to inform readers the sea – horse’s process of reproduction
B. to persuade readers to breed the sea – horse
C. to explain how to bread the sea – horse
D. to describe a particular sea – horse
E. to describe a particular sea horse
2. What do you think about the sea horse’s reproduction process?
A. Amazing D. Exciting
B. Peculiar E. Strange
C. Unique
3. The male sea horse has a pouch in its abdomen to ….
A. hatch the eggs D. feed the baby sea horse
B. eject the young sea horses E. keep some food for its babies
C. pump water from its abdomen
c. FOREST
Forests are very important for their products. They are also important to
keep the soil fertile and to prevent flood. The fallen leaves and decayed
plants become humus which makes the soil rich and holds the rainwater.
For many years, people have not been obeying the government’s regulations.
They have been cutting down the forest trees carelessly. As a result,
thousands of hectares of land have become worse and the rivers will be full
of mud. In the wet season there will be erosion and floods which will destroy
the farm lands and villages.
1. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
A. Rivers are full of mud D. Lands becomes infertile
B. Floods destroy villages E. Erosions have cause floods
C. Deforestation has caused a lot of destruction
2. The following statements are the advantages of forests mentioned in the
text, EXCEPT:
A. they keep the soil fertile D. they prevent flood
B. they produce humus E. they hold rainwater
C. they produce fresh air
3. Humus is made from …….
A. fertile soil D. brown leaves
B. the root of a tree E. a kind of artificial fertilizer
C. decayed plants and leaves
4. ”They are also very important to keep the soil fertile and to prevent
flood.” (Paragraph two). The underlined word is synonymous to ……
A. cause D. move
B. hinder E. change
C. produce

6. TASK (TUGAS)
1. Make Report Text for 200 words. (Buatlah Report Text: 200 kata)
2. Cara pengumpulan bisa via Moodle, WA (pdf/ditulis tangan difoto- dikirim
japri)
3. Batas akhir pengumpulan: 16 September 2020.
Semoga Allah swt. menjadikan Anda semua
orang sukses yang santun dan religious.
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