The document provides information about the typical structure and characteristics of a report text. It discusses two common generic structures of a report text: general classification and description. It notes that a report text conveys information about something after observation and analysis. It also outlines some key language characteristics of a report text, such as using general nouns, technical terms, relating verbs, paragraphs with topic sentences, action verbs, and the timeless present tense. An example report text is then provided about lions that demonstrates these report text features.

1. Report Text
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2. "Report", the
Concise
Oxford
Dictionary
10th Edition,
is defined as
The report text often
also known as
informational report.
A piece of information
about an event or
situation
An account is given of a
matter after investigation
or consideration.
So we can conclude, in a
language view, a report text is
used to serves to provide
information about an event or
situation, after the
investigation and through the
multi consideration.
"Report is a text roomates
present information about
something, as it is. It is as a
result of systematic observation
and analyzes."

3. A Report Text Has Two Common Structures
[Generic Structure]
• General Clasification
•» ”Statements that describe the common subject of the report, common description, and
classification.”
• Description
•» ”Tells what the phenomenon under discussion; in terms of parts, qualities, habits or
behaviors; This section gives us an overview of commonly occurring phenomenon, either
of its parts, its properties, habit, or behavior. The point is, presenting elaboration of
scientific classification.”
The Report Text =
The description text
OR
The Report Text ≠
The description text

4. The Report Text ≠ The description text
• General classification
• Description part per part
• Introducing group or general aspect
• Using conditional logical connection
• Using Simple Present Tense
The Report
Text
• Identification
• Description in parts or each characteristic
• Using Simple Present Tense
• Using action verb, Using adverb
• Using special technical terms
The
description
text

6. GENERIC STRUCTURE
Some information on the
generic text structure
General information
is the part that
mentions the general
information of the
theme of writing
Bundles of Specific
Information
give us the
elaboration of
general information

7. PURPOSE / SOCIAL FUNCTION
Everyone knows that each article certainly have a purpose why
the article was written. As well as a report text. Some experts
say that the purpose of the report is the text is :
Its social purpose is presenting information about something.
They generally describe an entire class of things, Whether
natural or made: Mammals, the planets, rocks, plants,
countries of region, culture, transportation, and so on.
So we can concluded, the purpose of the report is to “CONVEY
INFORMATION TEXT OBSERVATIONS AND SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS”.
The information described in the report text is usually general
in nature, be it natural or artificial like a mammals, planets,
rocks, plants, state, cultural, transportation, etc.

8. LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTICS
Each article must have its own language characteristics, if recount text and
narrative text tend to have traits using simple past, then how about report text?
Okay... here is a common grammar patterns used in the text report, which
includes :
Use of general nouns, that
is, an object (be it alive or
dead) of a general nature.
Just compare
beetwen "Hunting dogs"
and "My dog". Hunting dogs
are common, while my
dog is more spesific.
Use of technical
terms, eg "Isobars"
are lines drawn on a
weather map; For
example, on "music"
then, the terms of
the music should be
there.
Use of Relating
verbs to describe
features, the
grammar is also
called linking
verbs. As to be [is,
am, are: present],
seem, look, taste,
etc.
Use of paragraphs
with topic sentences
to organisé bundles of
information;
repeated naming of
the topic as the
beginning focus of the
clause.
Some use of
action verbs
when describing
behavior, eg
Emus can not
fly;
Use of timeless present
tense to indicate
usualness, is one time
in the simple present
markers such as "often,
Usually, always" and
others. eg Tropical
cyclonesalways begin
over the sea;

9. EXAMPLE OF REPORT TEXT
Example report text about lion
Lion lives in prairie, bushes, and open forests of Saharan, Africa. Lion is the second biggest feline on the planet. Its
size is marginally littler than tiger. Be that as it may, they are nearly related and have fundamentally the same body.
Lion is unique in relation to other enormous felines. They are extremely amiable creatures. They live in gatherings.
There are around 30 lions in a gathering comprising of three guys, twelve females, and whatever remains of their
kids. The quantity of gathering individuals is dictated by the accessibility of nourishment and water.
They thunder one another to track their spot. Male and female lions have a capable thunder that can be heard up to 8
km. Male and female lion have an altogether different part in the gathering. Male lions invest their energy to keep
their domain and their youngsters. They keep up their limits. While female lions or lioness is the primary seeker
bunch. They are littler and more spry than male lions. Anyway, they cooperate in getting their prey.
They generally chase around evening time. Their prey are gazelle, bison, zebra, rhinos, hippos, wild pig, crocodile,
youthful elephants, and giraffe. At the same time, in some cases they likewise eat the littler prey, for example,
rodents, flying creatures, rabbits, reptiles, and turtles.
In the wake of getting their prey, all the lions in the gathering impart their prey. However, there is a pecking request.
The male lions take the first claim, trailed by lionesses, and the latter is their kids.