This document contains information about different types of texts including recount, report, discussion, explanation, hortatory exposition, news item, narrative, procedure, descriptive, and anecdote texts. It also provides details about the generic structures, purposes, and linguistic features of report and descriptive texts. Report texts present information objectively using simple present tense and third person pronouns while descriptive texts focus on describing people, places, or things using present tense, adjectives, adverbs, and identifying/attributing processes. The document compares and contrasts report and descriptive texts in terms of their social functions, generic structures, grammar, and differences in participants.

1. Chapter 1
Introgation
A. Definition of Text
Text is a discourse or compostion on which a note or commentary is written: the original
words of author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.
B. Types of Text (genre)
If we want write a text, we should know the purpose of our writing so that we can decide
the type of text we want to use. Text as follows.
1. Recount text
Recount text is used to retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining.
2. Report text
Report text is used to describe the way think are, with reference to a range of
natural, man-made and social phenomena in our enfironment.
3. Discussion text
The purpose of discussion text is to present (at least) two points of view about an issue
4. Explanation text
It has function to explain the processes involed in the formation or workings of natural or
socio cultural phenomena.
5. Hortatory exposition text
Its function is to persuade the reader or listener that something should or should not be the
case.
6. News item text
It has function to inform reader, listener, or viewrs about events of the day which are
considered newsworthy or important.
7. Narrative text
Its function is to amuse, entertaint, and to deal with actual or vicarious experience in
different ways.
8. Procedure text
It is to describe how something is accomplished through a sequence of actions or steps.
9. Descriptive text
Descriptive text is to describe a particular person, place or thing.
10. Anecdote text
It is to share with others an account of an unusual or amusing incident.

2. Chapter 2
Report Text
A. Scope of Report Text
1. Definition
Report is a text which present information about something, as it is.
2. Generic structure
Report text has generic structure.
3. Significant Features
Report text has some significant features.
B. Understanding Report Text
To have a better understanding on a report text, study the following analysis on the text.
1. Analysis on the generic structure
General Clasification
Description
2. Analysis on the Significant Fetures
Participant
Use of simple present tense
Use of third pronoun
C. grammar Used Report Text
report text use siple present tense and third pronoun
1. Simple Present Tense
You speak English.
Dou you speak English?
You do not speak English.
2. Prounouns
A pronoun is used to replace the name of a person or a thing,( a noun) in a sentence.
3. Grammer Exercises
D. Case Study 1
1. Read the text below carefuly
2. Generic structure study
Description
Participant
3. Grammar study
Th text use simple present tense. It can be seen in the sentences below
E. Case Study 2
1. Read the following Report Text carefuly

3. 2. Generic structure study
Discription
3. Grammmar study
The text uses simple present tense. It ca be seen in the sentences below.
Chapter 3
Descriptive Text
A. Scope of Desriptive Text
1. Definition
Descriptive text is a text which describes a person, thing, place, and certain condition
in particular.
2. Purpose
Decription is also used in all froms of writing to create a vivid impression of a person,
place, object or event.
3. Generic structure
a. Identification : identifies phenomenon to be described
b. Description : describes parts, qualities, charachteristic.
4. Significant Feature
a. Focuses on specific participants
b. Use of attributive and identifying processes
c. Frequent use of adjectives and classifiers in nominal groups
d. Use of present tense
e. Use of adverbs
B. Understanding Descriptive Text
1. Analysis on the generec structure
 Identifications
 Descriptions
2. Analysis on the significant Features
 Participant
 Use of simple presen tense
 Use of adjectives
 Use of adverbs
C. Grammar Used in Desriptive Text
1. Simple Present Tense
a.affirmative
b.negative
c.interroative

4. 2. Adverb
a. definition
b. using adverbs in a numbered list
c. kinds of adverbs
d. positions of adverbs
3. Adjective
An asjective is a describing word.
4. Grammar Exercise
D. Case Study 1
1. Read the following text carefuly
2. Generic structur study
 Decription
 Participants
3. Grammar study
a. the simple present tense in the text
b. the use of ajedctives in the text
c. the use adverbs in the text
E. Case Study 2
1. Read the descriptive text below carefuly
2. Generic structure study
 Identifications
 Description
 Participant
3. Grammar study
a. the use of simple present tense in the text
b.the use of adjectives in the text
c. the use of adverbs in the text
Chapter 4
Comparison on Report and Decriptive Text
A. Similaity
Report and descriptive text have some similarities.
1. Social fungtion
The two text has similarity in the social fungstion.
2. The generic structure
The similarity in the generic structure is in the description.

5. 3. Grammar
The two text use simple present tense.
4. Diference
5. Generic Structure
6. Participant
7. Case Study 1
8. Similarities
9. Differences
10. Case study 2
11. The Similaryty
12. The deferences