REPORT TEXT
1. Pengertian/The Meaning Report Text
Report text is a text which present information about something, as it is. It is as a result of systematic observation and analyses. (Report teks adalah sebuah teks yang menghadirkan informasi tentang suatu hal secara apa adanya. Teks ini adalah sebagai hasil dari observasi dan analisa secara sistematis.)
2. Tujuan Report Text
Social function of report text is to present information about something generally to the reader. (Social function dari report text adalah untuk menyajikan informasi tentang sesuatu secara umum kepada pembaca.
3. Generic Structure Report Text adalah :
1. General Classification
berisi pernyataan umum tentang subject yang dibicarakan atau dibahas.
2. Description
merupakan bagian yang memberikan gambaran secara detail mengenai subject yang dibahas pada bagian general classification.
merupakan bagian yang memberikan gambaran secara detail mengenai subject yang dibahas pada bagian general classification.
4. The Example of Report Text/ Contoh Report Teks
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 is hard to find in its 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 lifts 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.