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    The document provides information about report text, including its characteristics, generic structure, purpose, examples, and language features. Report text describes objects or phenomena through factual details and systematic observation. It generally uses the simple present tense and classifies and describes topics scientifically without opinion. The purpose is to convey information objectively about various natural and artificial topics.

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    The document provides information about report text, including its characteristics, generic structure, purpose, examples, and language features. Report text describes objects or phenomena through factual details and systematic observation. It generally uses the simple present tense and classifies and describes topics scientifically without opinion. The purpose is to convey information objectively about various natural and artificial topics.

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    The document provides information about report text, including its characteristics, generic structure, purpose, examples, and language features. Report text describes objects or phenomena through factual details and systematic observation. It generally uses the simple present tense and classifies and describes topics scientifically without opinion. The purpose is to convey information objectively about various natural and artificial topics.

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    Material Report Text

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    The document provides information about report text, including its characteristics, generic structure, purpose, examples, and language features. Report text describes objects or phenomena through factual details and systematic observation. It generally uses the simple present tense and classifies and describes topics scientifically without opinion. The purpose is to convey information objectively about various natural and artificial topics.

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    English lesson

    Report text
    Sabam Christo Parasian, S.Pd., Gr.
    LISTEN TO THE AUDIO

    FIND TEN FACTS THAT YOU HEAR FROM THE AUDIO

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    REPORT TEXT

    Report text is one type of text that is categorized as


    “factual texts.” 
    Reports text is a text which is the result of systematic
    observation and analyses.
    Report Text is a type of text in English that describes
    the details of an object. Details in this text are scientific
    details which include the description of objects, both
    physical and non-physical, from scientific facts about
    the object.

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    1 Characteristics of Report Text
    Contains scientific facts
    The title text looks more general
    Using the Simple Present Tense
    General Classification

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    Generic Structure of
    Report Text

    • General Classification
    ▪ This section contains general statements that describe the object description of this
    Report Text.
    • Description
    ▪ This section usually provides a description of the phenomenon or situation that occurs,
    both its parts, nature, habits, or behavior. In essence, this section describes the
    classification presented scientifically. However, the thing to remember is that Report
    Text is not a news text, but scientific factual text.

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    Purpose of Report text

    • The purpose of report text is to convey information of observation through


    systematic analysis. The information described in the report text is usually
    general, whether natural or artificial like mammals, planets, rocks, plants,
    states, culture, transportation, and so forth.
    Or it can be concluded that the purpose of report text are:
    • – To describe something in general.
    • – To presenting information about (something), as it is.
    • – To describe the way things are..

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    EXAMPLE OF REPORT TEXT

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    Language Feature of
    Report text

    • – Use of general nouns, eg hunting dogs, rather than particular nouns, eg


    our dog;
    • – Use of relating verbs to describe features, eg Molecules are tiny particles;
    • – Some use of action verbs when describing behavior, eg Emus cannot fly;
    • – Use of timeless present tense to indicate usualness, eg Tropical cyclones
    always begin over the sea;
    • – Use of technical terms, eg Isobars are lines drawn on a weather map;
    • – Use of paragraphs with topic sentences to organize bundles of
    information; repeated naming of the topic as the beginning focus of the
    clause.

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