Pada pertemuan kali ini, kita akan membahasa tentang salah satu bentuk teks, yaitu REPORT
TEXT.
REPORT TEXT
A report text is used to give facts clearly about a topic without unnecessary information or opinion.
Report text adalah teks laporan yang digunakan untuk memberikan fakta secara jelas tentang suatu topik
tanpa informasi atau opini yang tidak perlu.
Generic Structure Of Report Text
A report text usually consists of three main sturctures.
☞ Title (Judul)
The title usually tells the readers about the topic of the report.
Judul berfungsi memberi tahu pembaca tentang report apa yang sedang diinformasikan.
☞ General Classification (Klasifikasi Umum)
This part gives information or the definition about the subject of the report. A report begins with a
general statement. It tells the readers what the report is going to be about.
Bagian yang memberikan informasi atau definisi tentang subjek dari report reks. Sebuah report
teks diawali dengan pernyataan umum yang menginformasikan pembaca tentang apa yang sedang
disajikan dalam teks.
☞ Description (Deskripsi)
This part gives important facts or features (parts, qualities, habits/behaviours) about the subject.
Bagian ini memberikan fakta atau ciri-ciri tentang subjek report.
Catatan:
A report may have subheadings which tell the readers what each paragraph or group of
paragraphs is about. Dalam sebuah report teks terakadang ada subjudul yang
memberitahukan para pembaca tentang apa setiap paragrafnya atau setiap
subkelompoknya.
Photographs and diagrams can make the report understandable and interesting. Gambar
dan diagram bisa membuat sebuah report teks (teks laporan) lebih dimengerti dan
menarik.
Captions help readers to relate photographs and diagrams to the text. Caption (judul yang
berada dibawah gambar) membantu pembaca untuk menghubungkan gambar dan diagram
ke dalam teks
Contoh Generic Structure Of Report Text
Trains
Tittle
General A train is made up of railroad cars, hooked together and pulled by a locomotive.
Classification Locomotives are sometimes called engines. The types of locomotive engines most
used today are diesel-electric. Engines that burn diesel fuel drive generators that
make electricity. Powerful electric motors turn the wheels of a diesel-electric
locomotive. There are two types of train, freight and passenger trains.
Description A freight train can have as many as 200 cars hooked together. There are special
railroad cars for different kinds of freight. The boxcar has four sides, a floor and a
roof. It carries radios, television sets and boxes of cereal. Refrigerator cars work
like your home refrigerator. They are boxcars that are cool inside. Refrigerator
cars carry meat, fruit, frozen dinners and other food that must be kept cold. The
hopper car is open on the top. Hopper cars carry coal, sand, gravel, and ore (rocks
that contain metals). A flatcar has no top or sides. It has a floor on wheels. Flat
cars carry lumber, steel beams, huge pieces of machinery, and other big items.
Lifting machines called cranes load cargo onto flat cars. Special flatcars carry cars,
boats, and trucks.
Passenger trains have seats in rows along each side. They are made for long trips.
They have seats that can be made into beds at night. Trains that carry passengers
over long distances have special baggage cars to carry suitcases. They have dining
cars where people can sit down and eat.
Language Feature of Report Text
Menggunakan pola kalimat Simple Present Tense
Menggunakan kata benda umum (general nouns)
Menggunakan kata kerja yang saling berhubungan (relating verbs)
Terdiri dari sebuah objek ditambah objek tentang alam lainnya
