1. Recount Text (Biography)
1.1. Recount Text
1.1.1. Recount text is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. Its purpose is either to inform or entertain the audience
1.2. Biography
1.2.1. It is a detailed description of a person’s life and written by someone else. It’s a non-fiction text
1.3. Structure
1.3.1. Orientation
1.3.1.1. The background of someone else
1.3.2. Series of events
1.3.2.1. Someone's life story and someone's important story that inspires
1.3.3. Re-orientation
1.3.3.1. The writer’s conclusion or comment and the subject’s achievements
1.4. Language Features
1.4.1. Using past simple tense
1.4.2. Using temporal sequence and conjunction
1.5. Function
1.5.1. To give information about someone’s life, so we can get inspiration from his/her life story. Then, to educate people
1.6. Characteristics
1.6.1. It is written by someone else
1.6.2. Based on fact
1.6.3. Describe the person’s life in detail
2. Advertisement Text
2.1. Definition
2.1.1. Advertisement text is a text that introduce or promote a product, service, event or a job vacancy in a public medium
2.2. Purpose
2.2.1. To make a promotion
2.2.2. To give an information
2.2.3. To persuade the reader to buy the product or something that offered
2.3. Structure
2.3.1. Title
2.3.1.1. The name of the product/ service/ event
2.3.2. Body
2.3.2.1. Description of the product/ service/ event
2.3.3. Contact, Phone number/ Address/ Websites
2.4. Characteristics
2.4.1. Persuasive
2.4.1.1. Promoting words
2.4.1.2. Using a unique slogan
2.4.2. Effective
2.4.2.1. The content should be in a simple to give a clear message
2.4.3. Interesting
2.4.3.1. By giving a colorful text, picture, etc
3. Report Text
3.1. Definition
3.1.1. Report text is a text which presents information about something as it is. It is as a result of systematic observation and analysis
3.2. Generic Structure
3.2.1. General Classification
3.2.1.1. Stating classification of general aspect of thing that will be discussed
3.2.2. Descriptions
3.2.2.1. Giving more details of the thing such as part of body, habits, behavior, qualities, etc
3.3. Language Features
3.3.1. Using simple present tense
3.3.2. Using general noun