1. Biography
1.1. Definition
1.1.1. Biography text is a writing that contains a person's life history, experiences, and success stories.
1.2. Social Function
1.2.1. To inform or entertain the audience
1.3. General Structure
1.3.1. Orientation
1.3.1.1. Introducing the participants, place and time.
1.3.2. Series of Events
1.3.2.1. Describing series of event that happened in the past
1.3.3. Reorientation
1.3.3.1. Stating personal comment of the writer to the story.
1.4. Language Features
1.4.1. Personal participant: I, my group, etc.
1.4.2. Chronogical connection: first, then, finally, etc.
1.4.3. Linking verb: was, were, etc.
1.4.4. Action verb: look, go, change, etc.
1.4.5. Simple Past Tense
1.5. Characteristics
1.5.1. Written by someone else
1.5.2. Based on facts
2. Advertisement
2.1. Definition
2.1.1. Advertisement text is a text that introduce or promote a product,service, even or a job vacancy in a public medium
2.2. Social Function
2.2.1. To inform the public about the product
2.2.2. To promote the product to the public
2.2.3. To persuade the public to buy or use or choose the product
2.3. Generic Structure
2.3.1. •Important information; •Statements/words to persuade; •The event offered; the target consumer; •How to reach the event; •Price; •Place; •Date and time.
2.4. Language Features
2.4.1. •Evocative •Informative •Persuasive •Simple and easily understood language •Active sentence
2.5. Characteristics
2.5.1. Show the advantages of the product or etc.
2.5.2. Interesting
2.5.3. Attractiveness is depends to the medium of delivery
3. Factual Report Text
3.1. Definition
3.1.1. Factual Report Text is a text that provides information about something based on scientific principles such as facts, data, examples, and supporting theories and aims to present information correctly,accurately and scientifically without any personal opinion.
3.2. Social Function
3.2.1. To give the readers a better understanding about a living or non-living subject.
3.2.2. To give the readers a factual information in order to refute the news and false stories circulating
3.3. Generic Structure
3.3.1. General Classification
3.3.1.1. Introduces the topic of the factual report, such as type, the class, or the sub-class
3.3.2. Description
3.3.2.1. Tells about shape/form, parts, the use, the history of the invention
3.4. Language Features
3.4.1. Simple Present Tense
3.4.2. Topic Sentence
3.4.3. General noun
3.4.4. Scientific terms
3.4.5. Indefinite and definite articles (a/an/the)
3.5. Characteristics
3.5.1. Uses facts to explain something.
3.5.2. Gives details about a topic.
3.5.3. Commonly use third person omniscient point of view