REPORT TEXT

Purpose             : to describe the way things are, with reference to arrange or natural, manmade and social phenomena in our environment.

Structure text :

·         General classification

·         Description (parts, qualities, habits or behavior, uses)

Language features:

Ø  Focus on generic participants

Ø  No temporal sequence

Ø  General nouns, as ‘Reptiles in Comodo Island’

Ø  Relating verbs

Ø  Action verbs

Ø  Use of simple present tense

Ø  Pharagraf with topic sentences to arrange some information.