ENGLISH ESSAY

TEXT
NAMA: Ikhwan Tri Kurniawan
NO. ABSEN: 14
KELAS: IX A
 DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
SOCIAL FUNCTION :
To describe something in specific.
LANGUANGE FEATURES :
– Specific participant : has a certain object, is not common and unique (only one).
for example: Bandengan beach, my house, Borobudur temple, uncle Jimi.
– The use of the adjective (an adjective) to clarify the noun, for example: a
beautiful beach, a handsome man, the famous place in Jepara, etc.
– Action verb: verbs that show an activity (for example, run, sleep, walk, cut etc.)
STRUCTURE:
Identification: (contains about the introduction of a person, place, animal or
object will be described.)
Description: contains a description of something such as animal, things, place or person by
describing its features, forms, colors, or anything related to what the writer describes.
 RECOUNT TEXT
SOCIAL FUNCTION :
To tell about past event/experience.
LANGUANGE FEATURES :
– Using the simple past tense, past continuous tense, past perfect tense, and
past perfect continuous tense.
– Using temporal sequence, e.g. On Saturday. On Monday, On Sunday
– Focus on specific participant, e.g. I (the writer)
STRUCTURE:
Orientation : tells who was involved, what happened, where the events took
place, and when it happened.
Events : tell what happened in chronological sequence.
Re-orientation : consists of optional-closure of events / ending.
 PROCEDURE TEXT
SOCIAL FUNCTION :
To tell about how to make something/the way to do something.
LANGUANGE FEATURES :
– Use adverbial of sequence / Using temporal conjunction: (e.g: first, second,
third, the last)
– Use command / imperative sentence: (e.g : put the noodles on the . . ., cut the
onion. . ., wash the tomatoes. . . )
– Focus on specific participant, e.g. I (the writer)

STRUCTURE:
Goal : It is containt the purpose of the text. (e.g : How to make spagheti)
Material or Ingredient : it is containt of the materials that used in the process. (e.g :
the material to cook omelette are egg, onion, vegetable oil, etc. ).
Step : it is containt of the steps to make something in the goal. (e.g : first, wash the
tomatoes, onion, …., second cut the onions becomes slice. . . )
 NARRATIVE TEXT
SOCIAL FUNCTION :
To tell about how to make something/the way to do something.
LANGUANGE FEATURES :
- Past tense (killed, drunk, etc.)
- Adverb of time (Once upon a time, one day, etc.)
– Time conjunction (when, then, suddenly, etc.)

STRUCTURE:
Orientation : It is about the opening paragraph where the characters of the
story are introduced.
Complication : Where the problems in the story developed.
Resolution : Where the problems in the story is solved.
Coda / reorientation: (optional) – lesson from the story
 REPORT TEXT
SOCIAL FUNCTION :
To give information about something in general
LANGUANGE FEATURES :
- Use of general nouns, e.g. hunting dogs, rather than particular
nouns, e.g. our dog;
-Use of relating verbs to describe features, e.g. Molecules are tiny particles;
- Some use of action verbs when describing behavior, e.g. Emus cannot fly;

STRUCTURE:
General Classification : Stating classification of general aspect of thing; animal,
public place, plant, etc which will be discussed in general
Description : tells what the phenomenon under discussion ; in
terms of parts, qualities, habits or behaviors