5 kind of text

Narrative

-is a text that was meaning to amuse/entertain the readers and to tell a story that was using action verb
and also chronologically arranged, where the structure was orientation, complication, resolution, and
reorientation. The most commonly used language features was past tense. Mostly found in story book,
myth, fable, folklore, and so on.

Here is the following example:

True Friends

Once upon a time, there were two close friends who were walking through the forest together.
They knew that anything dangerous can happen any time in the forest. So they promised each
other that they would always be together in any case of danger.

Suddenly, they saw a large bear getting closer toward them. One of them climbed a nearby tree
at once. But unfortunately the other one did not know how to climb up the tree. So being led by
his common sense, he lay down on the ground breathless and pretended to be a dead man.

The bear came near the one who was lying on the ground. It smelt in his ears, and slowly left the
place because the bears do not want to touch the dead creatures. After that, the friend on the tree
came down and asked his friend that was on the ground, "Friend, what did the bear whisper into
your ears?" The other friend replied, "Just now the bear advised me not to believe a false friend."

2. Recount

-is a text which purpose to retell something that happened in the past and to tell a series of past
event. This text also use the action verb and also adjectives. The structure was orientation, event,
and reorientation

Here is the example :

Very Tired Day

Last tuesday was a busy day for me. I spent my time to do a lot of activities from my senior
high school to my home. I had no time to take a rest.

First, at the morning, I went jogging. After that I went to school to study until 3.00 pm. fom my
school , I went to sanggarian sport hall to practice badminton until 8.00 pm. I practiced hard
because that I felt very tired. After that, I went home. But when I would sleep, I remembered there
was some homeworks that I had to do. I did my homeworks untill 11.40 pm. And finally I could
take a rest in my bed.

Those activities made my day busy and I felt very tired.

3. Descriptive

-is a text to describe particular person, place, or thing in detail. It’s still the same, action verb, adverb, and
special technical terms are also used on the text. This text commonly used simple present tense. The
structure was identification and description

Here is the following example:

My mother is a beautiful person. She is not tall but not short, and she has straight hair and brown. Her eyes
color are also brown and her skin color was light brown, and she has a beautiful smile. Her weight is about
70 kilograms right now.

She is a very kind person. She is very lovely, friendly, patient, and she loves to help people. I love my mom,
because she is a good example to me. She loves being in the Church, and she loves singing too.

She is a very good wife and mother. She always takes care of her family. She likes her house to be clean
and organized. She a very organized person, and all things in the house are in the right place. She doesn't
like messes.

She always has a smile on her face. She is so sweet and lovely. I like when I am going to sleep or went I
wake up or when I am going to go to some places, she always give me a kiss, and when the family have a
problem she always be with us to helps us and to give us all her love.

4.Report

-the text purpose was to presents information about something, as it is in the reality. The text
feature was 1. Introducing group or general aspects, 2. Using conditional logical connection. This
text commonly used simple present tense. The text structure was classification and description.

Here is the example:

Dolphins are very intelligent animals and they are benign to humans. This water mammals are able
to fascinate us in many different ways. These mammals live in a group. They have been known to
help humans in a variety of circumstances including rescue and fishing.

There are 36 species of dolphins that have been found. 32 species are dolphins the sea is already
well known by the people and 4 species are river dolphins. It’s very interesting to see and learn
about the dolphin species

Dolphins can be very entertaining. They can jump out of the water. Some of them can jump up to
30 feet in the air. The dolphins are grayish blue and his skin is very sensitive to human touch and
other objects.

Although the dolphins have 100 teeth, they don’t use their teeth to eat. They use it to get fish then
they swallow the fish. They can consume fish up to 15 kg per day. They always gather in a group
to hunt fish.
5. Procedure

-is a text to help readers how to do or make something completely. The language feature was
imperative sentence, adverb, and technical terms. The text use simple present tense. The structure
was goal/aim, materials/equipments, steps/methods.

HOW TO MAKE SPECIAL FRIED NOODLE

Ingredients:

1. Onions
2. An egg
3. Cabbage
4. Instant noodle
5. Vegetable oil
6. Chilli
7. Garlics

Steps:

1. First, Slice onions, garlics, chilli, and cabbage

2. Second, heat pan and put vegetable oil in it
3. Third, fry the onions and garlics untill yellowish
4. Fourth, pour water on the pan and wait until boiling
5. Then, put cabbage into boiling water and then put an egg in it
6. After that, add noodle, stir slowly for three minutes
7. While noodle is being cooked, put the seasoning in a bowl
8. Next, take the cooked noodle from the boiling water and drain it
9. Put the cooked noodle and the seasoning into the bowl and mix well
10. Finally, the special fried rice is ready to serve