GENRES OF TEXT

AULIA PUTRI (15018025)

1. Narrative Text
Purpose To entertain the readers

Generic structure of narrative text:

• Orientation
• Complication
• Resolution
• Coda

Language Features:
• Past tense
• Action Verbs
• Specific noun to replace people, animal, thing of the story
• Adjective and noun phrase, eg: long hair.
• Time of sequence and Conjunction
• Adverbs and adverbial phrase
2. Recount Text
Purpose To retell the past event without conflict

Generic Structure:
• Orientation
• Events
• Re-orientation

Language Features:
• Past tense
• Conjunction and time of sequence
• Adverbs and adverbial phrase
3. Procedure Text
Purpose To give a guide to do something
sequentially
Generic Structure:
• Aim/goal
• Materials
• Steps

Language Features:
• Imperative form
• Action verbs
• Connectives
• Adverbials (kata keterangan)
• Simple present
4. Report text
Purpose To inform something

Generic Structure:
• General classification
• Description

Language Features:
• General nouns
• Relating verbs
• Action verbs
• Present tense
• Scientific terms
5. Analytical Exposition Text
To convince the readers about important
Purpose
case by presenting arguments
Generic Structure:
• Thesis
• Arguments
• Reiteration

Features:
• Present tense
• Rational process
• Conjunction
6. Hortatory Exposition Text
To explain and recommend the readers to
Purpose
do something
Generic Structure:
• Thesis
• Arguments
• Recommendation

Language Features:
• Present tense
• Temporal connectives: firstly, secondly, third
• Evaluative words: importantly, etc.
7. Explanation Text
Purpose To explain the processes that occur

Generic Structure:
• General statement
• Sequence of explanation
• Closing

Language Features:
• Present tense
• Concreate noun
• Passive voice
• Action verbs
8. Descriptive Text
Purpose To describe something

Generic Structure:
• Identification
• Description

Language Features:
• Present tense
• Adjective bersifat describing, numbering, and classifying.
eg: two strong legs.
• Relating verbs
• Thinking verbs
• Adverbs
9. Discussion Text
To present two point of view about an
Purpose
issue
Generic Structure:
• Issue
• Supporting points
• Contrasting points
• Conclusion or recommendation

Language Features:
• Present tense
• Modalities: must, should, etc.
• conjunction
10. News Item
Purpose To inform the readers about events

Generic Structure:
• Newsworthy Event
• Background Event
• Source

Language Features:
• Present tense
• Action verbs
11. Review
Purpose To criticize thework the work of
art/events
Generic Structure:
• Introduction
• Evaluation
• Interpretation
• summary

Language Features:
• Present tense
• Adjectives
• Long clause and complex
12. Anecdote Text
Purpose To entertain the readers by retelling odd
and unusual events
Generic Structure:
• Abstract
• Orientation
• Crisis
• Reaction/incident

Language Features:
• Past tense
• conjunction of time
• action verb
• imperative sentence
• exclamation sentence
13. Spoof Text
Purpose to entertain the reader or listener of
stories read

Generic Structure:
• Orientation
• Events
• Twist

Language Features:
• Past tense
• Adverb of place and time
• action verb
• Tells chronologically