Social Function
To Describe the way things are, with reference to a range of natural, man-made and social phenomena in our environment.
Generic Structure
* General classification : Tells what the phenomenon under discussion is .
* Description : Tells what the phenomenon under discussion is like in terms of Parts, Qualities, Habits or Behaviors, if living ; uses, if non-natural.
Lexico grammatical Features
-Focus on generic participants .
-Use of relational processes (linking verb) .
Example: Look, feel, think .
-Use of simple Present Tense.
-No Temporal sequence .
-Use of Material processes (action verb)
Example: Eat, sit, go.
Example of Report text
Do you know what is the largest lizard? This lizard is called komodo. It lives in the scrub and woodland of a few Indonesian islands.
Komodo dragon is the world's heaviest lizard, weighing 150 pounds or more. The largest Komodo ever measured was more than 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighed 366 pounds (166 kg) but the average size of komodo in the wild is about 8 feet (2.5 meters) long and 200 pounds (91 kg).
Komodo dragon is the world's heaviest lizard, weighing 150 pounds or more. The largest Komodo ever measured was more than 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighed 366 pounds (166 kg) but the average size of komodo in the wild is about 8 feet (2.5 meters) long and 200 pounds (91 kg).
Komodo has gray scaly skin, a pointed snout, powerful limbs and a
muscular tail. They use their keen sense of smell to locate decaying animalremains from several miles away.
They also hunt other lizards as well as large mammals and are sometimes cannibalistic.
The Komodo dragon's teeth are almost completely covered by its gums. When it feeds, the gums bleed, creating an ideal culture for virulent bacteria. The bacteria that live in the Komodo dragon's saliva causes septicemia, or blood poisoning, in its victims. A dragon will bite its prey, then follow it until the animal is too weak to carry on.
This lizard species is threatened by hunting, loss of prey species and habitat loss.
This lizard species is threatened by hunting, loss of prey species and habitat loss.
The First paragraph is General Classification
Second until last paragraph is Description
* Terms of Parts : Komodo has gray scaly skin, a pointed snout, powerful limbs and a muscular tail.
* Qualities : Komodo dragon is the world's heaviest lizard, weighing 150 pounds or more.
* Habits & Behaviour : The Komodo dragon's teeth are almost completely covered by its gums. When it feeds, the gums bleed, creating an ideal culture for virulent bacteria.
Second until last paragraph is Description
* Terms of Parts : Komodo has gray scaly skin, a pointed snout, powerful limbs and a muscular tail.
* Qualities : Komodo dragon is the world's heaviest lizard, weighing 150 pounds or more.
* Habits & Behaviour : The Komodo dragon's teeth are almost completely covered by its gums. When it feeds, the gums bleed, creating an ideal culture for virulent bacteria.
