Example of Report Text : Bee

Report is a text which presents information about something, as it is. It is as a result of systematic observation and analyses.

Report text which is also known as Report Genre is a kind of factual genre. It is describes the way things are, with references to a whole range of phenomena, natural, synthetic and social in our environment.  Report genre has a specific schematic structure. It is consist of general classification and description.

Report genre is focus on generic participants or a group of things such as the heart, the body, the lung, the computer, the printer, etc. Report text mainly use of simple present tense (unless extinct). There is no temporal sequence in report text. The writer usually use of “being” and “having” clauses.

Some of example of report genre is information about living things (reptile, mammals, etc), information about cultural phenomena, information about technology, information about health service, and so on. Here is one of the examples of report text about animal.

Bee

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax. There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees in nine recognized families though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet that contains insect-pollinated flowering plants.

Bees have a long proboscis (a complex "tongue") that enables them to obtain the nectar from flowers. They have antennae almost universally made up of 13 segments in males and 12 in females, as is typical for the super family. Bees all have two pairs of wings, the hind pair being the two; in a very few species, one sex or caste has relatively short wings that make flight difficult or impossible, but none are wingless.

The bee is Trigona minima, a stingless bee whose workers are about 2.1 mm (5/64") long. The largest bee in the world is Megachile pluto, a leafcutter bee whose females can attain a length of 39 mm (1.5"). Members of the family Halictidae, or sweat bees, are the most common type of bee in the Northern Hemisphere, though they are  and often mistaken for wasps or flies.

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Example of Report Text : Venice, a City of Water

Report is a text which presents information about something, as it is. It is as a result of systematic observation and analyses.

Report text which is also known as Report Genre is a kind of factual genre. It is describes the way things are, with references to a whole range of phenomena, natural, synthetic and social in our environment.  Report genre has a specific schematic structure. It is consist of general classification and description.

Report genre is focus on generic participants or a group of things such as the heart, the body, the lung, the computer, the printer, etc. Report text mainly use of simple present tense (unless extinct). There is no temporal sequence in report text. The writer usually use of “being” and “having” clauses.

Some of example of report genre is information about living things (reptile, mammals, etc), information about cultural phenomena, information about technology, information about health service, and so on. Here is one of the examples of report text about city.

Venice, a City of Water

Venice is a city in northern Italy. It is the capital of region Veneto. Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area. Venice has been known as the “Queen of the Adriatic”, “City of Water”, “City of Bridges”, and “The City of Light”. The city stretches across 117 islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.

Venice is world-famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 117 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the old center, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot.

You can ride gondola there. It is the classical Venetian boat which nowadays is mostly used for tourists, or for weddings, funerals, or ceremonies. Now, most Venetians travel by motorized waterbuses (“vaporetti”) which ply regular routes along the major canals and between the city‟s islands. The city also has many private boats. The only gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges.

You can see the amusing city‟s landmarks such as Piazza San Marco, Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo, Saint Mark‟s Cathedral or villas of the Veneto. The villas of the Veneto, rural residences for nobles during the Republic, are one of the most interesting aspects of Venetian countryside. They are surrounded by elegant gardens, suitable for fashionable parties of high society. The city is also well known for its beautiful and romantic view, especially at night.

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Narrative Text : The Story of Toglai and Toglibon

Hello readers! We are glad to see you again. We give you another example of Narrative text to make you understand genre you learned.

Narrative text has social function to amuse, entertain and to deal with a actual or vicarious experience in different ways narratives deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds a resolution.

1. Narrative Text consist of three generic struture, namely orientation, complication and resolution. Orientation : sets the scene and introduces the participants
2. Complication: a crisis arises
3. Resolution : the crisis is resolved, for better or for worse

In this occasion, you will read " The Story of Toglai and Toglibon ". It is one of famous legend from Philippines. The story is about a cople named Toglai and Toglibon.

Enjoy reading this text. Hopefully, you can develop this text with your own writing. Try to write narrative text with your own words.

The Story of Toglai and Toglibon

In the beginning there lived one man and one woman, Toglai and Toglibon. Their first children were a boy and a girl. When they were old enough, the boy and the girl went far away across the waters seeking nice place to live in. Nothing more was heard of them until their children, the Spaniards and Americans, came back. After the 􀃀 rst boy and girl left, other children were born to the couple; but they all remained at Cibolan on Mount Apo with their parents, until Toglai and Toglibon died and became spirits. Soon after that there came a great drought which lasted for three years. All the waters dried up, so that there were no rivers, and no plants could live.

“Surely,” said the people, “Manama is punishing us, and we must go elsewhere to find food and a place to dwell in.”

So they started out. Two went in the direction of the sunset, carrying with them stones from Cibolan River. After a long journey they reached a place with broad fields of cogon grass and an abundance of water, and there they made their home. Their children still live in that place and are called Magindanau, because of the stones which the couple carried when they left Cibolan.

Two children of Toglai and Toglibon went to the south, seeking a home, and they carried with them a women’s baskets (baraan). When they found a good spot, they settled down. Their descendants, still dwelling at that place, are called Baraan or Bilaan, because of the women’s baskets.

So two by two the children of the first couple left the land of their birth. In the place where each settled a new people developed, and thus it came about that all the tribes in the world received their names from things that the people carried out of Cibolan, or from the places where they settled.

All the children left Mount Apo except two (a boy and a girl). Hunger and thirst had made them too weak to travel. One day when they were about to die the boy crawled out to the field to see if there was one living thing, and to his surprise he found a stalk of sugarcane growing lustily. He eagerly cut it, and enough water came out to refresh him and his sister until the rains came. Because of this, their children are called Bagobo.

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Narrative Text : The Magic Headcloth (The Story of Ajisaka)

Hello readers! We are glad to see you again. We give you another example of Narrative text to make you understand genre you learned.

Narrative text has social function to amuse, entertain and to deal with a actual or vicarious experience in different ways narratives deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds a resolution.

1. Narrative Text consist of three generic structure, namely orientation, complication and resolution. Orientation : sets the scene and introduces the participants
2. Complication: a crisis arises
3. Resolution : the crisis is resolved, for better or for worse

In this occasion, you will read "The Magic Headcloth". It is one of best legend from Central Java, Indonesia. The story is about The King Medangkamulan, Dewata Cengkar and a traveller named Ajisaka.

Enjoy reading this text. Hopefully, you can develop this text with your own writing. Try to write narrative text with your own words.

The Magic Headcloth

Many, many years ago, the kingdom of Medangkamulan was ruled by a much feared and ferocious king named Dewata-chengkar. This king had a strange and frightening habit–he liked to eat human beings!

At first, the advisers took people from the countries they had conquered, but eventually they had to look for victims from among their own people. The people of Medangkamulan were terrified of the king and his army.

One day, a young traveler arrived in the kingdom. He was kind and clever and was well–received by the villagers. He was called Ajisaka.

Ajisaka took shelter in the house of a widow who quickly came to look upon the young man as her own son. Ajisaka began to teach the villagers. He also listened to the villagers' problems and often helped them find solutions.

When he heard of the king's strange appetite, Ajisaka sympathized with their plight and immediately volunteered to become the king's next meal.

Ajisaka went directly to the king's palace. He boldly announced to the king that he was willing to sacrifice himself. “

I am willing to be your next meal. Your Highnees. However, I have a request.“

“Whatever you please, young man, I will grant your request,“ the king replied.

“Before you eat me, grant me some land. Just enough for my own grave.“

“Ha ha ha! Your own grave? I will give you enough land for many graves!“

“Oh no, Your Majesty. I just need land that is the length of my own headcloth.“

“This you shall have. Come, let us measure your headcloth so that I can have my meal and you can have your grave!“

With this, Ajisaka began to unwrap the cloth tied around his head. The king got down from his throne and took hold of one end. He stepped backward, thingking that the cloth would unravel to the usual length of one meter. What he didn't know was that this headcloth was much longer than usual!

The king kept going backward, step by step, as the cloth kept unraveling. He stepped backward through the palace square, backward across the village marketplace, backward down the length of the village and backward through the countryside.People gathered, amazed at the sight of their king walking backward through the kingdom, holding the end of Ajisaka's headcloth. He kept stepping backward the length of his kingdom until finally he reached the sea cliftts of the Southern Seas.

By now, a great crowd had gathered. They held their breath as their king took his final step backward over the cliff's edge and plunged into the waves crashing againts the rocks at the foot of the sea wall. A victorious roar rose up as they watched their greedy king disappear under the waves.

The crowd returned to the palace with Ajisaka and thanked him for his courage, cunning, and magical powers. They made him their new king. To this day, Ajisaka is remembered as the wise ruler who later brought the knowledge of letters to the Javanese. 

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Explanation Text (Explanatory) : How the Water Cycle Works

Explanation or also knows as explanatory text is a kind of text that explain the processes involved in the formation or workings of natural or sociocultural phenomena.

Explanation Text is a kind of Factual Genre. Explanation Text consist of two structure, they are general statement and explanation.

General Statement provides a general statement to position the reader. It focuses on generic, non human participants.

Explanation gives a sequence explaining of why or how something occurs. It is comprised mainly material and relational process, temporal, causal circumstances and conjunctions.

Here is one of the example of Explanation or Explanatory text. It explains about science. Remember that it is just a simple example. You can develop by your self according your need and your tasks from your teacher. You may use it as a reference.

How the Water Cycle Works

Solar energy evaporates exposed water from seas, lakes, rivers, and wet soil; the majority of this evaporation takes place over the seas. Water is also released into the atmosphere by the plants through photosynthesis. During this process, known as evapotranspiration, water vapour rises into the atmosphere.

Clouds form when air becomes saturated with water vapour. The two major types of cloud formation are stratified or layered grey clouds called stratus and billowing white or dark grey cloud called cumulus.Nimbostratus clouds and cumulonimbus clouds are the two cloud types that are associated with rainy weather; nimbostratus clouds will bring steady rain, and cumulonimbus clouds will bring stromy weather.

Precipitation as rain, or hail ensures that water return to Earth's surface in a fresh form. Some of this rain, however, falls into the seas and is not accessible to human. When rain falls, it either washes down hill slopes or seeps underground; when snow and hail melt, this water may also sink into the ground

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