Descriptive and Report Text

What is Descriptive and What is Report

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1/5/2012English Teacher Team SMPN1 Kota

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The Similarity

• In the social function and generic structure.

• The purpose of the two texts are to give the live-description of the object/participant.

• To show rather than tell the reader about the factual condition of the object.


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Report Text• The scope of the written object. • It will talk about the topic in

general; – its parts, – physical strength, – function for certain people – or other general characters


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Descriptive Text

• convey more focus with its specific characters;

• colour, • lenght, • style, etc.

• based on the objective fact of the thing.• It describes the specific thing simply as

the thing is.


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Report Text• Describes the way of certain things

and frequently refer to – phenomenon of nature, – animal and scientific object.

• Mostly, report is written after getting careful observation.

• It has scientific and technical sense


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More ExplanationMore Explanation• lessonplanspage.com

• Information Report is – classifying and describing general classes of

phenomena.

• Factual Description is describing – a particular living, – non-living – or natural phenomenon.


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More ExplanationMore Explanation• portals.aisnsw.edu.au

• Descriptive reports – Give information about something; they describe

what something is or does. – Use technical terms and present tense, – Build technicality through noun groups. – The structure of a descriptive report is General

statement followed by Description.


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More ExplanationMore Explanation• awesome-reviews.info

• Clearly states that If the thing which is mentioned in the text is clear about its name. We can make it sure as Descriptive text.

• But if the thing which is described in the text just the representative of the whole group of the thing mentioned, we can judge it as Report Text.


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Borobudur Temple; a descriptive text

Brobudur is Hindu - Budhist temple. It was build in the nineth century under Sailendra dynasty of ancient Mataram kingdom. Borobudur is located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.

Borobudur is well-known all over the world. Its construction is influenced by the Gupta architecture of India. The temple is constructed on a hill 46 m high and consist of eight step like stone terrace. The first five terrace are square and surrounded by walls adorned with Budist sculpture in base-relief. The upper three are circular. Each of them is with a circle of bell shape-stupa. The entire edifice is crowned by a large stupa at the centre at the centre of the top circle. The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km of passage and starways. The design of borobudur which symbolizes the structure of universe influences temples at Angkor, Cambodia.

Borobudur temple which is rededicated as an Indonesian monument in 1983 is a valuable treasure for Indonesian people.


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Brobudur is Hindu - Budhist temple. It was build in the nineth century under Sailendra dynasty of ancient Mataram kingdom. Borobudur is located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.


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Borobudur is well-known all over the world. Its construction is influenced by the Gupta architecture of India. The temple is constructed on a hill 46 m high and consist of eight step like stone terrace. The first five terrace are square and surrounded by walls adorned with Budist sculpture in base-relief. The upper three are circular. Each of them is with a circle of bell shape-stupa. The entire edifice is crowned by a large stupa at the centre at the centre of the top circle. The way to the summit extends through some 4.8 km of passage and starways. The design of borobudur which symbolizes the structure of universe influences temples at Angkor, Cambodia.


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Borobudur temple which is rededicated as an Indonesian monument in 1983 is a valuable treasure for Indonesian people.


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Borobudur Temple; a descriptive text• Analyzing the Text

– Generic Structure AnalysisIdentification; identifying the phenomenon to be described in general; Borobudur temple

– Description; describing the Borobudur temple in parts; eight terraces of Borobudur temple and its characteristics

– Language Feature Analysis

Using adjective and classifiers; valuableUsing simple present tense; Borobudur is well-known,The temple is constructed, etc


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Human Body Energy as EXAMPLE OF REPORTHuman body is actually a living machine and is like all other machines. This

living machine needs fuel to supply it with energy. The fuel is provided by the food which we eat. However do we know how much we need to stay healthy?

The energy value of food is usually measured in calories. A calorie is the amount of heat which is required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 degree C. The number of calories which people need per day varies. It depends on the activity which the people are involved in. For example; people will need more calories for standing than for sitting, people need more for running than for walking, etc.

The energy which is provided by food is in the form of three kinds of chemical substances. They are carbohydrate, protein and fat. Carbohydrate provides 8.8 calories per gram (cal/gm) of energy, protein 4.0 cal/gm and fat 8.0 cal/gm. Each food contains different proportion of these substances.These three chemical substances are all important for body staying healthy.


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Human Body Energy as EXAMPLE OF REPORT

Human body is actually a living machine and is like all other machines. This living machine needs fuel to supply it with energy. The fuel is provided by the food which we eat. However do we know how much we need to stay healthy?


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The energy value of food is usually measured in calories. A calorie is the amount of heat which is required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 degree C. The number of calories which people need per day varies. It depends on the activity which the people are involved in. For example; people will need more calories for standing than for sitting, people need more for running than for walking, etc.


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The energy which is provided by food is in the form of three kinds of chemical substances. They are carbohydrate, protein and fat. Carbohydrate provides 8.8 calories per gram (cal/gm) of energy, protein 4.0 cal/gm and fat 8.0 cal/gm. Each food contains different proportion of these substances.These three chemical substances are all important for body staying healthy.


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• Report Text NotesReport often starts discussion with brief definition or classification about the thing discussed. The first paragraph matches with the brief definition of body energy.

• After brief definition or classification paragraph, report text is commonly followed by the important fact about the topic. The second and third paragraphs tell the important information about the body energy; how it comes from and what form it is available.

• Report text is commonly featuring technical or scientific term. Calories, carbohydrate, protein, fat etc are some of the example.


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