Birds – Example of Report Text and Generic Structure

English Admin – If you are seeking an example of report text about animal, here we give you an informational report about birds. This sample is given to you who learns English in high schools to understand what and how many kinds of text in English genres

A report text is to describe generic participants. It means, a report text is giving description of general classification of things, and not a thing in particular condition. The following text about bird is a best example of a report text.
Tapi sebelum melihat contoh dibawah, mari kita lihat gambar diagram dibawah ini, dimana dijabarakan outline atau garisbesar kecendrungan sebuah report text. Kecendrungan itu didasarakan dengan teori generic structurenya.

Nah saatnya sekarang kita lihat contoh singkat report text dengan generic participant “bird” yang berarti general bird dan bukan specific bird.  Ada juga artikel report text tentang burung sebelumnya, dan kalau masih kurang bisa membaca kumpulan 11 teks report pendek berbagai topik. Ok inilah teks report tentang hewan burung.
Birds

Gambar generic structure teks report bahasa Inggris tentang “bird”

Birds are interesting flying animals. They are vertebrates and warm blooded animals. They belong to aves class and they can be found all over the world.

Birds breath with their air pocket. Beside as respiration organ, air pocket also can enlarge or reduce their weight when flying or swimming.

There are many kinds of birds. Earth bird has special characteristic. They have different morphology according to their food and their habitat. Some of them eat seeds, pollen, fish or meat. There are some species that live in land and the others live in water. Land birds live on their nest.

Female birds have specific tasks. they lay eggs and feed their baby, Beside that they look for foods for their baby.

Catatan generic structure
Contoh report text diatas bisa dianalisa susunan schematic atau generic structure nya sebagaimana berikut:
Paragraf pertama: berupa General statement/ general classification burapa penjelasan bahwa teks tersebut tentang burung, kelompok burung secara umum.
Paragraf dua, tiga dan empat: berupa Description dimana diawali dengan penjelasan bagaimana burung itu biaasanya punya cara bernafas. Setelah itu diikuti penjelasan tentang kebiasaan dan habitat dan diakhiri deskripsi tentang cara burung dalam beregenerasi.

A report text is usually written in timeless tense. That is why when you want to master this kind of English text, you need to provide you self with a good understanding and usage of Simple Present Tense. Of course in certain condition, a report text can be written with other tenses. Happy learning Online.

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