Report Text
1. Pengertian
Report text is a text that presents information about something in general based on
research ( teks yang berisikan informasi mengenai sesuatu secara umum berdasarkan
suatu penelitian )
2. Tujuan Report Text
The purpose of report text is to inform about certain functions of a participant (adalah
untuk menginformasikan tentang suatu objek berdasarkan fakta, sebagai hasil dari
pengamatan atau analisis )
3. Struktur Report Text
Struktur report text terdiri dari 2 bagian
a. General Classification
General classification atau klasifikasi umum adalah bagian struktur report text yang
berisi pengelompokan umum dari objek yang dibicarakan. Bagian ini biasanya berisi
informasi dasar dari objek tersebut.Misalnya, jika report text-nya membahas tentang
hewan, pengelompokkan umumnya dapat meliputi nama ilmiahnya, jenis
makanannya, dan hal atau aspek yang paling dikenal dari objek tersebut.
b. Description
Description atau deskripsi adalah bagian struktur report text yang
berisi penggambaran dari objek yang dibicarakan secara lebih rinci. Misalnya, fisik
dan fungsinya, habitat, dan lama masa hidupnya
Contoh
Flood
Flood is a natural event or occurrence where a piece of land (or area) that is usually
dry land, suddenly gets submerged under water.
Floods occur at irregular intervals and vary in size, duration and the affected area.
Some floods can occur suddenly and recede quickly. Others take days or even months
to build and discharge.
When floods happen in an area that people live, the water carries along objects like
houses, bridges, cars, furniture and even people. It can wipe away farms, trees and
many more heavy items.
Flooding is extremely dangerous and has the potential to wipe away an entire city,
coastline or area, and cause extensive damage to life and property.
Butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects of the order Lepidoptera. They are the adult version
of caterpillars. They are one of animals that undergo a metamorphosis cycle in their
live to became adult. There are around 18.500 species of butterfly in the world and
they inhabited all region except Antarctica. They feed mainly on nectar from flowers,
so they can easily be found in a park or in a forest.
Just like any other insects, the body of a butterfly is divided into three sections, they
are: the head, thorax, and abdomen. The head consist of eyes, mouth, antenna and a
proboscis that can be coiled. The proboscis is located right above their mouth,
between their eyes. They use it to sip the nectar of flowers. There are three segment of
their thorax and each of it has a pair of legs, so they have six legs in total. Their wings
are also located on the thorax. Their forewings are wider than their hindwings. These
wings are decorated with various colors and patterns.
Each species of butterflies can reach various maximum body size. Some of them can
reach the size of 25 cm while others can only reach the size of 3 to 5 cm. A species
that is considered to be the largest butterfly in the world is Queen Alexandra’s
Birdwing or also known as Ornithopetra alexandrae. It is recorded that the life span of
a butterfly is around 12 months.
