Jenis-Jenis Text English

1. Descriptive

Purpose: To describe a particular person, place, or thing in detail.

Generic structure:
a. Identification
b. Description

Language Feature: Simple Present Tense.



2. Report

Purpose: To present information about something, as it is.

Generic structure:
a. General classification
b. Description

Language Feature: Simple Present Tense.

3. Narrative

Purpose: To amuse/ entertain the readers and to tell a story.

Generic structure:
a. Orientation
b. Complication
c. Resolution
d. Re-orientation

Language Feature: Simple Past Tense.

4. Recount

Purpose: To retell something that happened in the past and to tell a series of past event.

Generic structure:
a. Orientation
b. Event (s)
c. Re-orientation

Language Feature: Simple Past Tense.

5. Procedure

Purpose: To explain how to make something.

Generic structure:
a. Goal/ Aim
b. Materials
c. Steps

Language Feature: Simple Present Tense.

6. Analytical Exposition

Purpose: To reveal the readers that something is the important case.

Generic structure:
a. Thesis
b. Argument
c. Reiteration/ Conclusion

7. Hortatory Exposition

Purpose: To persuade the readers that something should or should not be the case or be done.

Generic structure:
a. Thesis
b. Argument
c. Recomendation

Language Feature: Simple Present Tense.

8. Explanation

Purpose: To explain how or why something happens.

Generic structure:
a. General statement
b. Explanation

Language Feature: Simple Present Tense.

9. Discussion

Purpose: To present two different point of view about an issue.

Generic structure:
a. Issue
b. Argument for
c. Argument against
d. Conclusion/ Recomendation

Language Feature: Simple Present Tense.

10. News Item

Purpose: To inform readers about events of the day which are considered newsworthy or important.

Generic structure:
a. Newsworthy event (s)
b. Background event (s)
c. Sources

11. Review

Purpose: To criticize or evaluate work of art for public audience.

Generic structure:
a. Orientation
b. Interpretative recount
c. Evaluation
d. Evaluation summation/ Conclusion

12. Spoof

Purpose: To tell an event with a humorous twist and entertain the readers.

Generic structure:
a. Orientation
b. Event (s)
c. Twist

Language Feature: Simple Past Tense.