English Project (XII)

 Narrative Text 1, 2 Definition of Narrative Text Narrative text is a type of text in English to tell a story that has a series of connected chronological events. The purpose of this text is to entertain the reader about a story or stories. Types of Narrative Text Narrative text can be imaginary or factual. The following is an example of the genre of Narrative text: - Fairy tale - Mystery - Science fiction - Romance - Horror - Fable - Myths and legends - History - Slice of life - Personal experience - and others Narrative Text Features - Using Action Verbs in Past Tenses . - Using certain nouns as personal pronouns. - Using adjectives that make up a noun phrase . - Use conjunctions to order events. Narrative Text Structure The structure of narrative text focuses on a series of steps proposed to construct a text itself. In general, there are four stages in narrative text, namely: 1. Orientation Orientation or commonly referred to as the introduction, contains about who, when, where ...

 Biography 1, 2, 3 Definition of Biography Text A biography is a story or information about someone's life. A biography is more complex than just a curriculum vitae and the data of one's work, the biography also tells about the feelings involved in experiencing these events. The biography describes in full the life of a character from childhood to old age, even to death. All services, works, and everything that is produced or done by a character is also clarified. The biographical text was composed by others, not by myself. Biographical text is a text that describes the details of a person's life history in real life and written by others. Function of Biography To know someone's story about his life beyond any achievements, this person might be known. To provide a lot of information easily and educate the readers. Characteristics of Biography 1. Biography is not written by subject and always written in the third person. The biographical text is not made by the person wh...

  Descriptive Text 1, 2, 3 Definition of Descriptive Text Descriptive Text is a type of text in English that clearly describes the properties inherent in something, be it humans, animals, plants or inanimate objects. The purpose of this text is to provide clear information about the object described to the reader. Characteristics of Descriptive Text Using Simple Present Tense This text uses the Simple Present Tense because we will describe the facts attached to an object, and one of the functions of the Simple Present Tense itself is to show a fact or truth. Using many adjectives (adjectives). Because the function of this text is to provide information by describing an object being described, in Descriptive Text there will be many adjectives . Examples are big, small, colorful, and so on. Use connecting verbs. A relative verb is a verb that gives an explanation to the noun that is the subject of a sentence. For example: is, have, seem, appear, and other verbs. Generic Structure of ...

 Procedure Text 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Procedure text is a type of text in English that contains goals and steps to make or do something related to that goal. The function of this text is to show how to do something through successive steps so that the reader can reach his goal. Text Procedure Features The following are the features of Procedure text: - Using Simple Present Tense . - Using the imperative sentence which is a form of sentence that is usually used to give orders. For example, don't mix, turn on, cut into slices and so on. - Using the connective of sequence (then, while, next, and so on). - Using numbering (first, second, third, etc.). - Using action verbs. For example, turn, plug, put, etc. - Using adverbs . For example: slowly, carefully, and so on. Generic Structure of Procedure Text Procedure text has a generic structure that is different from other types of text, namely: 1. Aim/goal It is located in the title of the text and is used to indicate the purpose of the text. Exa...

 News Item Definition and Purpose According to the Oxford English Dictionary , news item text is a text roomates inform readers about events of the day ( News item text is the type of text that provides information about the event or daily events. News items is one of the texts in the English language is used if you want to learn to be a reliable journalist. The events that are conveyed to the reader are events that are considered important and deserve to be made into news. An incident that is not important or does not deserve to be known by many people does not deserve to be made news. The communicative purpose of this type of text is to inform readers, listeners or viewers about events or events that are considered important or newsworthy. Structure and Language Characteristics In the news item text , there are three parts of the linguistic structure, namely: 1. Main event This section is also known as newsworthy event . This part is the part that tells or shows news about the ev...

 Explanation Text Definition of Explanation Text Explanation text is one type of text in English that describes a process. Talking about the process, this text is almost the same as procedure text. However, if procedure text describes how to do something (process), this text explains how a process occurs. So that, we can know that explanation text serves to provide information through a detailed explanation of a phenomenon that occurs. Structure Explanation Text Titles (title) Every article must have a title and the type of explanation text is no exception. For titles with this type of text you do not need to fuss. Opening Statement The purpose of writing with the type of explanation text, of course, is to provide valid information and facts for the readers. Therefore, you really need to include a strong opening statement in writing and if you can, you must include evidence such as journals or articles that have been verified. In the opening statement, you can also write down the i...