Report text adalah jenis teks yang mengumumkan hasil penyelidikan
atau mengumumkan sesuatu . Informasi yang diberikan dalam teks laporan adalah
informasi yang sangat umum.
Perbedaan report text dengan descriptive text adalah recont text
menjelaskan sesuatu secara general atau umum sedangkan descriptive text
menjelaskan sesuatu yang spesifik atau khusus. Report text juga biasanya
bersifat ilmiah.
Tujuan
“Social function of
report text is to present information about something generally to the reader.”
Social function dari report text adalah untuk menyajikan informasi
tentang sesuatu secara umum kepada pembaca.
Secara umum, report text menggambarkan hal-hal yang berkenaan
dengan fenomena alam , buatan manusia dan sosial di lingkungan kita , seperti :
mamalia , planet-planet , batu , tanaman , negara-negara dan kota, budaya ,
transportasi , dan sebagainya. Dan report text bersifat ilmiah karena
menyajikan fakta-fakta sebagai hasil penelitian atau observasi.
Generic Structure
General Classification
berisi pernyataan umum tentang subject yang dibicarakan atau dibahas.
Description
merupakan bagian yang memberikan gambaran secara detail mengenai subject yang
dibahas pada bagian general classification.
Contoh Report Text
Venice
General Classification :
Venice is a city in northern Italy. It is the capital of region Veneto.
Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan
Area. Venice has been known as the “Queen of the Adriatic”, “City of Water”,
“City of Bridges”, and “The City of Light”. The city stretches across 117 small
islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast
Italy.
Description:
Venice is world-famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 117
islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which
the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the old center, the
canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or
on foot.
You can ride gondola
there. It is the classical Venetian boat which nowadays is mostly used for
tourists, or for weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies. Now, most Venetians
travel by motorized waterbuses (“vaporetti”) which ply regular routes along the
major canals and between the city’s islands. The city also has many private
boats. The only gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the traghetti,
foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without
bridges.
You can see the amusing
city’s landmarks such as Piazza San Marco, Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo, Saint
Mark’s Cathedral or villas of the Veneto. The villas of the Veneto, rural
residences for nobles during the Republic, are one of the most interesting
aspects of Venetian countryside. They are surrounded by elegant gardens, suitable
for fashionable parties of high society. The city is also well known for its
beautiful and romantic view, especially at night.