REPORT

Report is a text which presents information about something, as it is. It is as a result of systematic observation and analysis.

- Purpose Of Social
It’s social purpose is presenting information about something. They generally describe an entire class of things, whether natural, the planets, rocks, plants, countries of region, culture, transportation, and so on.

- Social Function
Inform the readers about range of natural, and social phenomena in our environment.

- Generic Structure
* General classification ; tells what the phenomenon under discussion is.
* Description tells what the phenomenon under discussion is like in terms of

1. parts
2. qualities
3. habits or behaviors, if living, uses, if non-natural.

- Language Features of Report
* Use of general nouns, example : hunting bird, rather than particular nouns, example : our dog;
* Use of relating verbs to describe features, example : Molecules are tiny particles;
* Some use of action verbs when describing behaviour, example : Emus cannot fly;
* Use of timeless present tense to indicate usualness, example : Tropical cyclones always begin over the sea;
* Use of technical terms, example : Isobars are lines drawn on a weather map;
* Use of paragraphs with topic sentences to organise bundles of information; repeated naming of the topic as the beginning focus of the clause.

- General Classification
•Tell us what the phenomenon discussion is.

- Description
Tell us what the phenomenon under discussion is like in terms of: parts (and their funtions), qualities, habits or behavior

-Grammatical Features
•Use of general nouns, e.g. Laser light
•Use of relating verbs to describe features, e.g. Laser light is a special kind of light,
•Mostly use of present tenses, e.g. Laser light s just one pure color,
•Use of technical terms, e.g. Beam, active medium

I. Language Features of Report
•Use of general nouns, example : hunting bird, rather than particular nouns, example : our dog;
•Use of relating verbs to describe features, example : Molecules are tiny particles;
•Some use of action verbs when describing behaviour, example : Emus cannot fly;
•Use of timeless present tense to indicate usualness, example : Tropical cyclones always begin over the sea;
•Use of technical terms, example : Isobars are lines drawn on a weather map;
•Use of paragraphs with topic sentences to organise bundles of information; repeated naming of the topic as the beginning focus of the clause.

Example :

The Red Bird Of Paradise

An Indonesian endemic, the Red Bird of Paradise is distributed to lowland rainforests of Waigeo and Batanta islands of West Papua. This species shares its home with another bird of paradise, the Wilson's Bird of Paradise. Hybridisation between these two species are expected but not recorded yet.

The Red Bird of Paradise, Paradisaea rubra is a large, up to 33cm long, brown and yellow bird of paradise with a dark brown iris, grey legs and yellow bill. The male has an emerald green face, a pair of elongated black corkscrew-shaped tail wires, dark green feather pompoms above each eye and a train of glossy crimson red plumes with whitish tips at either side of the breast.

The male measures up to 72 cm long, including the ornamental red plumes that require at least six years to fully attain. The female resembles the male but is smaller in size, with a dark brown face and has no ornamental red plumes. The diet consists mainly of fruits, berries and arthropods.