Descriptive text is to describe a particular person, place or thing or to description an object.

• Identification. It identifies the phenomenon

• Description. It describes parts, qualities, characteristics.

• The use of adjectives and compound adjectives.

• Using  the  simple present tense.

• Using attributive and identifying process.

Narrative text is a text to amuse, entertain, and to deal with actual or vicarious experience in different ways. The text about fairy tale.

• Orientation       : sets the scene and introduces the participants.

• Complication   : a crisis arises

• Resolution        : the crisis is resolved, for better or for worse.

• Re-Orientation / Evolution

• Using the simple past tense, past perfect, past continous, past perfect continous & past future continous.

• Using processes verbs.

• Using temporal conjunction.

Recount text is a text to retell about a past event.

The Structure

• Orientation which tells the readers who was involved in the story, what happened, where the story took place and when it happened.

• Series of event, which tell the sequence of events. These events are described in a chronological order.

• Re-Orientation which summarizes the event.

• Using the simple past tense

• Using personal participant.

• Using linking verb.

Procedure text is designed to describe how something is achieved through a sequence of actions or steps.

The Structure

• Goals or tittle, the final purpose of doing the instructions

• Materials/Ingredients, the things you need to achieve the goal.

• Steps. The steps are oriented to achieving the goal.

• Use of imperatives (cut, don’t mix)

• Use of action Verbs (turn, put, mix)

• Use of connectives (first, then, finally)

• Use of adverbial phrases (for five minutes, 2 centimeters from the top)

Report text is telling information about accurate something as result observation sistematis or analisis.

• General Classification: Stating classification of general aspect of thing; animal, public place, plant, etc which will be discussed in general.

• Description: Describing the thing which will be discussed in detail; part per part , customs or deed for living creature and usage for materials.

• Introducing group or general aspect

• Using conditional logical connection; when, so, etc

• Using simple present tense

I have a new backpack. Its color is light green. I always take it when I go to school. It is made of strong fabric.

My backpack has several parts. The first part is the pocket where I put my money and library card. The second part is the main part. I always put my books and pencil case in it. The third part is a small pocket on the left side of the backpack. I keep a bottle of water in this pocket.

1.     What does the text tell us about?

2.     How many parts does the backpack have?

3.     Where does the writer put his water bottle? In the...part of the backpack.