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Report adalah satu jenis teks yang bertujuan untuk memberi informasi mengenai ciri-ciri umum dari benda umum. Berbeda dengan teks deskriptif yang menggambarkan sesuatu yang bersifat khusus. 

• Ketika kita membicarakan seperti apakah sekolah, kita menggunakan teks report. 
• Ketika kita membicarakan seperti apakah SMP N X, kita menggunakan teks deskriptif.
• Ketika kita membicarakan seperti apakah rumah, kita menggunakan teks report.
• Ketika kita membicarakan seperti apakah rumah Zaskia, kita menggunakan teks deskriptif.

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. Report text bersifat ilmiah karena menyajikan fakta-fakta sebagai hasil penelitian atau observasi

Struktur Generik :

1. General Classification
berisi pernyataan umum tentang subject yang dibicarakan atau dibahas
2. Description
merupakan bagian yang memberikan gambaran secara detail mengenai subject yang dibahas pada bagian general classification.

Contoh Teks report

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.

Language feature :

• Yang dibicarakan mewakili kelompok 
• Menggunakan action verbs, khususnya ketika mendeskripsikan perilaku 
• Menggunakan linking verb (is, are, has, have, belongs to) 
• Menggunakan present tense 
• Menggunakan bahasa deskriptif; faktual dan tepat (mereka seperti apa (warna, bentuk,ukuran, dsb), mereka memiliki apa (bagian tubuh, komponen,dsb), apa yang mereka lakukan (kebiasaan, perilaku, fungsi, kegunaan, dsb) 
• Menggunakan ungkapan mendefinisikan , mengklasifikasi, membandingkan (are called, belong to, can be classified as, are similar to, are powerful than, dsb) 
• Menggunakan bahasa formal dan apa adanya; kata ganti orang "I", "we". dan opini penulis tidak lazim digunakan 
• Sering disertai diagram, foto, dan ilustrasi