Report Text

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

Generic Structure of Report text
1. General classification: Stating classification of general aspect of thing;

    animal, public place, plant, etc which will be discussed in general
2. Description: Describing the thing which will be discussed in detail; part per

    part , customs or deed for living creature and usage for materials

Language Features of Report
• Introducing group or general aspect
• Using conditional logical connection; when, so, etc
• Using simple present tense

Social purposes :

Its social purpose is presenting information about something. They generally describe an entire class of things, whether natural or made: mammals, the planets, rocks, plants, countries of region, culture, transportation, and so on. 

The common grammatical features of a report include :

§                  Use of general nouns, eg hunting dogs, rather than particular  

       nouns, eg our dog;

§                  Use of relating verbs to describe features, eg Molecules are tiny

       particles;

§                  Some use of action verbs when describing behaviour, eg Emus

       cannot fly;

§                  Use of timeless present tense to indicate usualness, eg Tropical

       cyclones always begin over the sea;

§                  Use of technical terms, eg 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.

 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.