report & descriptive text

Pengertian Report Text

Istilah report text sering juga dikenal dengan sebutan informational report. Report, dalam
Concise Oxford Dictionary Edisi 10, diartikan sebagai 1) an account given of a matter after
investigation or consideration. 2) a piece of information about an event or situation. Jika
disimpulkan, secara bahasa report text adalah teks yang berfungsi untuk memberikan
informasi tentang suatu peristiwa atau situasi, setelah diadakannya investigasi dan melalui
berbagai pertimbangan.

Definisi report text ini juga hampir mirip dengan apa yang sering disebutkan dalam berbagai
buku bahasa Inggris di tingkat menengah, "Report is a text which present information
about something, as it is. It is as a result of systematic observation and analyses."
[Report adalah sebuah teks yang menghadirkan informasi tentang suatu hal dengan apa
adanya. Teks ini adalah sebagai hasil dari observasi dan analisa secara sistematis.]

Dengan demikian, sebenarnya teks report dan descriptive mempunyai perbedaan yang
cukup jelas, meski nampak keduanya dikatakan sebagai "saudara kembar" sekalipun.

Example of Report Text

Birds

Birds are interesting flying animals. They are vertebrates and warm blooded animals. They
belong to aves class and they can be found all over the world.

Birds breath with their air pocket. Beside as respiration organ, air pocket also can enlarge or
reduce their weight when flying or swimming.

There are many kinds of birds. Earth bird has special characteristic. They have different
morphology acording to their food and their habitat. Some of them eat seeds, pollen, fish or
meat. There are some species that live in land and the others live in water. Land birds live on
their nest.

Female birds have specific tasks. they lay eggs and feed their baby, Beside that they look for
foods for their baby.

Report Text : Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is a celebration of harvest, thankfulness for peace, and

the attempt of Native Americans. It is usually celebrated in late autumn.

In the past, Thanksgiving was celebrated for their rich harvest in New England. In North
America, however, it was originally held to thank God for their survival in the new land
which was not easy for them. However, in Canada, it had been celebrated as in New
England. Thanksgiving now is celebrated in United States of America and in Canada.
Thanksgiving festivals are held every fourth Thursday of November in the U.S and on the
second Monday of October in Canada. It is usually celebrated in four to five days in the
North America and for three days in Canada.

It is celebrated through families and friends gathering to eat and give good luck. Turkey is
the main dish in the thanksgiving dinner. Thanksgiving parades are also usually held. In
Thanksgiving homes are decorated with wreaths, fresh and dried flowers. Lamps are lighted
to brighten the environment. Tables are decorated with best china and antique silver dishes
to mark the occasion.

Contoh Report Text : Venice

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.

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 motorised 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.

Report Text Cat

The cat (Felis catus), also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other
felines and felids, is a small furry domesticated carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans
for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests. Cats have been
associated with humans for at least 9,500 years, and are currently the most popular pet in the
world. Owing to their close association with humans, cats are now found almost everywhere in
the world.
Cats are similar in anatomy to the other felids, with strong, flexible bodies, quick reflexes, sharp
retractable claws, and teeth adapted to killing small prey. As nocturnal predators, cats use their
acute hearing and ability to see in near darkness to locate prey. Not only can cats hear sounds too
faint for human ears, they can also hear sounds higher in frequency than humans can perceive.
This is because the usual prey of cats (particularly rodents such as mice) make high frequency
noises, so the hearing of the cat has evolved to pinpoint these faint high-pitched sounds. Cats rely
more on smell than taste, and have a much better sense of smell than humans.

The other Report Text examples:

1. Star
2. Cat
3. Dolphin at a Glance
4. Elephant
5. Earthquake
6. Potato
7. Thunderstorm
8. Glasses
9. Computer
10. Internet

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Pengertian Descriptive Text

Dalam artian luas, Description, seperti dijelaskan oleh Kane (2000: 352),
diartikan seperti pada kalimat di bawah ini :

Description is about sensory experience—how something looks, sounds,

tastes. Mostly it is about visual experience, but description also deals with
other kinds of perception.
Jadi, jika disimpulkan dari penjelasan Kane di atas, tulisan deskriptif
bermakna teks yang menjelaskan tentang pengalaman yang berhubungan
dengan pancaindera, seperti apa bentuknya, suaranya, rasanya.
Kebanyakan teks deskriptif memang tentang pengalaman visual, tapi
nyatanya pengalaman selain dari indera penglihatanpun bisa digunakan
dalam descriptive text.

Namun secara khusus, descriptive text adalah, "...... is a text which says what a
person or a thing is like. Its purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or
thing." [teks yang menjelaskan gambaran seseorang atau benda. Tujuannya
adalah mengambarkan atau mengungkapkan orang, tempat atau benda
tertentu]

Jadi, bisa dikatakan bahwa descriptive text ini adalah teks yang menjelaskan
tentang seperti apakah orang atau suatu benda dideskripsikan, baik
bentuknya, sifat-sifatnya, jumlahnya dan lain-lain. Tujuan (purpose) dari
descriptive text pun jelas, yaitu untuk menjelaskan, MENGGAMBARKAN atau
mengungkapkan seseorang atau suatu benda.
Descriptive Text tenang Ibu

My mother is a beautiful person. She is not tall but not short, and she has curly hair and
brown. Her eyes color are like honey and her color skin color light brown, and she has a
beautiful smile. Her weight likes 120 lbs.

She is a very kind person. She is very lovely, friendly, patient, and she loves to help people.
I love my mom, because she is a good example to me. She loves being in the Church, and
she loves sing and dance too.

She is a very good child, wife and mother. She always takes care of her family. She likes
her house to be clean and organized. She a very organized person, and all things in the
house are in the right place. She doesn't like messes.

She always has a smile on her face. She is so sweet and lovely. I like when I am going to
sleep or went I wake up or when I am going to go to some places, she always give me a
kiss, and when the family have a problem she always be with us to helps us and to give us
all her love.

Contoh Descriptive Text tentang Jeruk

Orange, the popular fruit which is easy to find and relatively cheap, in fact
contain much nutrition, which is good for our health. The fruit has widely
been known as not only vitamin and mineral-rich fruit but also containing
essential substances, which cannot be produced by human body. As a
matter of fact, those substances are necessary since they are used in the
process of the growth and development of human body.
The non-nutrition compounds in orange can minimize the risk of some
dreadful diseases, such as cardiovascular, cancer, and eyes problems.
Unfortunately, for many years people see the fruit only as the source of
vitamin C while actually it also produces carbohydrate, potassium, calcium,
thiamin, niacin, vitamin B, phosphor, magnesium, riboflavin, another natural
chemical compounds.

Consuming orange is also suggested for those who have diet programme
since there are only 60-80 calories in one fruit. Therefore, by having this
fruit in daily menu, someone can reduce his or her weight.

Contoh Descriptive Text tentang Yuta, Teman Kelas

Yuta is one of the 150 International students at the ELC of Brigham Young University. He is
from Japan. He grew up in Japan, and he is 19 years old. There are six people in his family,
a father, a mother, three sisters and himself. He is the youngest in his family. He is also the
only boy in his family, but now he is in Provo, Utah, studying English. Yuta likes the United
States very much and he thinks everything is cheap. Yuta thinks his English classes are
excellent and the teachers are professionals. Yuta thinks someone in his class is noisy so he
doesn't like that. In his free time he spends too much time sleeping, so it seems that he has
a sleeping sickness.

Contoh Descriptive Text tentang Provo

I have been in Provo for almost eleven months. I have seen winter, spring, summer, and
fall. Provo's winter is so beautiful. The mountains are covered with a lot of snow. They look
like many beautiful brides wearing wedding dresses, and veils. In spring, Provo doesn't have
many trees; when the snow melts the mountains are bald as strong bald men. Summer in
Provo is very hot in the daytime. Last summer when I was walking under the sky, it was like
walking in an oven; the sun was like a fire that burned my skin. In spring and summer the
weather was always clear. I never used my umbrella. Provo was like a huge clothes dryer; it
is very dry in spring and summer. In the fall the weather in Provo is very strange. One late
September morning when I woke up, the mountaintops was covered with snow. Provo is a
lovely and strange place. I love it very much.

Contoh Descriptive Text tentang Gitar

written by Jeremy Burden

My most valuable possession is an old, slightly warped blond guitar--the first instrument I
taught myself how to play.

It's nothing fancy, just a Madeira folk guitar, all scuffed and scratched and finger-printed. At
the top is a bramble of copper-wound strings, each one hooked through the eye of a silver
tuning key. The strings are stretched down a long, slim neck, its frets tarnished, the wood
worn by years of fingers pressing chords and picking notes. The body of the Madeira is
shaped like an enormous yellow pear, one that was slightly damaged in shipping. The blond
wood has been chipped and gouged to gray, particularly where the pick guard fell off years
ago.

No, it's not a beautiful instrument, but it still lets me make music, and for that I will always
treasure it.