Language
Features
Hello everyone,in this
session we will discuss in more detail about the language features of a text in
the report text. As previously explained, a text report has 6 language
features, namely:
Sample of report text:
THE SUNFLOWER
The sunflowers are annual plant in the family Asteraceae. They have large flower heads (capitulum). The stem can grow up to 3 meters tall, with a flower head that can be 30 cm wide. Other types of sunflowers include the California Royal Sunflower, which has a burgundy (red + purple) flower head.
The flower head is actually made of hundreds or thousands of tiny flowers called florets. The central florets look like the center of a normal flower, and the outer florets look like yellow petals. All together they make up a "false flower" or pseudanthium. The benefit to the plant is that it is very easily seen by the insects and birds which pollinate it, and it produces thousands of seeds.
The sunflower is the state
flower of Kansas. That is why Kansas is sometimes called the Sunflower State.
To grow well, sunflowers need full sun. They grow best in fertile, wet,
well-drained soil with a lot of mulch. In commercial planting, seeds are
planted 45 cm (1.5 ft) apart and 2.5 cm (1 in) deep.
The report text has 6 language features consisting of general nouns, Relating verbs, action verbs, Present tense, Technical terms and the last is Paragraph with topic sentences.
1.
General noun
Nouns are features of
language that talk about people, places, ideas and things. Usually this noun
begins with the word an. a and also the. In the text above, for example,
"The Sunflower" the phrase is one of the general noun forms.Instead
of using the word "my lovely sunflower", in the report text you will
see the word "The Sunflower", That's because in this text report uses
general nouns without pronouns.
For the other example :
·
The
stem
can grow up to 3 meters tall, with a flower head that can be 30 cm wide.
·
The
central florets look like the center of a normal flower
2. Relating Verb and Action Verb
Relating verb is help us to identify or describe some
characteristic of person or things meanwhile Action verb are verbs that indicate an action or behavior.
· In the relating verb,
it can describe the character of the object as in the text above that "The
sunflowers are annual plant in the Asteraceae family"This illustration
states that sunflower is a member of compound interest.
· In the Action verb,
describes an action or behavior such as in the text above "The stem can
grow up to 3 meters tall, with a flower head that can be 30 cm wide".
3. Simple Present Tense
The language rule used is the Simple Present Tense because it describes habits or facts. Based on the text above, the simple present tense can be found in almost all parts of the story including:
·
The sunflowers are
annual plant in the family Asteraceae.
·
The stem can
grow up to 3 meters tall, with a flower head that can be 30 cm wide.
·
The flower head is
actually made of hundreds or thousands of tiny flowers called florets.
·
The central
florets look like the center of a normal flower, and the outer florets
look like yellow petals.
·
The benefit to the plant is that it is very easily seen by the insects and
birds which pollinate it, and it produces thousands of seeds. And etc.
It can be seen in some of the examples above using the present tense seen from its structure, namely:
Subject + verb 1 (+ s/es) + object
Note: Actually, the simple past tense can also sometimes be used in the report tense, but in something that can be said to be extinct, such as "The fossil was found five centuries ago "
4. Technical term
This
section describes something or a more specific word.For example, the text above
describes a flower having a family called Asteraceae, where this flower is
meant to be a compound type of flower which has stacked flower petals.The
technical term includes a term that is in the text, for example, as taken in
this session, which is about "Sunflower" or flowers, the terms in the
flower must be present.
For
the example:
· All
together they make up a "false flower" or pseudanthium.
· The
sunflower is the state flower of Kansas. And etc.
5. Paragraph with topic sentence
The sunflowers
are annual plant in the family Asteraceae.
They have large flower
heads (capitulum).
The stem can grow up to 3 meters tall, with a flower head that can be 30 cm
wide. Other types of sunflowers include the California Royal Sunflower, which has a
burgundy (red + purple) flower head.
The flower head is actually made of hundreds or thousands of tiny flowers called florets. The central florets look like the center of a normal flower, and the outer florets look like yellow petals. All together they make up a "false flower" or pseudanthium. The benefit to the plant is that it is very easily seen by the insects and birds which pollinate it, and it produces thousands of seeds.The sunflower is the state flower of Kansas. That is why Kansas is sometimes called the Sunflower State. To grow well, sunflowers need full sun. They grow best in fertile, wet, well-drained soil with a lot of mulch. In commercial planting, seeds are planted 45 cm (1.5 ft) apart and 2.5 cm (1 in) deep.
Paragraphs are a series
of sentences arranged with coherence and all related to a single topic. Almost
every paragraph will contain a topic that is intended in the text, this topic
sentence summarizes the main idea in a paragraph itself.
As you can see in the example text above the use of the word "sunflower" can be found repeatedly in every paragraph. In the second sentence in the first paragraph the phrase "Large flower head" is called the complex sentence. The previous sentence describes sunflower, so the next sentence will refer to the initial sentence, which is about the sunflower.
For the other example that can be studied more about report text is as follows:
LION
Lion is one
of the big cats in the genus Panthera and
a member of the family Felidae.
It is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions
currently exist in sub-Saharan Africa and in India. In ancient historic times,
their range was in most of Africa, including North Africa, and across Eurasia
from Greece and southeastern Europe to India. But now, the lion is classified
as a vulnerable species by the IUCN, having seen a major population decline
(30–50% per two decades during the second half of the twentieth century.)
In
the wild, males rarely live longer than 10 to 14 years, as injuries
sustained from continual fighting with rival males
greatly dampen their longevity. In captivity they are able
to live more than 20 years. Even though they may take to bush
and forest, they typically inhabit savanna and grassland. Groups of female
lions typically hunt together. Although they are also expert scavengers
obtaining over 50 percent of their food by scavenging as opportunity
allows, lions are apex and keystone predators. While lions do not
typically hunt humans, some have. Sleeping especially during the day,
lions are active primarily at night (nocturnal), although sometimes at twilight
(crepuscular).
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