COMMUNICATIVE PURPOSE OF A TEXT(Tujuan Komunikatif Teks)Text/Teks:DescriptiveReportProcedureNarrativeRecount

Communicative Purpose of Texts

NOGenrePurpose/FunctionGeneric Structure1.DescriptiveTo describe certain person, animal or thing (a living or non-living) by describing its feature without including personal opinion Identification DescriptionParts (and their functions)Qualities/natures habits/behaviors2.ReportTo describe the way things are, with reference to a whole range of phenomena, natural, synthetic and social in our environment General Classification Description :Parts (and their functions)Qualities/natures habits/behaviors

3.ProcedureTo describe how something is accomplished through a sequence of actions or steps. Goal Series of steps (oriented to achieving the goal)4.NarrativeTo entertain the readers or to provide entertainment and to make the audience think about an issue, teach them a lesson, or excite their emotions. Orientation Complication Resolution5.RecountTo retell events for the purposes of informing or entertaining. Events are usually arranged in a temporal sequence, eg. A personal letter Orientation Events Reorientation